easter 2012

we had a wonderful day, started out with the easter story in bed, then down to see what the bunny brought.

the face of a child who never gets chocolate.

oh, the glory!!

then we had church, which has been a real blessing to all of us.

mama's boy.

they clean up nice, don't they?

the afternoon was spent with the cutest little nieces an aunt jj could ever have.

have i mentioned how sweet they are?

because they are.

asin steal-and-never-let-them-go-back-to-texas sweet.

 

and, we even managed a family picture.

hooray!

only downfall was we really missed spending time with j's family, but hopefully soon!!

hope everyone had a great easter & celebrated with the ones they love!!

thankful

i am thankful today....

for a little boy who cracks me up 100 times a day & makes my heart melt just as many times with his sweetness.

for a husband who is beyond awesome.

for time coming up with lots of family, & a cute little baby girl that i get to finally meet!

for people put in my path at exactly the right time that can genuinely relate when i feel like i'm the only one.

this truly amazes me.

for hope.

for a 3-day weekend.

for being 2 days away from coffee.

it.will.be.glorious.

for grace. 

for very sweet friends.

and...

for times like this with my little man.

 

life.is.good.

p.s. if you would like, say a little prayer for our easter grass. it is barely sprouting, and we are two days from the big day. i guess a week isn't enough. maybe we should have fertilized them. maybe i should have thought of that before now.

my bad.

12 Days Project

Today we started our 12 Days Before Easter Project.

 

 

 

 

i love holiday activities, and i think that has been successfully passed on to addox!

it is our 1st year doing this easter project, and i'm using this plan.

we open a numbered egg a day from the basket... i love countdown activities for holidays.

i adore seeing his face when he opens the egg.

i know that you can also buy a project plan along with eggs from christian stores or off amazon... but this was waaaay cheaper.

as in $1 tree eggs & stuff we have around the house.

plus next year i will want to alter it, so why buy something that i would only use once?

$1

good enough for me!!

 

 

 

 anyone else doing it?

o'cuz you should.

and i dearly miss addox saying o'cuz.

dang it.

st. patrick's day!!!

leprechaun left addox some m&ms!

st. patty's day cake!

...with ice cream.

goofs!

 

 

 

morning started out with lucky charms for breakfast (we usually don't eat cereal).

addox mostly ate the marshmallows.

as in only ate 2 "cheerios" as he calls them.

then of course we made out leprechaun trap.

he got whatever he wanted that was green, shiny, or just fun in the craft room & went to work!!

addox did a great job & got some m&ms and a sucker at different times throughout the day, but he never caught the pesky leprechaun.

;)

then we went to the $ tree where addox was allowed to use one of his $1's...

he chose a pack green socks!!

he loves them, and paid at the counter all by himself.

i got a pack too... the fun part?

we traded off and on all day because they were the same size.

haha!!

we also made our lovely green sprinkly cake.

add ate one bite and decided he didn't like it!

what the heck!

so he just ate extra ice cream to make up for it.

happy st. patrick's day!!

first 2012 zoo outting

addox made noises at all the animals.... some "talked" back, made his day!

you know addox... has to have a map if at all possible

jason & i agreed that this was probably the best time we've ever had at the zoo.

there was barely any people, and although it was a bit chilly, we had so much fun.

addox enjoyed all the animals, and the coolest thing was when he played with the penguin.

it was running back and forth with add, "racing."

when addox would move his finger up & down, back & forth, the penguin would follow.

add thought it was great that the penguin would say "yes" or "no."

:)

yay for relaxed & fun zoo trips!!