Easter 2012

Well this post is a little late! But better late than never.  We had a great Easter full of dying eggs, egg hunts, yummy food, and family.  We had already went on an Easter Egg Hunt a week before.  So Easter weekend we just hung out and had nice family time.  We dyed Easter Eggs early Saturday morning and Kalen had a blast doing this.  By the end he hands and arms were a nice shade of Blue.  He felt it was best to place the egg in the "color bath" and then remove it multiple times with his hands. 

Sunday morning we woke up to a visit from The Easter Bunny, we had lots of fun stuff in our baskets.  The boys dived into their baskets and then wandered the living room to find Easter Eggs!!  Reggie quickly decided this is his favorite Holiday.  He was getting treats all day.  As soon as one of the kids opened an egg out popped a few treats for him.  Later that day we had a nice Easter lunch/Dinner and headed on home.  We had a great weekend!!


Kalen's on the left, Lucas' on the Right



Wow!! Look at this!!



More Cars!!!! YES!!!



Kalen found the first Easter Egg



Reggie found one too!!



Lucas Finally got one



Lucas' 1st Easter!!

Easter Bunny 2012

Our visit with the Easter Bunny went great!!! Kalen walked right up to him to get in his lap and Lucas loved him too!! Lucas was all smiles sitting on the Easter Bunnies Lap.  They were such cuties even though Kalen refused to wear his tie!

Official Lucas and the Easter Bunny



Official Lucas and Kalen with the Easter Bunny



Lucas loved him!!!



Kalen loved him too

Eggstravaganza

This past Saturday we headed out to Crystal River to go to the Eggstravaganza! They had a few egg hunts for the different age groups and other activities for the kids to do and some local shopping for the parents.  We got their early enough to sign in and let Lucas do his Egg Hunting with the "Crawlers".  He was so cute collecting his eggs.  He wasn't sure what to do, but he got an egg open and was a happy camper, it was filled with Gold Fish.  Kalen was excited too, luckily Lucas is nice enough to share!

While we waited for Kalen's age group to start (1-3yr olds).  Kalen enjoyed playing on a Fire Truck, He tried with all his might to push and pull the truck.  Crazy Little man! We finally got all lined up for Kalen's turn and we went towards the back where there wasn't a bunch of kids lined up.  There were at least 50 eggs right in front of us. So when the kids finally get the go ahead, Kalen takes off towards the middle of the area, grabs a couple of eggs, throws them in his basket, drops his basket and then books it.  We had no idea where he was going.  Clearly he thought he was in The Hunger Games and ran as far away from the middle as he could.  He then would grab random eggs while running and chuck them!! Well as Kalen is having the time of his life running around kids keep walking by and checking out his basket.  This little girl walks over looks in his basket, meanwhile her mother is standing a few parents away from me and starts yelling at her girl to take the Eggs!! Seriously! She was cheering on her daughter to steal Kalen's eggs! "Take those Eggs", were her exact words!! I was in complete shock, way to be teaching your child to steal from other kids.  I didn't say anything to her she had other kids with her and I'm not sure I would have used child friendly language.  After all the eggs were found they were trying to get all the kids out of the area, so they could start setting up for the next group.  Well Kalen was the lone kid in the middle running circles around a tree, so I guess he won his version of The Hunger Games! 
He finally makes it back to us with his basket, he had no eggs, but I'm pretty sure he had the most fun out there.  Luckily his friend Stover collected a bunch of eggs and shared some with Kalen. 
Over all we had a great day!!

Kalen playing on the Slide

Lucas' first egg

Kalen and the Fire Truck

Kalen in the middle of the egg hunt

His abandoned basket

Stover sharing his eggs

Trying to get a picture of them both looking! ha

Inside the Fire Truck

Easter Wreath

I wanted to make an Easter wreath but I didn't want to make one with just plastic eggs. So I decided I would buy some paper Easter grass and some bigger, fancier eggs to place on top.I bought all my supplies a few weeks ago and have been waiting to make my Easter Wreath.
For one I needed both kids to be a sleep since I was using a Hot glue gun and both kids love to pull on cords, not a good combo.  Secondly I was waiting till after Kalen's bday since his wreath currently hung on the door. 
Well I decided not to wait for the kids to be a sleep. I would just make it on the kitchen counter, it wouldn't take that long so I wouldn't mind standing.  This way there was no dangling cord. 

Making this was super easy and took about 20 minutes.  My kind of craft Quick and Easy!!

Materials:
A wreath form- I used a 10 inch one
Easter Grass-  I used about a bag and a half
Plastic Eggs-  I found a pack of 6 in different colors with the clear beads all over them
Ribbon (If you do not use a wreath hanger)
                *I have a 3m hook upside down on the back of my door to hook the ribbon on to

My wreath

Added my Ribbon so it could Hang.  I just pinned the ribbon into the wreath

Add the grass.  I would just put hot glue down in a small section and then press the grass into it

The paper grass I used

I Hot Glued the Eggs and placed them how I wanted.  The one in the middle is hanging by a piece of Ribbon.  I just took a pin and attached the ribbon to the egg and then with another pin attached the ribbon to the wreath

Close Up of my eggs

Happy Early Easter

Well we have been pretty busy the past couple of days.  Friday I went for my OB appt I am going every two weeks now.  However it is quite annoying that every time I go how far along I am is never the same.  It never matches up to my due date.  I know the due date is just a guess, but that is what they go by and just write in my belly measurements.  Anyways two weeks ago when I went I was 31 wks and then 16 days later I'm only 32 wks 5 days.  That just does not add up to me.  Oh well I know the little bambino will come out whenever he is ready he doesn't know how far along he is.  I also went and registered at the hospital and for my epidural- WOOHOO!! With Kalen I almost did not get the epidural in time for delivery, so this time I will not be waiting to ask for it last minute (although I did not know it was last minute). 

We went today to get Kalen's picture with the Easter Bunny.  It is so funny to compare this years picture to last years.  He has changed so much! He loved the bunny he would smile and laugh at him, but as soon as he would look at the camera he wouldn't smile as big.  We also went and registered for a few baby items for the new bambino.  We mostly did it for the completion coupon. 

The room is still a disaster we are going to go buy paint so we can paint the walls next weekend and then I can put the crib and dresser together for the little man.  Mike's pictures are coming along Buzz is completely done and he is almost done with Bullseye.  So everything is slowly coming together.

Last years Easter Bunny picture