Soggy Eggs

It was definitely an Oregon Easter here at our house! We thought it would be fun to host an egg hunt for all the kids in our neighborhood at the park across the street on Saturday. Unfortunately, mother nature was not cooperating. We had quite a problem. 65 people coming and POURING rain, and 38 of them children expecting an egg hunt. We decided our only option was to open up the garage and have the party in there. It had just been sprinkling most of the morning, but right as everyone arrived at 11, it started pouring!!! Buckets!!! We took a poll of who wanted to stay and have cake first and hope the rain lightened, and who wanted to go hunt, and of course the kids just wanted to hunt. So, we traipsed across the street with umbrellas, galoshes, and rain slickers and everyone had a wonderful time! Gordon did a great job hiding the 550 eggs and it took the kids about 25 minutes to find them all. Very fun! Afterwards, we were planning on cake and cupcakes for the kids in the park, but since that was not an option, we just came back to the garage and served it in there "pavilion" style. Very fun. Everyone had a good, if not soggy time! Enjoy the photos!

Happy Birthday Chandler!!!

Chandler is one year old today! We had some friends over for dinner and had a great time eating hamburgers, and then cake. The kids had a great time having a picnic in the backyard and playing baseball with the daddies. It was a very warm and sunny day, so Chandler got to wear the same outfit that the other two boys did on their first birthdays. I included some pics at the end of the slideshow. . . Happy Birthday little guy!!! We love you!

Cake Monster

I was cleaning the bathroom this morning with the fan on (so I couldn't hear very well) and Aidan came running in and said "Emergency, Chandler is eating garbage!!!" The little stinker tipped over the garbage can that had some cake in it, (we had to trim one of the cakes) and was enjoying very much his first birthday cake, just a day early. Also, he had spread it ALL OVER THE FLOOR, which will at least motivate me to scrub the floor before tomorrow. What a guy. . . and look! Here's my Easter Basket!

Generosity

I NEVER let my kids put quarters in those machines with candy in them, but for some reason today, Aidan's curiosity about how they worked convinced me to do it. He put in the quarter, and out popped a whopping 9 skittles. I thought he'd learn the whole "you don't get much for your money this way" lesson, but he was so cute. He wouldn't eat any of them, because he counted them up and figured out exactly how many there were to share. It was so sweet. When we got home he brought me a blank paper and had me write every one's names on, and he separated out the skittles for everybody. Sorry Keren and Jeremy, looks like you have to share yours! But no worries Carolyn, you get your own! Very fun. He doesn't want anyone to eat theirs until Chandler's party when everyone is here, so don't eat too much before you come, save room for your skittle!

Aidan's 4 year pics

Here are the real pictures from Aidan's 4 year portraits about 2 weeks ago. I love them!

I love that last one in B&W too. Those puppy dog eyes!

In other photo news, I took all three boys today to have their picture done together today, and also to get Chandler's 1 year photo. And may I say, what a frustrating experience! I requested the same photographer as we had last time because he was so great, but he was totally impatient with the baby and just was not giving him the time he needed to adjust to the circumstances. It turned out disappointing in comparison with last week, but oh well! You can only try your best, right! I'll post those when I get them back. . .

Big Dog

Today Aidan and I made a mad dash through Costco trying to get the shopping done between baby naps, Pre-school, and Ethan's school bus home. After we checked out, Aidan was begging for a hot dog, but I told him we really didn't have time to sit down, cut it up, and eat it with a fork, which to this point has been his preferred method. I thought he just wouldn't want one, but instead he looked all annoyed at me and then said, "Mom, that's is how I eat hot dogs when I am 3 years old. Now I am 4 years old, so I eat them like a grown up." DUH. . . Who would have known!!! Now I just need to convince Ethan too!

Tulip Time!

Too many cute photos! I had to put them in a slide show. Much easier that way! Today we went down to the Wooden Shoe tulip festival. It was so much fun! The boys are exhausted, and I am too! Some highlights this year were the new hay fort, with tunnels and everything, the rubber duckie races, and the HUGE roller slide that scared mom to death when the boys climbed the ladder. They loved it though! Aidan was very into the duckie races and pumped with wreckless abandon! Ethan really loved the hay fort and the horse swings. And Chandler just loved the fresh air. Oh, and the tulips that he constantly tried to pick! I mostly had him in the backpack, because if I let him down he went right for the tulips! I even heard him gagging on one and had to pull some petals out of his mouth. He was also caught many times playing "American idol" with the tulips like microphones. He would pull them to his mouth and yell "AH!" Over and over and over. Such a cutie.

What a fun day. I've been looking forward to it for quite some time. I might even have to go back next week when Keren (sis in law) is back in town! Here's a fun video of the duckie races. I'm assuming it's going to do that annoying buzz thing again that it always does when I upload from this camera, so you might want to turn down your volume! (sorry)