The buzz!

The weather has finally gotten warm enough to warrant a buzz cut for Luke. The temperature ranges from the 60-80's during the day. Finally!!! Luke's hair was out of control and he just looked hot and miserable. So, before bath time one evening, we got the clippers out and off his hair came! Though Luke used to throw a huge fit when it was time to cut his hair, the last handful of times he's been great.

Before the buzz!

Time to say good-bye to that hair!

The after!

Look at all that hair! It's everywhere...this is why outside is the best place to complete this task.

Luke checking out the final product.

When you look this good, you just gotta kiss yourself! =)

Satisfaction!

Take me out to the ball game...

Jamie and I were able to take the kiddo's to a day game this week (Randy (Chris's brother) does the radio broadcasting for the Shorebirds). Most of the games are in the evening...and taking the kids (Will especially) out past their bedtime usually ends in lots of meltdowns, temper tantrums and much wailing and gnashing of teeth. So we took the opportunity to attend one of the day games instead! This was Will and Julianne's first baseball game! Neither Jamie nor I saw much of the game...as we were tending the kids the entire time...but it was a fun experience for the kids - and it's always fun to see the kids have fun.

As always, here's pictures!


The cousins!

Watching the game from a booth.

Sherman!

Will chillin' in the booth...

Pictures in the stadium...

Afternoon Project's

Today was a busy day! We started the day with playgroup and grocery shopping and then after lunch and nap time for the boys, we worked on some outside projects that needed to be done.



On our project to-do list was:

--clean the old bird feeder
--put up the hook/pole for the bird feeder
--fill and tie up the bird feeder
--plant flowers in the window boxes

We were able to accomplish all our goals AND go for a wagon ride too - all in an hour and a half! Whoohoo! =)


Our pile of project's in the wagon!

We had a bird bell to hang too (not listed on the project list above...whoops!) Will carried it around for a good long time...

And Kaylee ate 1/3 of it since a good portion of it crumbled when I opened the wrapping...

Here are the boys filling the window boxes for our flowers...

Will "planting" a marigold...

Luke planting his marigold.

Luke adding dirt around the flowers...

A super proud Luke! He did a really good job filling and planting the flowers!

A super proud Will! He did a great job filling the flower boxes too! He didn't quite get the planting part, but he enjoyed using his shovel in the dirt!

Our bird feeder and hanging hook-pole thingy...Luke thought it was funny that he could stand under it and have it touch his head. Silly boy!

Will blowing raspberries!

Wagon ride time!!!

Here are two pictures from a few days ago - the boys and their bikes!

As always, more later!

Easter Comparisons

Easter 2007

Daddy and Luke posing for a quick picture before heading to church on Easter Sunday. We were temporarily stationed at Fort Gordon.

Luke getting a little bunny for Easter! He took to this little bunny right away.


Easter 2008

We were in Germany for this Easter...and all sick with a very nasty sinus/respiratory cold. We weren't able to attend church (because we were all so sick), but I dressed the boys up long enough to take pictures and let them delve into their Easter baskets. Since Easter was early in 2008, Chris was able to enjoy it with his boys before the deployment.

Easter 2009

I have more pictures from this year to post, but here are a few from Easter Sunday! Chris of course was not here - but was missed deeply.

Here is Luke in his Easter suit!

Will posing for a picture!

Mama and her boys!

My precious niece, Julianne!


Family picture! Chris was missed greatly.


More to come!

Coloring Easter Eggs!

One of my favorite activities at Easter time when I was a child was coloring Easter eggs with my family. It was so much fun! I can vividly remember my mom boiling the eggs in an old yellow pan then we'd mix food coloring in cups, get spoons out and start dipping our eggs. It's definitely a tradition I want to pass along to my children.

I thought Will was a little young this year...he'd either attempt to eat the eggs...or crush them all...so I thought it would be best to wait until he was in bed tonight to start our evening of egg coloring. Next year we can do it as a whole family-I hope! Chris should be here and Will will be old enough to join in.

I used the Paas kit from the store (it has the coloring tablets, stickers, etc) and got our cups ready. I had hard boiled the eggs earlier this evening so they were ready to go. We used the vinegar method with the tablets (3Tbs vinegar and 1/2 cup of water with the color tablet(s).)

I sat Luke on the table because his booster was just too low for him to see what was going on. He thought it was a pretty cool treat to sit on the table. He loved looking at all the cups full of bright colored water. I let him put the eggs in the colors he wanted and we waited and watched as they turned vibrant colors. He was so impressed! I loved watching him watch the eggs. Once we were satisfied with our eggs, we put them out to dry. It was a fun evening and a great memory.

Here are pictures!

Dropping the first egg into the water...

Trying to see the egg in the cup...

Luke was having such a good time!

Watching and waiting for the eggs to turn just the right color...

He loved holding the eggs before they went into the water...

Our vibrant Easter eggs!

Checking out the final product...

Putting them up for the night!