Happy Easter

Happy Easter! Last year when we celebrated Easter, we were in PA with snow on the ground. Despite our cheery faces, we are COLD! It was only 47 at noon. Ethan loves wearing his boots on Sunday. This is what I saw before pictures this morning. He needed a little help this morning. Ethan sat with us during church today. He colored and sang and had a grand ole time! Lincoln has been constipated for about four days now. So, church was not as enjoyable for him.
During the Easter Egg hunt, Lincoln cried "BOBO" while his brother ran quickly and found all the eggs.
We rushed inside and ate a quick lunch. Lincoln finally went after lunch. He is a NEW child!!!

Even though it was Easter, Ethan had to put on his seven shirt and ninety-five pants! Tomorrow it's back to work and school for us. We had a great Spring Break!

Toys....toys...toys!

Lincoln's birthday is in a few weeks. So, Granny decided to make a stop at the toystore to get his gifts. Fisher Price was having a phenomenal sale yesterday so they loaded up on all the microscopic pieces they could find!
This was the coolest firestation! They also got a submarine and some pirate accesories to go with their pirate ship. I have to say the toys were really cool....and kept them really busy!
Last night she volunteered to keep the boys so Nate and I could go out. I let Nate pick the restaurant. He picked a crab house. After an hour and a half of eating 12 crabs, my fingers were sooo sore and I started to feel a little bit full. We left and headed to the movies! She leaves at lunch today and we have to get ready to head back to work next week. What a bummer!

62 and beautiful

was the weather....I know you were thinking about my mother, but she's way younger. (Yeah that Mandy is a real hoot!)This little boy did his usual wake the company up at 7:00 (on the right side as he says). He had her get his breakfast ready and get his movie on.
We played awhile and then did some errands. We grabbed lunch and they ate amazing AGAIN today! After lunch, we made a quick trip to the playground. We finished up our DC tour tonight. We left too early for the night tour...but we drove around for a while...got a snack...and then FINALLY it was sort of dark enough to see everything.
We left DC around 8:20, but as soon as we got on the interstate traffic stopped. We did a detour and made it home by 9:00. It should take us about 15 minutes. Sooo...she got the Old Town Alexandria tour as a bonus! :)

Granny's here!

Granny landed in Alexandria today! The boys and I picked her up from the airport and headed to lunch. Ethan made a liar out of me at lunch today. For the past four years my mother has heard me complain how my kids don't eat. We went to a a really neat Chinese restaurant. Ethan ate an entire adult honey chicken meal and part of Granny's sesame chicken. Tonight for dinner he also finished his grilled cheese and some fries.
We headed down to the cherry blossoms tonight. We were afraid that the blossoms would be gone. They were not like they were last week, but many of the blossoms were still intact. We walked to Jefferson and mom and I went into the monument. While we were at the top, Nate kept pointing to Washington Monument and it appeared that he wanted us to take a picture. We did....and he kept pointing...so we kept taking pictures. When we got to the bottom, he showed us that he was pointing to the White House. We never saw it. There was a great shot, however.
The cherry blossoms were so pretty under the sunlight.
After we left the cherry blossoms, we drove down the length of the mall and up to the Capitol. We were able to stop at a couple spots so she could take some pictures. By this time, Lincoln was asking for his apple. Ethan was ready to go eat...and we were getting hungry! We are definitely going to have to make it back down this way tomorrow night. I don't think any of us realized how much we wanted to show her!

I was hoping this picture would show you the HUGE knot on his noggin! He fell as soon as we got home this afternoon. He is giving you his "look!" Daddy loves it when he does this!

Dentist

Today was Ethan's first "REAL" dentist appointment. He went back when he was two for emergency dental work. Today was the real deal. Ethan and I had appointments scheduled at the same time. Nate went so that he could go in with Ethan. Neither Nate nor I had a clue what they were going to do with him. So, we did the best we could preparing him. He wasn't scared at all upon arrival. Once he got back to the room, he sat down fine. Once the hygenist asked to look in his mouth the brakes started! The dentist came in and was able to count his teeth and do a quick lookover. He did not let them clean his teeth, but the dentist made a deal with him to do it this summer when he comes back! I know I had low expectations, but I was thrilled that he let him in his mouth. He did have some decay, but they're baby teeth right! The dentist called them practice teeth. We know what to do better and have four months to prepare him for the next time.

Well needed rest!

Ethan got his wish and was able to see his Memaw and Pappy. His mommy and daddy got their wish and were able to sleep in and nap everyday!
Saturday the boys played and played and played! On Sunday, they found Easter eggs left by the Easter bunny at Memaws!
Lincoln mowed Memaw's grass!Both boys went for tractor rides with Pappy!
Ethan is already planning her visit to our house for Lincoln's birthday.

Spring Break

I don't have any pictures to share today. The past few days I have been sick and not in a photographing mood. Lincoln has started the horrible/bad/terrible/nasty cycle that Ethan started around this age----CONSTIPATION. I was sooo hoping that it would skip him, but it hasn't. He has been crying for three days and last night layed on the floor just like Ethan would. He finally went last night in his sleep. This morning he was a new kid. This could not have come at a better time as we are going to be in the car for three hours this afternoon. We are off to see Memaw and Pappy. Ethan has been begging...yes, LITERALLY begging for us to go. We are staying until Monday. I am desperately hoping that Nate and I get some rest this weekend. I don't think it will be hard at all. When Memaw is there, the boys totally forget that they have parents. She is a rock star to them.
On a sick side note...Nate and I have not got a full night sleep in I don't know how long. I think for most parents this is a fact of life, but our kids sleep...I mean REALLY sleep...GOOD! The sickness that has taken over our house has been horrible. The last two nights Ethan has awaken to a sore throat. I know I shouldn't laugh at how he reacts, but it's funny. He comes to our room calm...then once he's in there and knows that we are aware of him...he flails around in circles screaming and then falls on the ground. It seriously made me laugh out loud. Then he calms down and says.."my throat hurts." Really...that's all it is??? Lincoln just wants "MAMA" and he will snuggle. Nate retreats to bed and sleeps. I think I get so overwhelmed and I cry. It's funny how everyone handles being sick so differently. Hopefully, this Spring Break will be relaxing, peaceful, and above all HEALING!!!