Sunday, March 31, 2013

Easter 2013

Started off the Easter Weekend with the Berwyn Egg Hunt that last 4.7 seconds. The boys had fun anyway. I did too, except for the creepy slick willy man and his 4 year old son that wouldn't stop putting his hands underneath my shirt to see why my belly was so big and the dad just laughed and said how his son is good with the ladies already. Yuck.
 but my kids are pretty stinkin cute :)


 and got lots of eggs full of mexican candy. Next year I think we will do our own egg hunt :)

Ben is such a good dad and colored eggs with the kids since I hate doing it. 

and helped me hide eggs and their baskets all over the house. 


They were really excited to find their baskets but the easter bunny messed up this year by adding some clearance t-shirts from Old Navy. The big boys figure he isn't real anymore b/c he wouldn't shop at Old Navy....





They helped me make these cute carrot utensils via pinterest for our easter dinner with the fam


Grandma Lala and I were here too...just not in the pic :)


Such a fun way to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior. We had a really good primary on the real meaning of Easter and why we celebrate with bunnies and eggs.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Spring Break

We started spring break with a trip to Costco and some yummy lunch from their cafe. The older boys don't get this often so they were pretty excited!

 The first couple days we finally got some great weather!! We went to a Easter playgroup with the Westchester ward and had a fun time at the egg hunt. Colin and Brannon organized a game of "tackle" football that the little boys just LOVED!



Colin teaching them to play catch....

Colin got to ride his new birthday bike too! I followed along at a slow jog and then walk as my belly couldn't take too much bouncing. He is a good little bike rider!

Aunt Haylee, Uncle Luke and Lily flew in for a fun visit! We went to Freddy's pizza for lunch and then mom, dad, and Jess came out for some Fajitas for dinner that night. Luke had to go downtown to work for the week but Haylee and Lily stayed with us. We had so much fun with them!!




I had fun playing dress up with Lily and her pretty necklaces and headbands

We went to Chuck-e-Cheese which the boys LOVED but Lily wasn't too fond of the place...



She did LOVE the Lincoln Park Zoo though!


We brought a Gorilla home with us...

And finally we had a really fun day flying kites in the windy Chicago weather! The boys had so much fun and it was so easy to fly b/c of the great wind here. I had a lot of fun having them home!




Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Evrett @ 4


Ah man, this little guy just steals my heart every single day. 


He is so Sweet, caring, thoughful,
He is hilarious, silly, goofy and a bit wierd sometimes.
He LOVES his brothers like crazy and can't wait to be a big brother. 
He is so fun to play with.
He loves to fight bad guys and do cool ninja moves
He is the cutest dancer ever!! And will dance anytime we are in a store with music playing
He loves to make "jokes" that usually don't make sens and always ends with "that was a joke mom." when I don't laugh
He does get naughty sometimes but is quick to say sorry and do better
He loves when his brothers are proud of him. Here he is proudly showing them his new superman underwear:

He loves playing with friends
He loves running errands with me
He is really good at coloring and likes to do projects, is amazing at puzzles.
He loves to show me his cool jump tricks.
He is still short for his age but is average in weight
He still has a huge sweet tooth but eats raw veggies (cucmbers, carrots and ranch are his fav) and will eat tons of fruit
He is up early with the boys and stays up late b/c of their activity schedules so he falls asleep in strange places in the late afternoon sometimes:

like on his stool waiting to help me make dinner

or inside his fort (dishwasher cardboard box) while coloring pictures inside

or while digging for gold

 or in the middle of the floor after his bath

He still has problems breathing when he gets a cold and has become really responsible about using the nebulizer. he knows when he needs it and will come and tell me.

                                      

he is getting getting better at his Letters as his interest in them has suddenly peaked
He is really good with numbers and adding
He shares really well
He CLAPS his hands when both Frustrated and Happy!! Ben thinks this is hilarious
He does loose his temper sometimes and YELLS at us when his patience has finally run out. 
He is awesome.

33 weeks preggo

On our walk home from taking the boys to school today Evrett was showing me his new cool Jumps!! He asked if I could do it too. I told him probably not. He thought for a second then said "If you didn't have a fat bum and belly then you could jump too!!"   :) Joys of being fat and pregnant! hahaha

These are pics when I was about 36-37 weeks preggo. I don't have many pics of me b/c there isn't anyone to take them. I snagged Bran to take these for me :)