Easter Part One

Today we were able to celebrate Easter with some of my side of the family. The boys enjoyed seeing their Easter baskets and going on an Easter egg hunt! We missed cousin Jacob, who was sick with strep throat. :(

Camping, Dallas, and Great Wolf Lodge Getaway!

Randy and I decided it was time to get the big boys out of town so we took a long weekend, left the baby with BB and Grandad and headed south. We kicked off our trip with a night of camping at Lake Murray. The boys loved it. I barely survived. I am not sure if I hate camping or if I just always have bad luck when I am camping, but this particular time, our air mattress broke so that killed it for me right there! Oh well, it was worth it. We had a leisurely morning playing games and enjoying the playground before we headed for Dallas.

On Friday night, we went to Medieval Times. The boys were so excited to see "the battles" and they really did enjoy it. We cheered for the yellow knight who was not victorious but it was all good since the blue knight saved our entire kingdom. :) The food was atrocious and everything was expensive so I can't imagine going back or recommending it to anyone but again, the boys loved it so it was worth it.

We got to spend the entire day on Saturday with Hayley and Leah! Little Leah has grown so much since we saw her last and it was great to have so much time to play with her and snuggle her. We had lunch at a fun place called The Lot and then spent all afternoon at the Arboretum. What a fun place! It's beautiful and there is so much for the kids to do. The weather was perfect!

On Sunday, we went to Hayley's church, Watermark, where coincidentally one of our favorite speakers was giving the message. We've hear Greg Koukl speak live once before and he does not disappoint. We also enjoyed the worship at Watermark and found the church to be a sweet, welcoming community. After church, we headed to Great Wolf Lodge and spend the rest of the day and the next day swimming and sliding down crazy water slides. It was a blast! I cannot believe how fearless little Graham is. He rode down those huge slides over and over and over again and had the time of his life. So fun! Jack was a bit more timid as usual but he did the slides as well and had fun. He loved the wave pool and playing basketball in the pool!

It was nice having some time with the two big boys (and easy) but I sure did miss my sweet little Reid. I am so glad to have him back in my arms tonight! Love my boys!

Jack's Spring Program

Jack's program was so sweet. He did a wonderful job as always. I teared up a bit thinking about his being his last CCS program. Even though we have great things planned, we will certainly miss the sweet teachers and friends we have made here.

Reid is One and a Half!!

I can't believe how fast time is flying with this little one! He is 18 months old today and this month has been packed with milestones!

Reid's vocabulary has exploded this month! Up until now, he has been pretty quiet but finally he has decided to talk and has added many new words as well as phrases and sentences to his repertoire. A few off of the top of my head: button (LOVES pushing buttons to open automatic doors), muffin, yogurt, apple, dinner, snack, park, play, tall tower, fall down, bath, go bye bye, baby, cross, ipad is broken (one of the first phrases I heard from him), no, no, no, no, no, no, no (he never says no once). :) There are so many more!

Reid's favorite things at this age are playing outside and taking baths. He could play outside in the backyard for hours! He slides, swings, plays at the sand table, shoots baskets into his goal, jumps on the trampoline, kicks the soccer ball, watches me blow bubbles, etc. He likes to come in and out of the house at will. If we go the park, he loves the swings! He also likes climbing and is not afraid to attempt any kind of climbing so I have to watch him extremely closely. This kid has no fear!

Speaking of no fear, I honestly am amazed that this little guy has not broken a bone or had some other major accident yet. I feel like I catch him on the brink of severe disaster many times each day. Jack was super cautious at this age so we didn't go through this with him. Graham was a mess and was into everything but he put THINGS in danger more than he put HIMSELF in danger. Reid puts himself in danger. He climbs on tables, chairs, drawers, toy boxes, ladders, etc., he reaches for knives, he pulls on heavy things, he throws breakable objects, he turns on water, he opens doors, and the list goes on and on. He can carry his step stool around so at any time he can reach things that you didn't realize he could or would reach. He is a danger to himself more than society and it is a full time job protecting him from himself!! Especially since he looks so innocent and even knowing all of these things about him, it still surprises me some of the situations he manages to get himself into! 

Reid loves being chased and tickled! He crawls away from me super fast but then stops on his own to let me "catch him" and he just giggles and giggles. I love those giggles!

He has also become super snuggly at bedtime. He is not typically a snuggle but because he always wants "DOWN!!" to play but at bedtime, after we read a book and have some milk, he just snuggles up and lets me rock and sing to him forever. Such precious moments.

Reid is such a sweet spirit. I can't imagine life without him. 

Graham's Spring Program

Graham did a great job singing in his program!