Our Wonderful Weekend!

This weekend we had the perfect weather the whole time and decided to start taking advantage of it on Friday evening. I packed up a picnic and we all walked to the park, ate and played. Both boys were very tired by the time we got back and Elton went to bed at 7:45.

The boys were up by 7 the next morning. Caleb decided he wanted a jammy day and Elton was ready to head outside. In the afternoon I went to a Home Expressions party put on by a co-worker and got to hang out with the ladies. Then for Saturday evening the boys got to hang out with their cousin Shanelle (she is 17 and babysits for us occasionally) while Dan and I went out with 2 other couples that we haven't really hung out with since we have all been busy with our young families. We went to a little place downtown where we could sit outside, eat and have a couple drinks. Again I have to say how perfect the weather was and we had a great time.

Sunday morning we decided to make a later than usual start on the day and we went out for coffee and some errands. The boys took long naps in the afternoon and we tried out a new take'n bake pizza for supper. We also managed to watch 2 movies on Friday and Sunday night: The Queen and A Night At The Museum. Both were good movies in different ways.

I hope everyone else had a great weekend!

Totally Disgusting!!

First, I am warning you that this post is not for the faint of heart so you may want to stop here. This is one of those stories that a mother uses to haunt her son later in life. It seems that every house has to have some kind of poop story (like when the kid smears their poop on the wall), so this is ours.

Tonight when I was getting Elton's clothes off in the bathroom, his diaper was pretty nasty (the kind that daddies and grandpa's never want to encounter), so I went to grab a couple of wipes to wipe him off with before putting him in the tub. I know I have talked often of Bingo & Elton's close bond, but tonight is the topper. As I came back into the bathroom, Bingo was being ever so helpful in cleaning Elton's bottom off. Let's just say that nobody's is going to be letting Bingo sleep with them tonight! I had to post this as one of our memories, so don't say I didn't warn you before you read it!

Planes

Yesterday Caleb wanted to know if we could make a paper plane. I told him that daddy would be the expert on this, so when he got home from work Caleb eagerly met him at the door to make his request. He has since not stopped practising flying them down the stairs. He took them to bed with him last night and brought them down this morning and made a request for a helicopter. Daddy googled (gotta love google!) and was able to make him one. Needless to say, he still hasn't taken a break and is not convinced he needs breakfast.

Spring Concert

Caleb had his spring concert at school last week. The highlight was when Caleb felt moved to step forward and take hold of the microphone for his voice to be heard. The teacher quickly advanced and encouraged him to step back. I was in the middle of trying to take a picture when this happened and got to hear everyone making comments about the little boy. Afterwards I asked him if he was planning on being American Idol when he got bigger to which he said a definite "no".

My Little Teaser!

Elton has turned into quite the little tease. He started to say "daddy" very clearly a couple of weeks ago and now when I say "say mommy" he goes "daddy" and laughs hysterically. The more I say "mommy" he says "daddy" and laughs. That is until he wants something or someone and I am the choice. I have even tried tickle torture with him. Dan said that when I was gone this afternoon, that he was upset and wanted something and very clearly said mommy or mama. Do you think the little stinker will say it for me? I have even tried reverse psychology by saying "daddy" to trick him, but he just looks at me like he is smarter than that.

The Queen Machine!!

The day had to come .... I am now the proud owner of "The Queen Machine". I have explained to many of you that being the only female in the house that I am the Queen (as the website link on the right "I Am The Queen" recognizes). Thus as we decided the best automobile for me to move into with our boys would be a Chrysler Town & Country van. Both Caleb and Elton were very excited to check it out. Caleb went for his first ride and declared it was his favorite vehicle to ride in now so we have the stamp of approval. It is also going to be nice when we have passengers (like Nana & Papa Jack) for us all to be able to travel in one vehicle.

Our Easter Day

We started out our morning with our "breakfast" easter eggs that Caleb was happy to help peel for everyone. Then, once we were dressed, we headed out to our front yard to see if the Easter bunny had ventured through. Elton picked up one yellow egg and was more than happy with that even though you could see many more. I encouraged him to pick up a few in which he had more fun just throwing them back. Caleb was totally into the eggs and being the good big brother he is, was more than happy to help fill Elton's basket too. We then packed up for church. The picture of the three of us was taken after church (daddy had to work today) and as you can see it has been an overcast windy day. We then headed out to Dan's sister's house for lunch and fun with the cousins. The picture of the five cousins at the table is in my opinion, the best we have gotten of the group of them and a definite improvement on the pictures we tried to take last year.

After lunch, there was another easter egg hunt in which Elton pretty much had the same response as earlier. He was happy with one egg while the other kids had great fun finding the others. Elton and I headed home early for a nap while Caleb, Nana, and Papa Jack hung out for a while. When Caleb got home at 4:30 his first question was whether he had to take a nap. I told him no so he headed to the living room to watch some Discovery channel with Nana. At 6pm when I peeked in their they were both passed out. I snapped a picture, but didn't post it as I am not sure Nana would be pleased if I did.

We hope everybody else had as wonderful an Easter as we did!

Easter Carnival

Our church had an Easter carnival for the kids today. There was an easter egg hunt (stampede - hahahah!), cookie decorating, games, cake walk (that's how Caleb won the cake in the picture above), and the blow up bounce houses. Of course it was right during Elton's usual nap time so in the last picture he was about ready to pass out with his sucker and did on the way home.

When we got home, with the boys napping, I finished some preparations for tomorrow morning to help out the Easter bunny and will update pictures after tomorrow.

Big Boy Bike

Daddy and Papa Jack put Caleb's new big boy bike together today and Caleb started to practice. Now Elton will take possession of the tricycle and we will get him going. Caleb's new bike was his Easter present from mommy and daddy!

Easter Party

Caleb had his Easter party at school today. They made Easter baskets and got to do the bunny dance. They also spent the last couple of weeks learning about the true significance of Easter. When you ask him why we have Easter he says "for candy and because Jesus died on the cross for our sins".

Papa Jack Playing WII

Here is my dad trying out our Wii. He is playing the Rapala Fishing Tournament because as we know, he loves fishing. I have to say that Wii is appealing to all ages. My dad has never played video games and I have never been into them either, but we both enjoy the Wii.

Our Week

My parents arrived on Monday afternoon to stay for the next couple of weeks. Caleb's big concern last week when I told him that Nana and Papa Jack were coming in a few days was whether or not I had washed their sheets for them. Too funny! This is the first time they have been here for Easter with the boys and it is going to be fun. The weather this week has just been getting nicer and nicer every day and it is supposed to be up to 78 degrees by Saturday. It is just too bad that it is Dan's weekend to work. I haven't taken any pictures this week so I will have to keep that in mind and put some pictures on here later.