Easter 2011

We started off our Easter this year by dying eggs the night before. And you can't dye eggs without a little crack. Just ask Wyatt.

Hard at work...

Discovering the magic of the white crayon.

That kid and his faces!

The finished product, complete with dino-eggs that were a total rip off and didn't even stay on the eggs.

Early the next morning started with a hunt for some eggs...

Not the one he wanted, apparently.

Ummmm, pretty sure those aren't for you.

At our house, the Easter bunny hides baskets in weird places, like the here...

Or here...

Are those crazy eyes, or what? A little overwhelmed by his basket, it looks like.

Excited for their loot!

Handsome little devils. I think we had like two seconds to take this picture, because we were running late to church. But I knew that if we waited until after, the ties would be messed up, the shirts un-tucked and wrinkled, and who knows what else!

Lunch at my parent's house. It was a little chilly, but that didn't stop us from having fun on the farm. Jaxson, Olivia, Taylor, and Bailey.

Bo and Cody get croup super easy, so they have to dress like this pretty much until June (or July!).

Its hard to tell, but he has a HUGE smile on his face. Wyatt loves to ride horses! Jaxson will get on them, but he isn't nearly as crazy about it.

When we were little, we would go to my Grandparents cabin every Easter and we used to have this awesome pile of sawdust with money, eggs, and candy buried inside. This year, we thought it would be a blast to do it with all of the cousins:

Obviously, from that face, it was a blast.

The kids LOVED it, but they were also covered from head to toe in sawdust. We were finding it in pockets, shoes, and ears for days. My mom was finding it for longer than that in her poor house! Pretty sure she won't be agreeing to that one again anytime soon :).

T-Ball

Jaxson played his first season of T-ball this year and LOVED it. I thought he might be a little bit bored but he ended up liking it better than soccer. His team was the Orioles (hard to say when you can't pronounce your R's yet!) . His favorite part of every game was sliding into home (every single time) and getting the tickets for the snack bar after the game was over.

He lucked out and got to play with his cousin and best buddy Cody (to the left, about a head taller and almost a year younger than Jaxson).

Running the bases and taking it seriously!

Cody at the plate

Mark got to be the assistant coach for Jaxson's team. He of course loved it, and I loved watching them both out there on the field. So stinking cute when a group of 5 and 6 year old's either all jump out of the way of the ball at the same time, or chase after it and dog pile on it!

MARCH

In March...

Jaxson had 'friend' day all year long with a few of his best buddies. Every Wednesday after school they rotated houses and spent a few hours playing. It was always one of his favorite days of the week! Here are the boys + tag a long little brother watching a movie.

Reading more stories. I know these pictures aren't that exciting, but I just love them because that is what we do everyday and I want to make sure we remember it.

Not sure what was going on here. That is just typical Wyatt, and honestly, he probably wore that to Walmart that day. The kid loves costumes, but it is never just one costume - always some kind of Wyatt special combo.

I turned 29. One more year to live it up before I am officially old like Mark :).

And that is about it. Slow month for taking pictures, apparently!!

January/February

Here are the random highlights of our January and February (at least what I busted the camera out for anyway!):

Reading stories before bedtime- they love this nursery rhyme book.

Wyatt after he watched that super bowl commercial a zillion times online... I appreciate that he put his own spin on it though with the chicken suit. Way to think outside of the box, buddy.

My brothers and Mark having a "Lego-off" at my parents house after a Sunday dinner. It was as intense and competitive as you would expect a Lego building contest between 4 grown men to be. And what I mean by that is Super intense. The 4 little boys got to judge.

Making cookies on a Sunday afternoon...

Gotta love the home depot apron!

Eyeing the batter and waiting for a taste...

SLOGGER

BLOG + SLACKER = SLOGGER.

So apparently I have been a major Slogger lately. I couldn't believe it the other day when I realized my last post was in JANUARY!!! Crazy how fast 6 months can go by. I am going to change my ways, since this is the closest thing to scrapbooking/journaling that I seem to do.

I have to keep up on it because the boys already LOOOOOOVE going through and looking at videos and pictures of themselves from past years. Scroll down for the first of the catch up posts...more to come!

CHRISTMAS 2010

Christmas this year was the best - the boys are the perfect ages for all of the magic. They were both super excited for Santa to come, and are waiting to go check out the loot on Christmas morning....

Santa's set up...

The tree and stockings the night before. I think that is ELF on in the background.

Grocery store made by Santa (with a little help from his dad ;) ) and painted by Mrs. Clause.

Enjoying their new pillow pets...I have no idea why my type is being underlined and I can't figure out how to take it off.

Testing out the new store

We had lots of fun before and after Christmas, too. Lots of cousins means happy boys!

Wyatt holding his baby cousin Caroline...he looks a little bit unsure what to think but he LOVES this girl.

Jax and McKay after sledding at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was FREEZING outside - look at those pink cheeks!

Looks like he just couldn't help himself any longer

Playing the white elephant game with all of the little cousins at the Huntsman Christmas party. I don't have a picture of it, but every kid's favorite part of this party was a chocolate fountain right at their eye level!

Checking to see if they are on the naughty or nice list...Wyatt looks a little worried.

WYATT TURNS 3

Wyatt turned 3 in December, and the poor kid was really sick on his birthday. We had planned to go bowling, but ended up staying home. He didn't seem to mind too much though, since he still got the birthday treatment.

Here are a few things about Wyatt at three years old that I never ever want to forget...

- He says 'I love you' to me about 20 times a day, and he is always really serious and intense when he says it - you can tell he means it each and every time.

- He loves villains. Pick a bad guy from any show, and it is guaranteed to be Wyatt's favorite character from that show. He goes around pretending to be Zurg or any other villain he can think of all day long. Should we be worried?!

- He worships the ground his brother walks on and shows this by harassing him all day long. Jaxson loves it when Wyatt takes his nap, and you can usually hear a big sigh from him when Wyatt wakes up. They are best buddies though and it makes me so happy to watch them laugh, play and wrestle with eachother.

- He never stops talking. Seriously, never. The other day, we drove an hour in the car with him and Jaxson to Mark's parents house. He talked the WHOLE ENTIRE WAY, nonstop. Some of the time he was even pretending to talk Spanish. When we pulled up in their driveway I turned and said "Wyatt, do you ever stop talking?" He really gave it some thought for a second before saying matter of factly "Nope." Nope is right.

- His favorite song is Love Is Spoken Here. For the past six months or so, it is the only song he ever chooses to have sung to him at nap time and bed time, and he calls it "Mommy saying prayers" because of the first line. I bet Mark and I have both sung it hundreds of times over the last little while. It is a good one for us to sing to him, especially when we have been impatient with him. Its hard to sing those words right after you have been yelling at your kids! I don't know when he will change his song choice, but it is so cute that he loves it so much for now.

- He is hilarious! He has lots of energy and is really intense, and that can really wear on our patience sometimes. But he is also the sunshine of each day, and I hardly ever have a conversation with Mark that doesn't start with "Guess what Wyatt did today..."

Happy 3rd birthday Wy-guy! We love you and wouldn't change you for the world!

Beaming at his "Bad Guy Cake". Since he was so sick, I let him pick whatever he wanted to put on his cake. From left to right we have: Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Buzz (one good guy got on there!), Zurg, and Big Baby.

The birthday boy with his birthday dinner, that I think he took two bites of and probably threw up later.

Jaxson helping Wyatt play with some of his presents. Classic Wyatt face.

Barely feeling up to opening presents in the morning.