Craftin'

Theo just LOVES to stamp stuff. I wish I could find self-inking stamps that aren't return address labels or teacher-related (good work, please sign). Until then though he just uses our return address stamper! I scored some color ink pads at Michael's today so I hope he enjoys that in the months to come :)

New design

You might have noticed things have changed around here! I'd like to thank Faith from A Design of Faith for creating this fun design just for me! She was fast, patient and her prices are VERY reasonable. Go check out her portfolio and keep her in mind if you ever want your blog upgraded :) This was my Mother's Day present to myself!

We had an action packed weekend but did not take a single picture (gasp)! This is probably the result of spending hours at the pool :) It's that time of year again. I got both boys a waterslide pass to our gym's giant waterslide. Even cautious Theo enthusiastically went on the waterslide by himself!!! Jack was able to carry his own mat and ride by himself at this age so I tested the water to see if Theo could as well. He had the mix of exhileration and fear on his face when he shot out in to the pool. Don't worry, I was right there to catch him (he wore floaties too). He practically sprinted back in line to do it again. Cousin Cameron came over to hang out with us so she and I took turns riding down the slide with the boys. It sure got our hearts pumping!!

Royal Wedding fun

With our upcoming trip to London, the Royal Wedding has been a big event in our house! I've been pointing out landmarks to them and even pulled out savory tea cookies for us all to enjoy this morning :) We are taking a side trip over to Paris for 2 days so I've also been teaching them what little French I know. We feasted on chocolate croissants on fine plates and I poured some milk in little egg holders that I had (we lack for tea sets here with all boys). I forced the boys to watch the wedding with me and there was lots of wiggling and squirming going on. But hopefully they will remember this event and think back to how we did special things :)

On a side note, Theo will be the ring bearer for cousin Patrick's wedding in January and I made a special point to show him Kate's ring bearers. Now he thinks he will be the ring bearer when we go to London for the Royal family. Oh dear! :)

Easter... finally!

We're back home from our Easter/Spring Break travels. We had a fantastic time in Houston. I got to see all of our family (both sides) and the boys got spoiled by tons of cards, money and toys. They don't lack for love! We are so blessed.

Mimi had tons of fun stuff for the boys to do like cupcake decorating and egg dyeing. We decided the egg dyeing was best left to girls. The boys were minimally interested and would have made huge messes if left to their own devices ;)

We went to lunch with Aunt Sonja, Uncle Bill and Mama and Aunt Sonja got to celebrate her 21st birthday ;) He he. She let the kids polish off her dessert. Which they did in no time flat.

We went to church with Mimi and Papa on Easter Sunday and met up with all of Papa's family. We all had Easter brunch together and it was great. Theo was curiously on a food strike for most of our visit but has made up for it since coming home. Three year olds?!?

We capped off our travels with pit-stopping at Gigi and Dada's house for a couple of days since the boys were off school all week. It was lots of fun and Gigi and I even took them to Chuck E Cheese to play one day.

Thank you to all of the family who traveled to see us and for all of the sweet cards and presents that everyone gave the boys :)

Backyard fun

The weather was just gorgeous this past weekend so we invited some friends over for crawfish! We set up the bounce house and let the kids burn off their energy. Here Jack and Theo are stopping to pose for a pic!

Theo's Easter party

Jack and Theo both had their Easter parties today at school. I wasn't able to attend Jack's (only 3 parents are allowed per party and that sign up was done in August) but he said he had a great time :) They played tug-of-war and did some hula hooping after their egg hunt.

Theo's class hunted eggs in the playground and then came inside to eat a salty and sweet snack. Theo passed out little treats to his friends and wised them all a happy Easter break. Both boys are out of school all this coming week!

Church celebration

Our church held an Easter Extravaganza after church today for all of the kids. There were tons of fun activities like a train to ride, ring toss, inflatables, cookie decorating and an egg hunt. They went all out! There was even a non-scary looking Easter bunny (which is rare in my opinion). We all had a great time!