Discovery Park in Spring

Our boys are getting ready for summer!

 

T-Ball Take Two

Year number two of tee ball is underway.  Matthew takes all the coaches advice to heart and attempts to follow it as strictly (read, rigidly) as possible. 

 

 Look at that ready stance!

The look of his throws is much more impressive than his actual throws.

Elyse enjoys the practices and games from the comfort of her stroller.

Late Night Trip to the ER

Early this morning Jon and Seth made a trip to the ER. Earlier in the week Sethie got croup. We had seen his pediatrician and gotten a prescription for a medicine that would open his airways. He seemed okay, but in the last couple of days started having a fever. We probably hadn't been as careful as we should have to keep Tylenol or ibuprofen in him and in the middle of the night he woke up with a temperature of 104.6! We figured a temperature that high warranted a trip to the ER, so off Jon and he went. Thankfully his fever responded well to medication and his chest x-rays came back clear. Seth actually seemed to enjoy himself in the hospital; he wanted Jon to send me this pictures of him in the big white bed. He enjoyed getting pictures of his bones taken, tasty medicine, and all the popsicles he could eat. Oh, to be a three-year-old!

Sounders Game

The boys enjoyed a beautiful day of soccer!

Nutrigrain

The sticky aftermath of a cut up Nutrigrain bar. Why wouldn't you use it as a hair styling agent? Bath time!

Easter

This year we spread Easter over a couple of days.  It's always my intention to do all the bunny stuff on Saturday and in order to focus on the religious significance on Sunday, but that didn't happen this year.  I didn't even do the 12 Days of Easter (This is one of the my favorite versions!) like I usually do; I just didn't start on time and decided to forego it entirely.   Thankfully, the primary kids in our ward had been practicing this song to sing on Easter and our daily practice lent to several fruitful conversations about the Atonement and the real meaning of Easter, so hopefully the bunny didn't completely overshadow Jesus this year. 

Saturday morning we went to playgroup egg hunt at a park.  Matthew and Seth were by far the oldest kids there and they made quick work of finding their allotted eggs.  But, it was a glorious day, so we took advantage of lots of fun playtime in the park.  

Easter morning we did our family Easter baskets and egg hunt.  I usually am more creative about baskets and eggs, avoiding candy and filling eggs and baskets with stickers, games, books, etc.  But, again, I just didn't have the energy to plan ahead.  

The boys did get a few small toys, a book, and ties, but the rest was candy.  Which meant, by Sunday afternoon, they were on candy overload.  Just in time for the final egg hunt at Grandmas!

 

We did manage to capture a few pictures in their new Easter ties and dress . . . but just barely!

Again, the boys were held to an allotted amount of eggs, and they found them fairly quickly.  Knowing that he was limited, Sethie was fairly discriminating about his eggs.  He happened to find a Princess egg which he promptly re-hid instead of adding it to his basket. 

 

Happy Easter Elyse

I downloaded the Blogger app and I'm hoping that it'll make a big difference in my blogging habit. We really end up taking most our pictures and videos with our phones (sad, but it's where we're at right now) and by publishing by phone we eliminate that pesky middle step of actually downloading the photos.

So, here are a few pictures of Elyse in her Easter dress with her first Easter bunny (Thanks Grammy!) and her Easter basket. Hopefully I can corral the boys later and get a picture of all the kids. They wanted to stay longer at church with Jon and I was fine with that!