Grandparents' Day

Luke's school had a grandparents brunch a few weeks ago.  Luke was lucky enough to have all 4 of his grandparents attend.

 

Claire was there too.  One of the other moms snapped this cute picture of those two eating.

 

 

Before the brunch, Luke's class did a little performance of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Twinkle, Twinkle".  When Luke saw his grandparents, he refused to participate.   See below.

 

 

He finally stood with his RiRi (Will's mom) and kind of sang along.  In his defense, I took him to the doctor at lunch that day and he had a double ear infection.  He was just not feeling 100% that morning and seeing all of his grandparents and his mommy and not being able to go to them was hard on the little boy!

 

I was disappointed though because his teachers had told me that he was the best performer when they practiced in the weeks leading up to the performance.

 

Here is a video Will took of Luke singing (with motions) the "Itsy Bitsy Spider".

 

 

Easter Sunday and Easter Baskets

I promise this is the last of the Easter 2013 photos!  I love putting together Easter baskets almost as much as I love Christmas stockings.  It's just so fun!

 

My handiwork on Easter eve.  And I finally bought Luke an Easter basket of his very own!

 

For some good basket stuffer ideas, go here and here.

 

 

David got an 2 sticker books, an "I Can Draw" book and Lego mini creator set, a bag of bunny marshmallows and some eggs filled with Nestle Crunch candy eggs.

 

Luke got coloring books and crayons, 2 new leapfrog DVDs and some eggs filled with bunny marshmallows.  Claire got 3 American Girl doll books (she is totally into all the "Girl of the Year" books), two plastic bead necklaces, a mini Lego Friends set and some eggs filled with chocolate candy eggs.

 

The big kids were super-excited about their baskets.

 

 

Luke got his basket right before we left for church.  He really liked all his now "cowers" too.

 

Our family photo all dressed up for church.  I hate that we were not outside, but it was yucky rainy and Will likes to change clothes IMMEDIATELY after we get back home from church.

 

My mom made Claire's Easter dress this year and it was beautiful.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out.  I "manufactured" her hairbow with a bit of ribbon I pulled off her dress (didn't like it hanging from the flower) and an old hairbow from when she was 2.

 

My family came over for dessert around 3 pm and Meme and Poppy brought more Easter baskets!

 

There was a lot of excitement.  And maybe a wind-up bunny that pooped jelly beans.

 

Luke is a big fan of the grandfathers.  Both my dad and Will's dad.

 

Claire with Meme and Poppy.

 

Time for an indoor egg hunt with the cousins.

 

We put the 4 big kids to work sorting eggs afterwards.

 

Then we had an impromptu dance party ... on the coffee table.

 

 

Cousins!

 

Meme & Poppy!

 

 

My sister and her family.

 

Happy Easter!

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

What better way to spend a nice, chilly spring Saturday morning?  Eating breakfast with the Easter Bunny and then hunting eggs outside.  The kids love this annual event at our country club.

 

{David thinks the real Easter Bunny lives there.}

 

Breakfast was yummy as always.

 

 

Luke can feed himself with a fork now.  Thank you daycare!

 

David practicing his ninja moves.

 

Yay!  The bunny finally arrived.

Group hug!

 

My sweet Claire!

 

Time to hunt eggs.

Luke believes in opening the egg and eating the candy before moving on to the next egg.

 

Digging for more candy!

 

 

There's that silly bunny again.

 

 

David found a bunch of eggs.  I had to make him stop and start putting eggs in Luke's basket.

 

Family photo!

Easters Past

I love looking back at old holiday photos to see how our family has changed over the years. 

 

{Then I realize what a bad job I do at taking photos sometimes.}

 

Here are our Easter photos beginning in 2006 (right after Claire was born).

 

2006

(Apparently there was no family photo this year.  Claire was 4 days old!)

 

2007

(Another year with no family photo.  Boo!)

 

2008

(I'm very pregnant with David.)

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

(Luke's first appearance at Easter.)

 

2012

 

2013