Happy Easter!

Hope that everyone had a lovely Easter weekend!  We have a had a great week celebrating Easter!  The boys both had Easter egg hunts at school (neither of which I have pictures of, but hey, they're pretty much all the same, right?), I got to teach my littles at school about the true meaning of Easter (quite a difference from my public school days), and we had a wonderful weekend celebrating with family.  Here's what we were up to this week:

Oh, yes!  We did get snow the week of Easter!  And I scooped up Liam just long enough Tuesday morning to get a few shots in the flurries (since we don't have a true snow picture of him and he's nearly 2)

"Noooo, Mama!  Noooo!"  He was loving the snow, as little as we got.

The boys helped make these Easter "tweets" to pass out to their friends at school

And we did a little handprint art

Saturday's Bunny Booty Breakfast pancakes

Liam is always a fan of food in any form, of course

Chan really dug them, too.

We had some treats to deliver to our AMAZING neighbors on Saturday

And we egged them, too...but in a good way.

Chan hid all the eggs for his friends to find (very quiet and sneakily I might add), then rang the doorball and ran back home

And watched and waited until they found their note

Both boys had fun watching their friends hunt for the eggs we had left.

Turns out Mrs. Marie had a treat for them, too!  We love you, Marie!!

And then we had some bunny-inspired lunch

And don't you know it, that bunny came and visited us! 

Chan was super excited, as usual

And Liam just wanted to sit on his new alligator.

Oh, yeah!

Upside down, as usual.  Weirdo.

My handsome boys ready for church Easter morning

All dressed up and ready to go!

After church we headed straight to Nana's for Easter lunch with the fam

And an indoor egg hunt this year due to the rain. 

Didn't seem to bother them much, though.

The boys with Nana

And another with Momma (because we needed Lamb to lose the paci)

And we hung with Uncle Jon for a bit, too! 

After Nana's, we headed to Aunt Kelly and Uncle Doug's for our Koehn/Jones Easter meal.  Turns out Grandma had Easter baskets for us, too!  We are so loved!

And then we crashed after our sugar high.  It was fun while it lasted, though!

Well, friends...I have some kiddos to get to bed who are worn out!  I know we will all rest well tonight!

"Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to

strength and beauty and happiness."

~Floyd W. Tomkins~

Happy Easter Friends!

Brittany :)

P.S.- Giving credit again where it's due:

*I got the idea for the bunny booty breakfast and the printable Easter gift tags from Marci Combs over at her blog http://marcicoombs.blogspot.com/search/label/Easter

*My Spring banner was a free printable from http://cakeslikesaparty.com/2011/03/28/free-and-awesome-happy-easter-happy-spring-printable-banner/ 

*My Easter Tweets printable was free from Simply Klassic here http://www.simplyklassichome.com/2013/03/easter-tweets-for-my-favorite-peeps.html 

*I saw the "You got Egged" idea on Pinterest, but I made my own in Word ;)

Sping Break Success

Say it ain't so!!  Just one more day off until we go back to work and school!  Why is it that spring break always flies by so quickly.  I guess the old saying is true...time flies when you're having fun!

We have been busy, busy these past two weeks.  Lots of sleeping in.  Lots of playing.  Lots of F-U-N.  The boys and I have really loved having these two weeks to play and relax, even if the weather didn't feel as spring-ish as we would have liked most days.  Here is a peek at what we've been up to over spring break:

I spent our first Saturday off celebrating my super sweet niece Riley Grace for her 6th birthday!  Tea party style of course.

And then I headed straight to a baby shower for my super sweet friend Kristin & upcoming Baby Ava!

The next day we had a family lunch at Nana's to celebrate Pa Robert's birthday

Tuesday we went to The Discovery Center in Murfreesboro with Nana, Aunt Anna, the girls, and their Aunt Alex.  We had lots of fun.  Liam and Gracyn played store...

Chan learned how to change a tire...

We tried our hands at fire-fighting...

Rode an exceptionally large tricycle...

And experimented with tubes and air.

Though it was cold and spitting snow at us on Wednesday, we went to Charlie Daniels Park in MJ with some friends for the St. Patty's Day Kids' Day Celebration.  We played on the playground...

Got some sweet St. Patrick's Day ink...

Did some swingin'...

Pretended to be a REAL Army man...

And spent some time in a police cruiser...but just in the front.

After a trip to Opry Mills for new shoes on Thursday, we did some spring cleaning.

And we went to visit my Great Aunt Opal on Friday.  Chan had made her a sweet Get Well Card that he was excited to deliver.  We had about a half-hour visit before Liam ran into another guest's room and Chan set off the alarm, so...

We went to the Old Hickory Village Park instead where we...

Did some slidin'...

Some more swingin'...

Rode a purple triceratops...

And enjoyed the warm weather (which didn't last long).

We spent the weekend celebrating St. Patrick's Day,

then spent a rainy Monday having an all-day playdate with The Clement Clan...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While Zero took a long, overdue trip to the groomer.

After another playdate with friends on Tuesday, we headed to The P'Funky Griddle for breakfast Wednesday.

Daddy was off work for the rest of the week, so he tagged along.

It was the Lamb's first visit.  Needless to say, he loved it.

Afterwards we headed to the zoo...our first trip of the year!  We measured ourselves against elephant skulls,

Saw some elephants...

And some giraffes...

Climbed in meerkat tunnels...

And in some trees...

And got seriously up close and personal with the flamingos (Mommy's fave).

Thursday we headed to Granny & Pa's along with Nana, Aunt Anna, and the girls for our first Easter Egg Hunt of the season...

the big kids searched for the eggs that were heavy (cause they know Granny puts quarters in them)...

and the Baby Lamb got most of the candy filled eggs.

After breakfast and hunting eggs we visited with Granny & Pa for a while...

And Aunt Judy stopped by, too!

Friday we all got trims...

Some of us needed it more than others.

And today we spent the morning yard-salin' with Nana.  Chan was super happy with his purchases.

And we spent the evening cooking hot dogs and s'mores over the fire pit.

Something tells me he won't be this excited about waking up at 6:15 again Monday morning...

Overall, I'd say this spring break has been a success.   The only thing that would have made it better would have been less winter weather and more spring weather.  We are ready, Spring.  Bring it on. 

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."

~Charles Dickens~

from Great Expectations

Till next week friends!

Brittany :)