Coloring Eggs

Notice the yucky drool??? and the brown all over his lips??? Yes, the boy LOVES chocolate!

Nealy posing for the camera, while Aidan sneaks a chocolate egg.

Saturday after nap we colored our Easter Eggs. Both babies loved to help and decide what color their eggs would be. Aidan later turned his attention to the eggs found at the hunt earlier that day.

Easter Egg Hunt

Aidan was telling his Daddy that the Easter Bunny was right over there, you can't see in this picture, but he is actually waving at him!

On Saturday we ventured off to the community Easter Egg Hunt. What a zoo it turned out to be! They divided the kids into age groups, and thankfully, we fit into the first two groups. Aidan was mesmerized by the big Easter Bunny, and the big Eagle, and needed to be reminded to pick up some eggs. Nealy was all about the eggs, however her age group (3&4) was insane. They let parents "help" and basically it was over within 15 sec. Which is why I only have an after shot of her.

Our Mini Vacation

The long wait...so much for getting a room on time, we waited in the lobby for two hours!

Aidan was so excited to see that the animals like to read too.

"Hey little fella, what are ya reading today?"

"Can I read it too??"

They were playing in the kid pool, Aidan turned to look at a big bucket dumping water on people

Nealy going down the little kid slide, she also went down the big slides all by herself!

Aidan took his time getting used to the pool, of course AFTER I put the camera away he went crazy...always miss the good pictures

Daddy and Nealy right before 200 gallons of water got dumped on them!

The arcade rides...

The story tree chair

With Daddy in the story book chair. They had story time every night for the kids here, which both babies loved!

above: Waving to the wolf during story time
Below: Nealy hugging the wolf

Thrilled right??? He wasn't thrilled that his sister was still touching him...

sitting in the "bear chair"

Aidan dancing on his "stage" to American Idols

Sitting on the ledge in our hotel room...just to scare mommy!

Aidan LOVES these big creatures...who would have thought???

Spring Break didn't start off all that springy. We packed the kids up and drove up north to Traverse City for a couple nights. It was good to get away, and the kids loved the "kid hotel". We visited Great Wolf Lodge, which has an indoor water park, craft room, and many fun little activities throughout the entire hotel. They loved it. Wes and I loved watching them, and it wore us out! Next year we need to go somewhere warm!

Easter Egg Paintings

My hard worker...

What a goofball.

Here is a telling shot...Wes working on Aidan's egg that he discarded after seeing some chips, and Nealy working hard on her own egg.

My three loves working hard!

She was so cute trying to fill in all the pictures on the eggs.

Aidan saying "cheese"!

A very serious Nealy

He was trying to tell me something, or show me something...I never caught on.

One word from Aidan..."MINE"

I had promised Nealy we would do a project today. She had been waiting to paint Easter Eggs for a while now, and even though it was getting late we did it! She was very serious, which I thought was funny. She really took her time and made sure the whole egg was covered. Even Aidan got in on the fun, although he was more or less looking for what ever table scraps may be available. Nealy has decided she will be leaving these fake eggs for the Easter Bunny...I guess like leaving cookies for Santa! Everyone had fun, another successful project completed. Oh, and Nealy hit another milestone yesterday...she is now 3 AND a HALF! Very cool. I'm still in denial.

Nealy the Builder

After ballet on Saturday morning, Nealy and Wes headed over to Home Depot for their children's project. It was the first time they had gone, and boy was it a hit! Nealy got to make her own window bird house. She was beyond thrilled with herself, the fact that she used REAL tools ALL. BY. HERSELF. Wes thought of bringing the camera, since I couldn't be there. Aidan and I were at the doctor's again...this time he has bronchitis. Poor baby!