It's Good To Stay Home

I have repeatedly asked Hunter if he has wanted to join Mackenzie in a bath. This was his first experience. They had a blast splashing around together.
Mackenzie chillin' in her corner. She loves to play and explore on her own.
Eating lunch with the butterflies while dressed up like a pirate.

Hunter watching their every move.

I caught Hunter while playing Hide-n-go-Seek with this picture.

I love the weekends, but who doesn't?!?!?! As I may have mentioned before, I try to do most of my errands during the week (Target and Walmart are usually the extent of my errands). This frees up my time on Saturday to pretty much stay at home. I love being at home. We spend Saturday morning usually making pancakes and watching cartoons. Then we clean the house, or at least what I consider these days as cleaning the house. It is amazing how fast Saturday goes.

This past weekend, I brought home a school project...butterflies and cocoons. We have been observing the amazing changes that the caterpillars go through. On Friday I had 6 out of the 10 come out of the cocoons. I decided that I would bring them home and let Hunter enjoy watching the remaining 4. Hunter had a blast watching them. We kept watching them so that we wouldn't miss them coming out. However, we somehow missed all of them. It was fun learning about them at school and sharing that experience with Hunter. I think I'm going to do this again this summer at Papa and Nannie's house for both Colin and Hunter to enjoy.

Easter Sunday

The Easter bunny left a trail of eggs that lead to the Easter baskets.
Mackenzie and Hunter getting into their Easter baskets. Hunter got some new "jammies", Scooby Doo gummies, a couple of movies, and new cups. Mackenzie got some Puffs, a stuffed bunny, and babyfood.

The "deer in the headlights" look.

I have to admit they looked so good in their Sunday best. Nannie made the bonnet and Annmother gave Hunter his shorts. We had a little of each of them with us today.

Enjoying the Sunday morning Florida weather.

Mackenzie loved the wagon. I wasn't sure if she was ready, but with a seatbelt she was fine. It is amazing how fast she has gotten the hang of sitting so well.

Hunter wanted to pull Mackenzie all by himself. He did really well pulling her around the yard.

We haven't had any Easter Sunday plans other to enjoy each other. The kids woke up and found their Easter baskets. We then dressed and went to church. After church, I felt a little lost. For 7 years we haven't had any Easter "traditions". The last 2 years we were with the family in Nashville. We decided on going to eat at Bob Evans. Breakfast sounded appealing to all of us and I really didn't want to cook.

Eating out is different now that Mackenzie is sitting in a high chair. I remember us not going out to eat with Hunter when he was younger, but I had forgotten why. Mackenzie is quickly reminding me of why we didn't go out to eat that much. She likes to pull anything and everything off of the table. Just like everything else, the more we go out to eat, the more routine this process is getting. She does really well, but it is just not routine for me yet.

After lunch, we came home and took our Sunday afternoon naps. We then woke up and enjoyed the afternoon by watching the golf tournament on TV and playing outside. Even though our family in Tennessee was greatly missed, we enjoyed the day together.

Easter Outing

The race is on...
Finding as many eggs as he can.

This one was hidden further back and harder to see, but he spotted it.

Some of the eggs were hidden in the flowers. This threw them off a little. They just assumed that they were flowers and not eggs.

The Boyd bunch hanging out by the pool.

Counting the eggs

Mackenzie decided to try a few out. Hunter wasn't too pleased with her putting them in her mouth.

Exploring Easter eggs on her own.

The Burke family was so nice to invite us to a Easter Egg Hunt and dinner this past Saturday. The kids had a blast running and looking for eggs. Hunter's basket (made by Nannie) was the biggest basket of them all. I had put grass in the bottom which helped the basket to fill a little faster. Mackenzie had fun helping Hunter go through his eggs. Afterwards, the kids swam. Mackenzie and I did join them, but I didn't get any pictures of us swimming. She wore her bathing suit from Annmother. It was really cute. I hope to get pictures next time I put her in it.

Mackenzie and I didn't stay in the pool too long. After our swim, she decided to take a little nap. Everyone kept asking if I wanted to put her down. My response was, "No thank you. I'm enjoying every moment with her." She is my last baby and I'm eating up every minute that I can.

We all enjoyed the evening of good food and great friends. The kids were worn out and ready for bed. Hunter even slept till 6:30 the next morning :)

Lazy Saturday Morning

Mackenzie loves playing in her room. I can even leave her in there for about 10 minutes and she is happy to play with the toys that are around her. I keep a close eye, but let her explore on her own.
Hunter is marking his calendar and counting the days down until we come to Tennessee in June.

We LOVE Saturday mornings. I do the grocery shopping either Wednesday or Thursday afternoon before picking up the kids. This leaves Saturday mornings for cleaning and playing. We stay in our PJ's till almost lunch. Hunter has recently been concerned about staying in his PJ's. He'll ask me, "Mom, are you still in your jammies?" If I'm not, he will want to immediatly change. If I am, he is content with my answer. This weekend he decided he wanted to get dressed before I offered. I let him get his clothes and dress himself for the first time. Granted I bit my lip when he came out with a navy shorts on with a navy shirt. It was quite cute.

Lovin' the Puffs

Mackenzie has always been a "busy" eater. What I mean by this is that she always is moving her hands and feet while I'm feeding her. I discovered that if I put puffs in front of her while I'm spoon feeding her, she keeps herself busy. I'm beginning to wonder if I can feed her too many puffs???

Dying Easter Eggs

My little music man. His head gear is from him pretending to be a pirate earlier. His imagination is amazing. Getting ready to dye some eggs. Hunter's before picture.

Hunter had fun picking out his colors.

He did really well counting to 20 before pulling them out of the dye.

We had the Burke and Deardorff families over for dinner. Matthew put up our new light fixture in the kitchen with a dimmer, which I have waited for for 4 years. It looks great! The kids love getting together and playing. I thought it would be fun to have them dye Easter Eggs. The kids did a really good job. I was not sure how messy it would get, but there were only a few drops of dye on the Shamwow towels. I am not sure if they will eat them, but they had a blast decorating them. Thanks to Matthew for being our handyman and Kevin for helping out with his talents as well.

Easter Egg Hunt

Mackenzie with her Easter Egg basket. Nannie made both of the kids baskets. They are very special to us. The fam hanging out waiting for the fun to begin.

Hunter filling his basket.

Mackenzie enjoying her find.

Adam and Mackenzie hanging out in the shade.

Today Eagle's Nest had an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. The auditorium was filled with the exciting buzz of Easter. Adam usually works on Saturday mornings, but his didn't need to be at work until 11:45. I was so excited that he was going to get to experience this with us. The hunt was divided into 4 age groups. Mackenzie's "hunt" was in a classroom. They had a bunch of Easter grass in some blow-up pools and the eggs where hidden in the grass. Mackenzie and I just went over and picked up one egg and let the rest of the kids have fun finding the eggs. Hunter's age group was entertaining to watch. It was a great way to start off our Saturday.