Happy Easter!

It seems I have finally caught my breath after the crazy weekend that we had....it felt like we were always on the go!

Unfortunately, James worked the entire weekend.  Can I say that there are some days that I HATE his job.  At least he was around and awake for the Easter bunny's arrival and the boys were able to share that with him....I'm a wee bit bitter. 

Anyways...here is a summary of our fun-filled weekend!

Friday

We started out decorating eggs early Friday morning.  James had gone out the night before and purchased white eggs so that we could properly dye them.  The boys were antsy to give the dye a whirl.

The brown ones were given a coat of paint.

 Once the eggs were all coloured and James had left for work, the boys and I headed over to Mountsberg for their egg-stravaganza/maple syrup festival.

We did the egg hunt and Hunter wound up winning the special prize.  On top of his candy, he also received a stuffed bear - super exciting!

We had pancakes for lunch!

This would have been Drew's job years ago.  If you were tall enough to carry the buckets without them touching the ground, you were put to work.

As we so often do when James is working, we headed to Nana and Papa's place after Mountsberg.  All of the Thomas the train paraphernalia was retrieved from the basement and is now taking up their entire house.

Saturday

Found us at the skating rink for Drew's lessons and then the boys and I headed to Nana and Papa's where I dropped H off.  Drew and I then left from there to head to a birthday party for a friend of Drew's from school.  It was held at the boys' gymnastics centre....Drew had a great time.

Drew received these rackets in his loot bag.....hours of fun.

Sunday morning the Easter bunny came and left this note.

It would have been wise for the Easter bunny to have left a treat or two with the note and the empty baskets.  Drew came flying downstairs and only saw the empty baskets.....I'm sure his heart broke in that moment.

I was right behind him yelling - "there's a note, there's a note".....it was pretty funny.

The Easter bunny found playmobil eggs....super exciting!

The boys' new obsession is mouse trap.

Got this idea from Pinterest.  Made display boards for their Disney pins.  We had them on lanyards up until now, but they would fall off whenever the boys wanted to look at their pins.  This way they can see them easily and they will stay in place.

The boys gift from my parents....

Sunday afternoon we went to my aunt and uncle's farm in Erin.  We had a lovely lunch and enjoyed spending time with them.  The boys were thrilled with a tree at the front of their property that was perfect for climbing.

Can you tell they are sisters???  lol

More mousetrap

 Monday found Drew at a friend's house for a playdate and H and I at Nana and Papa's for the afternoon.

That's about it.  Happy Easter!

I've learned something about myself.  I've learned that I literally need to be kicked in the ass in order for me to be motivated into some sort of action.  This blog was started as a virtual memory book because my friend was pregnant.  She was pregnant and was asking me questions about my pregnancies.  Do you think I could remember anything?  No.  This sparked this blog.  My hope was that I would be dedicated enough to put photos/comments on here that would allow me to look back and remember, cause apparently relying on my memory was not a good plan.  

This worked for a little while, with a few blips here and there.

The past month has not been good (in terms of blog entries), and then the ass-kicking came.  Do you know who gave me this ass-kicking?  A high school drama.

I know, I'm pathetic.  

One Tree Hill came to a close last week.  It's series finale played on Wednesday night and do you know what I found out?  It's been playing for 9 years.  For 9 years I have been watching that show religiously and now it's over.  I panicked.  I made James and I make lists of the things we wanted to accomplish in the next few years (we didn't come up with much - finish a duathlon, take the boys on a canoe trip and clean out the room downstairs that is supposed to be a bathroom and make it a bathroom - but only if we're going to be living here for another 10 years).  

That's it, seriously.  We're not very ambitious, I guess.

After the freak out about goals and wasting time not having goals and holy crap, 9 years have gone by in the blink of an eye, I came up with one more goal.  

To keep this damn blog/journal thing up to date.  By golly, I'm going to do it!  So, here's a catch up from where we left off in the last post....

We went to Laurie and Andre's sex party.  It was a great time and we are all so excited for them to bring a new little one into their (and our) lives.

Mr C was kept busy!

Faster, faster....

The cake was coloured inside, to tell us if new baby is a boy or a girl.....such a great idea!

 The next day, Laurie and I went out for lunch and saw the movie "Friends with kids".  It was great fun. James had the boys at home, and they had a good time too.

Drew did 9 days straight of swimming lessons.  Preschool E.  It was the first time we'd done lessons like this and I think we'll be doing it again.  Drew took a lot away from the lessons and it was over in a flash.  Plus, he had a 2 to 1 ratio.....awesome

It was a bit much for him though.  He passed out on the couch at 7pm....hasn't done that in a long time!

Drew and I went to a movie night at his school to raise money for the grade 5 end of the year field trip.  We watched the new Muppet movie.

The boys and I met L, N and the girls at Chuck E Cheese and then went to Licks for ice cream afterwards.  I love how close the boys are to their cousins.

The pictures below are our first attempt at blowing out and dying eggs.  Note - brown eggs do not take dye well.

Our back garden, which was once something I was very proud of, has grown into a complete mess.  After Hunter's 2 year stint of not sleeping, the weeds have beaten me down.  This year, we are planning on just turning the whole thing over and starting again.  It was once half flowers/half vegetables.  I think it'll just be all vegetables this year....if we can ever get that soil worked up!

And that's that, here's hoping I can keep on top of this thing now.....

Another Photo Recap

For something a little different over March break, we slept over at Nana and Papa's.  We went to their house much earlier than usual (mostly because I couldn't take the "is it time yet??" questions.  First thing on the agenda was heading to the park.

Bedtime stories with Nana.

 The following day, we woke early and then went and picked daddy up from home, the science centre was our next stop...

Later that week, we drove to Windsor to visit some friends at their new house.  We only stayed 1 night and left at lunch time the next day, as H and I were under the weather.

Fun with Uncle Lucas.

Hunter has this habit of falling asleep on the couch while big brother is playing Wii.  It's always close in time to his nap time, which he had phased out, but now that he's got a bit of a cold, it's back in full force.

That's it for now, the screen is still looking a bit blurry.  I've had this damn cold on and off now for the past 3 weeks.  I'm so sick of it, I can't even put it into words.

Until next time....

Photo Recap

Momstown craft playgroup - making snowflakes.  Drew was obsessed with making them for days after.

My mom's friend got the boys this firetruck.  Drew decided to put the fire out in the fire place with it (it shoots water)...don't worry, I didn't let him get very close to the fire, and it wasn't a big fire (I had only just lit it).

Every toy was dumped out, in a matter of less than 5 minutes!

Cookies keep the monsters at bay in the grocery store....sometimes.

Drew and Hunter spent a couple of days checking all of the smoke detectors in in everyone's house.

Drew's seed list for the spring....now to get the raised beds built....pinterest has given me some ideas!

Drew had a buddy over for a playdate.  For the most part, they included Hunter, which made me very happy.

Play doh with their buddy.

Looking at Monster trucks with Nana (our newest obsession).

Santa had bought them straws that turn white milk into chocolate milk...we've still got some.

Finger painting led to the need for a bath....both boys were turned into smurfs.

Hunter's new bike.

Drew sometimes crawls into H's crib to keep him company in the morning.  It's super cute.

Chalk board fun.

Drew ready for PJ day at school.

Hunter and his puzzles.