Theo's egg hunt

Theo's class celebrated Easter today and had an egg hunt. The teachers were smart and suggested we bring in an egg carton to fill with eggs vs. a basket. That way when the kids all found 12, the hunt was over! Theo was a man on a mission and scooped up eggs quickly. I did my best to snap pictures but it was over in a flash!

Jack and Theo have different spring breaks this year! Theo is off all next week and Jack has school. Then starting Good Friday and the following week, Jack has off school and Theo has school again. Whoever planned out the schedules this year sure did screw a bunch of parents. Oh well.

Mr. Engineer

Jack has such the engineer's mind. He wants to know how everything works and how things are made. Lego's are a perfect way for him to create different things. He loves to look at the idea guide and replicate the suggested projects. So, here is the fish that he made, following the guide.

Mr. Two and half

Theo is turning more and more into a little boy with each passing day. I try and hold on to every bit of baby in him and savor it while it lasts (except for the waking up at night and diapering part). Ha. Here Theo is in one of my favorite hand-me-downs from Jack. Theo is really about 6-9 months bigger in size than Jack was at the same age! Jack wore this same shirt well into his threes and I have a feeling that Theo won't get that much use ;)

His "perfect hair" really is too much. I seriously wish my hair would lay as flat as his does with no blow drying or anything. No fair.

St. Patty's parade

Jack's school had a parade today in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. He and his friend Graysen decorated a wagon and rode together. They threw all of the old Mardi Gras stuff that I had been storing in our garage! Yay. Theo raked up today because several of the riders know him from the past two years. Luckily I scooped up all of the throws and gave them to Jack and Graysen to throw right back out! I didn't bring home a thing!

Today is also cousin Corinne's 4th birthday!! Happy birthday, sweet girl!!

It's official.......

At 5:58 pm today, Jack officially turned 5. He requested lunch at a hamburger place we go to frequently and was treated to a "dirt and worms" sundae. Perfect! Then after dinner tonight we sang "happy birthday" to Jack and let him blow out 5 candles. He said he instantly felt bigger and older ;)

We love you so much Jack!! Happy birthday!!

Jack's laser tag birthday party

Jack celebrated his 5th birthday today at a laser tag and arcade place with all boys (and Alyssa). We kept the party small and thank goodness we did...... this was a fast-paced party! There was a schedule outside our party room and we stuck to it! Laser game at 11:15, pizza at 11:30, glow in the dark mini golf at 12, cake and presents at 12:15 and the final game of laser tag at 12:45. Sounds like a lot... but it was great! We got tons of tokens for arcade games in between the activities. Jack took a bit to warm up to laser tag but once he saw his friends go in with gusto, he was sold.

The party had a Scooby Doo theme. Jack is really into Scooby these days and we found out at the party that most of Jack's friends are into Scooby as well :) Must be a 5 year old boy thing! He loved his cake and enjoyed the icing (he never eats the cake part). Theo ate about 15 chocolate cookies and Dada corralled him in the mini golf section.

Tomorrow is Jack's actual birthday is tomorrow. He's got the family presents to open and has requested a hamburger dinner out. Five years sure have flown by. Bittersweet, for sure.

My favorite photographer took some fabulous pictures of the boys on Monday. I have used Nikki since Theo was barely one and couldn't be more pleased with her work. Here are some of my favorites from Monday's shoot. But seriously, they are all amazing! Enjoy! And if you're local, take a look at Nikki's blog and call her to book a shootHERE