Firsts

Not only did Waylon have his first Spring Break this week, he also had his very first visit to the dentist!! Here's the only picture I snagged. He was obviously not cooperating at this point, but it was ok because we were just waiting on Dr. Alissa to come in. He did great for Dr. Alissa, letting her clean his teeth and examine his mouth. For the hygienist, maybe not so much. He wouldn't let her get x-rays or even open his mouth for her to clean his teeth. It wasn't until she changed the channel on the overhead TV to Max & Ruby that he'd lay still. I said it was because he knew he better get his fill of ol Max & Ruby because he knew Momma wouldn't let him watch them at home. Those bunnies get on my last nerve. And if you have little ones and haven't experienced Max & Ruby...good for you, may you never have to go down that road!!



On Tuesday, we took the boys bowling for the first time! It was quite interesting!! We went to Splitz and did a lunch & bowl. I was a little leery of the food at first, but it turned out to be very tasty! It was a great deal too, we paid for lunch for myself, Mom, Tania & the boys, then got to bowl for an hour and no shoe rental fee!! You know how me & my sister love a bargain, and this was definitely a bargain!

Both of the boys needed a little help at first getting started with bowling. Aunt Tania was a great instructor!


Of course, it didn't take long for the "I can do it all by myself" attitude to kick in.


But sometimes, when we do it "all by myself" we have some mishaps...


Waylon kept his ball on the ramp and did great...

Until he wanted to bowl "like Mommy." Sometimes that pesky ball just runs away from you...

Eventually they got the hang of it and had a great time!

Until they got bored and got out the Buzz and Woody Pez dispensers sans Pez to play with!
And of course, my kids never pass up the opportunity to roll around on an unfamiliar floor...
Finally, we just needed a little rest and snuggle time with Nana.

Here was the final score of the first game. I didn't post the 2nd game scores because they weren't true since Tania & I bowled for the boys for the last few frames. (And maybe also because I lost really bad the second time around!!) Not too bad for their first time!!

Note to Self

WARNING!!

Do not leave cookies unattended.

Things That Grow

Waylon's class is doing a unit this month on Things That Grow. Today they planted sunflower seeds. They had to dig some dirt with a shovel, fill their cup, and plant the seed. Waylon put his hands in the dirt. Yes. He did. I have the pictures to prove it!! Granted, he wanted to wash his hands as soon as it was said and done, but still, I was proud!!

This kind of cracks me up, I would've done a "Wordless Wednesday" post, but I felt the need to explain. Waylon was eating cereal this afternoon and kept dripping milk on his lap. I gave him a dish towel and told him to lay it across his lap until he got finished. He told me he needed it "like a shirt" and kept trying to keep it up on his chest, so I clothespinned it on him.

Then they both wanted to ride their hand-me-down Dora 4-wheeler, I think they exceeded the weight limit. It didn't go very far!!

Sassy Girl

Here's the newest addition to our family:

Poppa got a new puppy and is she not the cutest thing?!? Introducing Little Miss Sassy!

We kept her at our house last Friday night and most of the day Saturday until we could get her to her new home. The boys were both scared to death at first, but by the time we took her to Poppa's house, they both cried when we left her. We've promised them that we can visit Sassy often.

Looks like our next step is a puppy...we gotta get a bigger place that's not so close to the road and a fenced yard!!

Easter 2010

"The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen!" Matthew 28:5-6

Hallelujah what a day of rejoicing!! I'm so glad to serve a risen Savior!! I hope your Easter was as joyous as ours!

We started out our Easter weekend on Saturday. The boys were supposed to go to a birthday party complete with kiddie pools, slip-n-slide and an egg hunt then to our church's Easter Eggstravaganza, but due to Wyatt being sick (again) we decided to forgo both. However, we did bake bunny cookies and color eggs at home on Saturday. Wyatt expressed his excitement that the Easter Bunny was coming to his house while he went night night and he was gonna leave candy and eggs in his basket. We had lots of fun with the eggs, and for some reason I didn't get any pictures of our bunny cookies. They turned out really well!! All it was were the Pillsbury Easter sugar cookies with bunnies stamped on them, which Wyatt "helped" bake. Then, once they were cool, I put cream cheese icing in the middle, then rolled the edges in colored sugar. Super cute and super yummy!!

On Sunday I jumped out of bed to run and get the camera ready when I heard Wyatt talking to himself in his bed, "The Easter Bunny gonna come put some candy and eggs in my basket!" I got to the living room just in time to get the video rolling. I didn't get many pictures of them getting into their baskets, because Daddy was out turkey hunting so I took video for him. I would post the video, but as of today, I have a computer that is not fast enough for my liking to post video. So the pictures I have are of the aftermath of the basket ravaging. What was funny though, was that my early bird Wyatt got up and went through his basket and then yells down the hallway, "Way Way!! Come see you basket!!! The Easter Bunny came to our house!!" So cute!!

Easter Baskets

The aftermath

We went to church and saw the Easter Cantata, followed by a wonderful sermon by Bro. Danny, and baptism. What a wonderful way to end the Easter Service!!

After church we headed to Nana & Poppa's for lunch and the much anticipated egg hunt. We had a great time of fellowship with Tania, Chuck, Tyler & Kaelyn and also Aunt Betty, Jason, Cece, Trevor & Trey. I managed to get pictures of all the kids except Tyler. He & Kaelyn were on their special big kid scavenger egg hunt and Tyler eluded the camera I guess.

Waiting patiently to hunt eggs

Way & Wy with their prize egg money

The boys with their loot

Kaeyln, is she not beautiful?!?

We had a great time, great fun, and great fellowship. I really hope you all had a wonderful Easter and celebrated the Resurrection of our Lord!!