Egg Hunt-Take 3

Today was Mason's school Easter party. It was soo cute. As a teacher I remember how excited the parents and students got for parties...but how exhausted they made me. This time I was on the other side...and we had a great time at his party! First, us moms went up to decorate the classroom while the lil ones were taking their nap. It was soo cute when the teachers brought them back to the classroom in the red buggy all the kids were excited to see their mommys waiting for them with balloons. I could hear Mason calling out MOMMY and he jumped out of the buggy and ran to give me the biggest hug like he had not seen me in days...it was priceless. Before we started the party we grabbed our Easter baskets and headed off to hunt the eggs. No matter how many times we hunt eggs Mason is just as excited as he was the first time! I love watching how much fun he has and the surprise he gets as he finds each new egg. After the hunt we headed back inside for some goodies! Madelyn slept for MOST of the party...she woke up at the very end when a balloon popped :) Finally, when the party was over we headed home to open up all his eggs to see what treats he got this time. No matter how many stickers, balls, candy he opens each egg with the same excitement! Ahhh the little things...

Before they got to the classroom :)

Their sweet party favor...filled with PEEPS :)

WHOA....Mommy's here!

And their off...

It amazes me how they get 8 lil ones to sit contently in their chairs to eat!

"I found one" (look behind you buddy...there are A LOT MORE :)

What was that noise!?!?!

Egg Hunt-Take 2

Yesterday was our playgroup Easter party!! We LOVE our playgroup. Ever since Madelyn has come it has been a bit harder getting out of the house to all our playgroup events and Mason goes to MDO on Tuesdays when we meet. SO....we have been dying to get back in the swing of things and get to play with our playgroup buddies again! We had such a great time eating, playing, and hunting eggs! Thanks Ella for hosting this fun fun party! We did have to make a quick exit...baby sister was hungry and she was left home with daddy!

Playgroup Easter Party 2008

Playgroup Easter Party 2009

Egg Hunt-Take 1

How many egg hunts can one kid go on?!?! This is the first of MANY MANY egg hunts :) Last weekend Mason, Madelyn and I headed to Austin to visit my parents. Their neighborhood was having their Easter egg hunt on Saturday. Last year Mason was SORT OF getting the idea of hunting eggs. After he found a few he was ready for the next activity. This year...SO DIFFERENT!! He knows he needs to get as many as he can because there are treats inside them :) So....he was off with his Lightning McQueen basket, given by Nanny, to hunt down as many Easter eggs as possible. Sad part....the eggs were stuffed with candy Mason could not eat yet! Oh well...he enjoyed finding them and loved that he filled his Easter basket to the brim!

I spy an Easter Egg!

Kylie, my mom's friend's grandson and Mason! He LOVES LOVES LOVES Kylie!

The Loot!

Look at those EYES!

They change colors DAILY! One minute they are blue...the next green...the next WHO KNOWS :) I love love love them and the little boy they belong to!

Afternoon Stroll

Mason loves to ride his bike. We gave it to him for his second birthday and he loves to go on bike rides. We will ride for over an hour at times. After Mason wakes from his nap (weather permitting) I load up baby sister in her stroller and we take off. We ride to the water, down to the rocks, and back numerous times before he is ready to do something else. Madelyn is usually pretty content sleeping while we take our strolls.

**Mason had some pretty bad bed head during this ride...the only thing that will tame his fly away thin hair:

2 Month Doctor Appointment

Today was Madelyn's 2 month check up. It was NOT PRETTY! Mason always did "fine" with his shots but not lil misses! Dr. Nelms came in checked her out and said we have a very beautiful happy healthy baby girl :)

Weight: 11lb 11oz-67%

Height: 23in- 66%

Head: 15 1/2in-60%

Yeah for a growing lil girl!!!




Then the dreaded shots and rotavirus vaccine. I was a little nervous about the rotavirus vaccine because every time I give her her vitamins she THROWS UP! YUCK!!! I had dressed her in a dress to go visit Daddy and meet his coworkers for the first time after her appointment. And my hunch was right...right after they gradually gave her the rotavirus vaccine it came straight up with all her breakfast! So....we had to change her from her cute dress :( She couldn't calm down she was having a FIT! Next they gave her the shots....that just made the FIT escalate. It took me a while to calm her down, but when I did she took a good afternoon nap :) I SOOOO dread the 4 month rotavirus vaccine :( Here are a few of my favorite pictures I took today....I just LOVE LOVE LOVE my brown eyed girl....she melts my heart!

Look what Mason found.....

The Easter Bunny came early! Mason and Daddy were cleaning the windows in the backyard and they came across this-

I tried my best to get a good pic without the mother duck flying in and snapping at my hiney! We found them in the bushes up against our house right under our bedroom window :) We shall see how many hatch into baby ducks.

Rodeo

Every Feb/March we get excited....it's RODEO time ;) Last year Mason had a blast watching the trail riders come through Katy and going to the rodeo. This year was a bit different since we have a new member to the family.... I did not attempt to take Mason to the rodeo with our playgroup by myself! We waited for Daddy to take off work and go with us. Let me just say our rodeo experience this year was DRAMA!

It started off GREAT! We started off at the petting zoo...Mason was hesitant at first but enjoyed feeding the animals. Daddy took him in to pet the animals while I fed Madelyn. Daddy did a great job getting do good action shots of Mason!

Then after the petting zoo we went to see the cows..and watch one getting milked. Can you spot Mason and Daddy?

From when Mason was itty bitty he loved TRACTORS!! SO, off to ride the big tractors. This was his favorite part of the Rodeo last year. He did not want to get off :)

NOW FOR THE DRAMA!!! I needed some chap stick so I reached down to the bottom of my stroller to unpack the basket to get to my purse which was hidden at the BACK of the basket. Well...IT WAS GONE!!!!!!!!!!! Everything was in my purse, keys, ID, Credit Cards, phone...everything. There was NO way the purse just fell out...it was hidden behind the camera case, diaper bag, sling, and blanket. I retraced my steps...and knew it has to have been gone during the petting zoo. NO PURSE! The lady at the petting zoo did say a MOM can by and took this black purse (the color of my purse) that her daughter left. So I was off to lost and found to report my purse stolen!!! At this time I was in a PANIC...how were we going to get home...my credit cards...EVERYTHING! As I was walking into the lost and found room a Police officer was walking in with my purse! I was SOOO SHOCKED to see my purse and HAPPY! At first they asked for my ID to make sure that I was who I said and that it was my purse...HELLO...my ID was in my purse. SO they took one look at the ID (YES it was still there :) and decided it was me and handed over my purse. I rummaged through my purse to see what was missing...NOTHING...everything was still there in the same place it was left. I was LUCKY! It's a mystery...there was no way my purse fell out someone had to take it, but not quite sure who took it and ended up not stealing a single thing in my purse!

Now that the drama was over...back to the rodeo. We decided it was time to go to the carnival. We bought some tickets rode some rides and played basketball. Of course you can't go to a carnival without a Funnel Cake...Mason's favorite ;) Overall, the rodeo was a success, but I was ready to leave and get back home for a much needed nap :)

Yes..Madleyn is in the sling...she loves it :)