We had a beautiful weekend full of egg hunting (3 to be exact), family, friends and LOTS of sugar (we are bordering on Halloween levels around here)! Still loading pics from yesterday but since I took so many pictures I figured I would do two separate posts anyway...
To kick off the holiday weekend, we went to Nate's class Easter party. The egg hunt lasted all of 3 minutes (and Nate decided to find all of the eggs by the air conditioning units just to make sure I had pretty pictures) but the candy goes on.
On Saturday we celebrated Bradley Elisabeth's 1st birthday...it was the most adorable Easter Chick party, complete with an egg hunt for both the big kids and the babies. It was a perfect day - the boys had a blast (well, Matthew didn't get a great morning nap so he got a little clingy and grumpy towards the end - but I had to drag Nate away from the girls' house) and I was so impressed with all of the details Karen thought of. The party favors with peep chicks in a rice krispie nest (complete with green coconut grass) were the cutest!
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| Nate going through his loot. I love this shot of all the baby girls in the background but especially the birthday girl lounging (furthest on the right)...so cute! (And I admit I was completely envious of all of the Easter dresses and bows at the party...) |
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| I think this goofy grins captures the excitement of the egg hunt and the bucket of candy! |
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| Sweet Birthday Girl |
Speaking of parties, the weekend before we were at the Big Boy Dinosaur party for Jack...being that it is men's ALTA season I lose my hubby's helping hands on Saturday mornings, so I had a tough time juggling the kids and the camera at this big kid party. There was just too much to do! Dinosaur excavating, bounce housing, sun catcher making, eating (not to mention diaper changing and baby wrangling)...I didn't have enough hands! Nate definitely had fun at this party and it was another beautiful spring day to be outside and another adorable party!
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| Nate is going through an "independent dressing" phase. Some days he insists on choosing his attire, and I appreciate his need to make decisions and be in control of his little world. He didn't do too bad on this particular day (I will have to share some other pics with some questionable choices he has made...) but it wasn't the party attire I had picked out....some days I have to pick my battles. |
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| Best shot I got of the birthday boy |
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| Thank goodness he DID pick that green shirt! |
Back to this weekend....After the kids rested from Bradley's party on Saturday, we played in the yard for a bit...it truly warms my heart to see the two of them playing sweetly together. I hope they continue to enjoy each others company.
We also discovered a beautiful little Spring miracle in our bird house (that we have never seen a bird in)...a little nest with 4 tiny (very) newborn birds (we haven't identified what type of birds they are yet)! They are a little creepy looking but I have been watching the mommy and daddy bird make trip after trip into the bird house for 3 days now feeding the tiny chirping mouths (and the birdhouse has a little side peep door with plexi-glass so I check in on them regularly)...I have been captivated. It has just been a reminder of how much all mommies and daddies do for their babies...and how exhausting parenting can be for all species. :)
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| My little baby bird in his nest! |
1 comment:
We have a baby bird nest outside our mudroom door. I can't wait for the eggs to hatch. THat is the sweetest picture.
Thanks for celebrating Jack's 4th with us! I know how hard it is with tennis playing hubbies. We can't wait until Nate's!
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