Happy St. Patrick's Day from my favorite little leprechaun! I unfortunately did not get a picture of Connor in the morning because Ryan took him to school early but I can assure you he had green on!
Here's Connor, two years earlier, in the same shirt!
The cold weather just seemed to drag on, and on, and on this year. There was one week that it was slightly less cold, so we took advantage of it and got outside for a walk. I'm pretty sure it snowed 6 inches the following day!
The boys had their spring school pictures taken and I laugh every time I look at it. I remember the horrors of school pictures - you have no idea what you are going to look like but you have to spend all this money to get them and the anticipation is excruciating! Thankfully, they are able to get them taken together and I just get the digital image on a CD so I can print as many or as few as I need.
Easter was fun this year. We went to Ryan's dad the day before Easter. He and Ruth organized an egg hunt for the kids and it was Connor's first time participating in one. It took him a while to get the hang of it, and that you don't stop to eat the candy each time you pick up an egg, but it was fun to watch him get so excited each time he found one.
Grandpa is the only one who looks happy in this picture!
Too much fun and excitement. I didn't mind him falling asleep and taking a little nap while I was holding him, until my arm fell asleep after an hour. Meanwhile, these two were having fun causing trouble:
Caught you!
The Easter Bunny came to our house and Connor had a great time looking for his and Grant's baskets. By far the highlight of the Bunny's gifts (besides the peanut butter eggs, which Connor still talks about two months later and I can't say I blame him) was the basketballs to replace the one the dogs chewed up and deflated. We got a four pack, so we should be good for a while!
Easter dinner at Gramma's.
Oh that face!
The weekend after Easter Ryan was hunting turkey in Oklahoma and I figured I had given my parents a good three weeks to recover from their adventures in babysitting, so I took the boys down for the weekend. The weather was beautiful and the boys loved being outside.
Day 1: His job was to go around the yard and pick up sticks. He even has his own work hat, but I'm not sure what the fact that it is advertising Miller Lite says about us as parents/grandparents!
Day 2: Helping Pop-pop plant grass seed. At first I wondered if they were paying my kid for his labor, but then I realized that he made a royal mess so I should just be thankful that he wasn't fired!
Work was quickly abandoned in favor of bubbles and sidewalk chalk!
Next year he'll have two helpers!
We took a trip to Happy Hallow, the playground where I grew up, and also where I worked every summer during high school. A lot has changed, but it brought back good memories. I was disappointed that the "big slide" wasn't there any more, although I suppose it was probably a little too dangerous, especially when sheets of wax paper were used to make it faster!
These two recently discovered the joys of riding in the "race car" cart together. While it is nice to have them both contained and entertained, it means I often have to drive aimlessly around the Wegman's parking lot so I can find a cart return with one of these special carts in it!
We had a very busy spring, and it doesn't look like it is going to slow down any time soon! I can't believe the next post I'll write will be about my baby turning 1 already!!!
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