Easter Fun

The weather forecast for Easter Sunday called for rain, however, the weather was beautiful and we had such a wonderful time with family. We started off the morning with Easter baskets, then headed to church, hosted brunch at our house, and then had an Easter egg hunt outside. Whew! Trying to get back on schedule after a weekend like that takes some work. :)

Oh! And Spencer is 8 months old! Fast approaching the year mark.

anderson received his first thomas the train from the easter bunny!

spence lovin' his easter treats

on to church -- don't you luv the matching boys!

at brunch anderson requested that kristen sit with him -- what a sport!

let the hunting begin!

um, this one's not chocolate

ah ha! i found one!

happy boy is 8 months!

Easter Bunny Prep

Saturday was filled with getting ready for Easter. Anderson helped mow the yard so the Easter Bunny could hide eggs (ok, that's not exactly the reasoning for the yard work!) and we dyed eggs so the Easter Bunny had something to hide.

Tim rented some tiller-type thing that pulls up all the old grass in your yard so you can plant new seed. Anderson helped put all the 'hay' in the sacks for the cows and horses. (guess it kinda looks like hay) Then he decided to mow like daddy. Tim figured he was about 30% efficient in helping! :)

i'm suppose to go in a straight line??

Dyeing Easter eggs is course 80% prep and 20% activity. We dyed 12 eggs and it took us approx 10min. Anderson's hand was all shades of blue and green by the time we were done. I found these great dinosaur molds that the eggs sat in, so we could hunt for dinosaur eggs!

see those pretty blue fingers!

look at those cuties playing cars together!

Let's Fly a Kite

We've been getting in to the spring mode, and getting excited for Easter! Over the weekend we had our first attempt at flying kites. Not the best wind day, but we were able to get those suckers in the air. Anderson and I talked about it all week while Tim was out of town, and he was super-excited to fly kites with daddy.

getting it started

success!

S chillin' from his swing

On Sunday morning Tim and Uncle Austin ran the Lawrence half marathon and mom, Aunt Holly and Kristen ran the 5k. Cheers to Tim and Austin! After everyone left the house for the race, Anderson told Grams over and over that dad and Austin, "run away!".



On Monday, Anderson's buddy Max came over to make Rice Krispie Easter eggs. We colored the marshmallows and used a plastic egg as a mold. The boys were interested in the colored marshmallows and then came back to test the results.





We're going to try our hand at dyeing eggs this weekend -- that could be a total disaster. We're very excited because everyone is coming over to our house for Easter brunch. Lovin' me some family!!

Cousins

Anderson and Spencer have been playing with Tim's cousins this weekend. AJ is in heaven with all the attention, and great new fun toys!

slides and cars -- what more could he ask for?!?

lovin' this

New Moves

Here's big Spence pulling up to play with toys. Part of me thinks, "no, this is going too fast," but he's so proud and gives you this smiling happy face - so what's a mom to do?