Happy Easter!

We spent this past Easter with my Mom and Dad in New Jersey. It was great to be with them for Easter Sunday service this year.

The boys looked very cute in their Easter outfits. Girls tend to have prettier clothes, but I still think my boys look great! It is always challenging to get a "formal" picture of my kids since they have been raised around cameras their entire lives. So this is the best that we got! LOL Christian was NOT in the mood! Ian did great!


My Dad...the very serious attorney...was working really hard to get Christian to smile for the camera! LOL


Ian is so in tune with his brother's emotions. Christian was very grumpy and Ian looked at me and said "Mommy, he just needs a hug." And he was right! What a sweet boy I have!


After the hug and calming down, the boys got down to some playing.


Ian helped set the table for Easter dinner. I'm not sure why he felt that we each needed a tube of hand sanitizer, but we each got one. And we each had a very artfully folded napkin that was held together with a very stylish rubber band!


After dinner, we had our Easter egg hunt. The boys had a lot of fun looking for eggs and even more fun eating the candy that was in them! Sadly, it wasn't very Spring-like! It was pretty chilly outside and very windy! Hence the winter coats!




It was a great Easter and a great way to close out Spring Break! Thanks Dad for taking the family picture for us!

Dora Live!

One of the highlights of our Spring Break trip to my parents' in New Jersey was getting to go to Radio City Music Hall in New York City to see the Dora Live show!

We had taken Ian to see the Dora Live show when he was around 2 1/2 years old and Christian LOVES Dora, so we thought this was a great time to take him as well.

He LOVED the show! He was mesmerized for some of it, but then he joined in and participated.



Ian was thrilled to be able to use Oma and Opa's opera glasses to watch the show close up. And he was also very excited to eat popcorn and twizzlers during the show. I think that Christian ate almost a whole bucket of popcorn on his own! LOL



We had a great time and made some great memories! Thanks Mom and Dad!

Spring Break

This was our first year of having a child in school, so Spring Break was cause for celebration! We chose to spend the first part of Spring Break around the house and enjoying not having to get up at 6:30am to get ready for school.

The last half of the week though, we went to my parents in New Jersey. The boys love getting to go visit their Oma and Opa and I enjoy having a break from being the primary caregiver!

My parents have a large ottoman in the living room that opens up and is storage for blankets and pillows. The boys love to open it and play in it. One night, they just lounged inside it and on the top cushion of it while watching a movie.


Ian enjoyed playing on the computer in the office.


We took the boys hiking one day. Christian didn't really enjoy it and cried almost the whole trip up the mountain. We didn't even make it to the lake that we were aiming for! LOL But I got some cute pictures anyway! (Some may have been taken by my Dad...I tend to leave my camera at the house and just borrow his when I am there. He loves to take pictures as much as I do and I enjoy the break from constant shooting!)





I really hope we can find a new hooded t-shirt for Ian this fall. The shirt he has on is his favorite and it is getting too small....but he just doesn't want to give it up!


One thing is for sure...the boys get worn out when they are at Oma and Opa's! Christian likes looking through books at bedtime and this is how I found him one night when I went to turn the light off. Poor tired baby!


Ian loves to read books with my Dad at night. He loves reading as much as we do!

Spring Break was a lot of fun and it was nice to have a break from the daily school routine. I'm sure Ian would agree! And Christian enjoyed having his big brother home during the day.

Christmas in New Jersey

This year's holiday schedule was quite hectic, but we were able to enjoy a few days at my Mom and Dad's in New Jersey.

This is their Christmas tree. (Remember, they hauled it from Ohio on the top of their car! LOL) Dad had set up a train underneath the tree and the boys were quite fascinated with it.


I just liked this image of Christian with his sippy.


My very inventive 5 year old figured out a way to keep his nose from running all down his face. Nothing like a Kleenex and tape!


Ian and my Dad spent some time creating a snow fort in the snow bank out front. It was so freezing cold, I don't know how they could stand being outside for as long as they were. They also did a little sledding in the backyard.


We had a very nice visit and wished it could have lasted longer.