April Birthday Boys!!

Both of my sweet little boys celebrate their birthdays in April.  They were both born the Friday of Spring Break, just a couple of years apart.  I cannot believe how quickly they are growing up!

Drewsey, I cannot believe you are turning 6 years old.  That sounds so grown up to me.  You have had an incredible year in Kindergarten.  You are reading so well and you love to find signs and menus and read them to us :)  I cannot believe how much your handwriting and coloring has improved.  And your teachers just adore you.  You are always smiling and making us laugh.

Your love is still video games.  You love to play both the DS and the Wii, and are really beginning to enjoy playing the sports games on those.  You also have a new found love for baseball.  You will put on your uniform and come downstairs to watch whoever is playing on ESPN.  You have done really well in Spring Ball and are looking forward to playing again in the Fall.    You can now ride your bike with no trainning wheels and you absolutely LOVE to play kickball with your friends.  Your favorite TV shows are Looney Tunes and Scooby Doo.  Your favorite foods are cheese dip, mashed potatoes and gravy, meatloaf, and fried chicken...a boy after my own heart!

I am so very proud of my sweet natured little boy who has a heart of gold.  You melt my heart everyday with your hugs and kisses and I love you more than you will ever know.

We celebrated your birthday at your very favorite place to go...La Parilla.  As a matter of fact, you have let us know that you would like to work there when you grow up ;)

And my sweet little Joshie Bear just turned three!  Three sounds so much bigger than two.  Joshua, you have grown so much this year.  Your vocabulary has exploded and you speak better than most 4 year olds I know.  You are sweet and loving, but you HATE the word no.  You can pitch a tantrum like I have never seen when you hear that word.  You also have quite a stubborn streak in you and like to do what you want to do.  Your beautiful smile and dimples melt my heart and you give the best hugs!!

You love to dance and listen to music.  Your favorite song is "The Airplane Song" aka "I'll Fly Away."  You really enjoy playing with puzzles, cars, and trucks.  You would play outside all day if we would let you, and you cry when you have to come in.  You love to play baseball, ride your John Deere tractor, and camp.  Your favorite shows to watch are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Einsteins, and Dora the Explorer.  You love to snack all day long and your favorite things to eat are    gummies, yogurt, and fruit.  You are definitely my healthiest eater :)  

This year, we celebrated your birthdays at the Seven Hills Playground.  We had Rolling Video Games come for Drew and had the playground for Joshua.  It was so much fun celebrating with our friends and family!









Drew wanted a Mario and Sonic theme and Joshua wanted a John Deere Tractor theme.  Of course, Ms. Vivian made the cutest cakes ever!  Everyone had a blast celebrating!!

Fun on the playground with our friends!!!

Blowing out the candles and making wishes...

Fun with our friends!!

Easter

Easter was much less eventful this year than last year.  For those of you who recall, last year we spent the night before Easter at the hospital when my sweet Drewsey accidently cut off the tip of Joshie's thumb while helping him open a pack of M&Ms.  This year was MUCH more relaxing!!

The kids were super excited to see what the Easter Bunny brought them this year.  Some very fun things for summer and a special surprise...a water trampoline for the lake!  They were SO excited!!

We followed our annual tradition of the precious matching outfits for my babies that now only occur this one time each year.  I know that I am running out of time for Anna Caitlin agreeing to this, but I will hang on as long as I can!  Could they be any cuter??

We hosted Easter lunch at our house again.  We had over both mine and Jonathan's entire families.  It is so much for for everyone to get together.  The cousins have a great time playing!

And then, our annual Easter egg hunt followed lunch.  The kids all enjoy looking for the money eggs and the candy eggs.

My beautiful babies...

Spring Break!!

We have been counting down until Spring Break since Christmas, and we were all SO ready for some playtime.  There is nothing better than 9 days of sleeping in, playing, and relaxing with our family and friends.  We started off our Spring Break taking the kiddos up to Dick's Creek for the weekend.  Jonathan and I used to camp here with friends before we had kids.  It is "primitive" camping (translation: no water, no bathroom!!)  That was fine for just the two of us, but not somewhere that we have ventured out with little ones. 

The kids absolutely loved it!  We took them to the waterfall where we used to "slide" down the rocks.  My sweet husband has really grown up I guess...he would not go down the slide because he was afraid that there would be rocks at the bottom :)  They loved going being pulled through the current and swimming in the creek.  It was such a fun day!

On Monday, we got to swim for the very first time this season!  We went over to the Ruddell's pool for a beautiful day of fun in the sun.  The kids had a blast swimming with the Ruddells, the Kellys, and the Stricklands.  They played in the water, they made water balloons, and they played in the backyard.  I love to watch them make such fun memories!!

This is childhood at its very best...

On Tuesday, we went to Acworth Beach with Kade and Rennen.  It was our first time there, at it was so much fun.  The kids loved swimming in the lake with their floats and playing in the sand.  

Drew LOVES him some Kade play time!!

Beach buddies!

On Wednesday, we all got together for a cook out and a glow in the dark Easter egg hunt.  I found this on Pinterest and it was SO cool!  The kids loved hunting the glow eggs in the dark with their flashlights.  A very cool spin on hunting eggs!

Ready to find some eggs!

Ready, set, go!!

The eggs...





What an awesome Spring Break!  Now we are on the countdown to SUMMERTIME!!