Easter Sunday

Ayden woke up not knowing what the Easter Bunny was. I find that if I tell him about something, he then asks for the next week about a thousand times a day if it is time for that to happen. So for Easter I was a bit lame and didn't get him excited about what was coming. But on Easter morning he could tell by the excitement in our voices that it was something he wanted to be a part of.

This is his pose at the top of the stairs as he is catching on to the idea that something fun was going on.

This spoiled boy got an Easter basket, DVD's, a kitchen and a Mack truck (from Cars). Seriously? I actually wanted to get him a kitchen for Christmas, but Kipp would go for it. In the last month or two, Ayden has been wanting to "cook" all of the time! It is so cute, and he stays so entertained by it. So now he has a little kitchen to do his cooking in. Ever since Ayden got Mack, he has been acting out the movie. Including having me sing "Life is a Highway." It is pretty darn funny! Colby has yet to really enjoy the things in his basket-most of them are new treats he will be able to try in the upcoming weeks. We spent the day at home watching conference and then headed over to my sister's house for dinner and an egg hunt. We had a great day! We ran out of time over the weekend to dye eggs, so we saved it for the day after Easter. Boy, did Ayden love that! Oh the joys of watching your kids have fun and discover new things!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter weekend! A little peak at the boys in the Easter attire. I nearly forgot to grab some pics of these guys before they went down for naps. I got home from choir practice to find Ayden still fully dressed eating a hot dog with ketchup! (Kipp obviously isn't the one who does the laundry around here) So we are lucky to still have a clean shirt for a couple of pictures!

Words of Wisdom

"No crash. Careful mom."

These are the words my 2 year old said to me as I was heading out for the evening.

Cars

I was working out in the basement, Ayden must have decided he was a little bored and headed upstairs. When I came upstairs, Ayden pulled me over to the highchair. "Mom, Cars honkey."

This is what I found:Lightning McQueen is and always will be just "Cars." Ayden knows the names of all of the other characters but when we try to tell him that this is Lightning-it goes in one ear and out the other.

But apparently Lightning got a little hungry (or honkey in Ayden's words), so Ayden poured him some cereal and put him on the highchair tray to enjoy. Crazy boy!

One for the Little One

Here are some pics of Colby's recent doings. He is a happy little guy-all you have to do is look at him and he will give you a great smile.

He is very loved by his older brother. I will often find dried boogers and whatever Ayden ate for lunch that day on Colby's head. Ayden can get a little carried away with the kisses sometimes!

The little monkey started rice cereal recently. He is not so much a fan and probably the messiest eater ever! I will find cereal 5 feet from where I was feeding him.

Colby is sitting in his bumbo chair while Ayden and I were eating lunch. Poor little guy was exhausted and fell asleep right there in the chair.

Red handed...or white handed

We had an excellent, uneventful shopping trip to Harmons the other day. Or so I thought until I looked at Ayden when we pulled up to the checkout line. This is what I found...Apparently powdered donuts are stored on a shelf at just the right height for little boogers to swipe!

Christmas

Here are my boys in their Christmas church attire. Nothing special-but I do love little boy's ties!
Me and my boys. I am in lounge clothes that I change into quickly after church. About two seconds after I got a couple of pictures of these boys-Ayden's tie was off. Like mother, like son?

We had dinner with Kipp's fam the Sunday before Christmas. Grandma Betty had some fun games for the kids to play. They loved it-can you tell?

This is our annual Breakfast with Santa. This year we did it on Christmas Eve. It was a lot of fun as always! Thanks Grandma Betty!

My sister-in-law Cami and her cute familyGrandma Betty and all of the grandkids. In only a couple of years we have managed to match the amount of girls to the amount of boys!

Our pathetic attempt to get a picture of all of the kids.

Colby and his darling cousin Emma holding him. These girls are such good helpers!

I was so proud of Ayden this year-He didn't cry when he sat on Santa's lap! The day before I tried to prepare him. I said, "Ayden when you sit on Santa's lap he is going to say, 'Ho, Ho, Ho! Ayden, what do you want for Christmas?' Ayden's response:"poop!" Really? Are we already to that stage?
Ayden checking out his stocking on Christmas morning
Santa brought Colby a Bumbo seat
My Crazy brother RyanMy sister Celeste and my cute boys in their matching Christmas jammies
The hit present was one my sister brought for her little boy-a box of Kleenex he could go crazy with. He loved it-and Ayden quickly joined in.
Poor Uncle Ryan's back probably ached after a week of hanging out with Ayden. Ayden want him to throw him in the air every opportunity he got.
We had such a wonderful Christmas! We are so greatful for all that we have at this special time of year and the wonderful people we have in our lives to share it with!