Egg Hunt -2011

Neighborhood kids at the Easter egg hunt!


Alex counting his eggs...


I think he is over me taking his picture.

Evan is proud of his eggs!

Easter Sunday

Brotherly love!


Opening their Easter baskets.



Candy!

Cheese! (Will they hate me one day for making them wear these suits?)

I told them they had to smile before I would get down their baskets - it kinda worked!

Since we had a full day of fun activities - we decided to start the fun early, so to 8am mass we went. The boys were angels in church for the 2nd week in a row. I am sure most of you a probably surprised by 1.) the good behavior 2.) the fact that we went to church two weeks in a row. We actually went to St. Mary's this year, which is the church we just joined. If they boys do go to Catholic school, we will be sending them there, so it only made sense to switch from St. Cecilia to St. Mary's. Next we came home to open the Easter basket gifts that the Easter Bunny left for us. The boys were thrilled with their new toys - Alex said that the Easter Bunny was his favorite because he brought him a new Lightening McQueen. Evan just ate a bunch of candy and didn't care too much about his new toys. They did make me write their names on the bubble wands I got them, so they wouldn't get them mixed up. At 11am, we went over to the Pusateri's for a quick Easter egg hunt with some of our other friends/neighbors. Thankfully the rain stopped enough for us to be able to do the egg hunt in their backyard. This was vwey brave of the Pusateri's to host, since they just welcomed their fourth baby on April 8th. Lucca Belle is adorable and somehow managed to sleep in her Daddy's arms - the entire time. When we got home, Babci and Dzia Dziu were waiting for us at our house! We had brunch with them and next up is dinner with Michael and Krista!

Pre-Easter Festivities

Waiting is the hardest part!


Choosing what color they wanted their eggs to be was a hard too...

Rice Krispy Easter eggs - with M&M's "hidden" on the inside.

Little hams - they can't just look at the camera and smile!

Finally time to get the eggs out - we only cracked a few...

We had planned on going to Keeneland today with the boys. We went last year and they loved the ponies. However, due to the fact that I was just feeling overwhelmed with everything we have going on right now and the next few busy weeks to come, along with the unpredictable weather, we decided to stay at home with the boys and do some stuff around the house. It did turn out to be a rainy day, which was perfect for dying Easter eggs, doing some cooking ahead for my Easter Sunday dinner and making some Rice Krispy Eggs for the boys - just what we needed...

Palm Sunday - Columbus

The boys with their palms.


Alex being silly on the way home from church.



Right before they started attacking each other with their palms.

Not sure why he was holding his ears - probably some awful music that Tim was blaring...

We were able to go to Columbus to spend Palm Sunday with Babci and Dzia Dziu. Also visiting for the weekend were Uncle Matt, Cioci Lauren, cousin Lilly, cousin Diana, and our cousins from Connecticut - Tyler, Kathleen and Mr. James (as Alex called their new baby boy). It was a full house and is crazy to see how many babies/kids are around now. Just a few short years ago - the holidays at Carol's consisted of sports all day long, drinking a little wine/beer and eating. Now, it is cartoons/Disney movies all day long, drinking bottles of milk/juice boxes, but of course we still eat. It is hard to believe that we will have TWO more babies this Christmas (ours and Becca and Mark's)! The kids definitely keep it interesting :)

The Park

Evan - too cute not to share!


Evan attempting the monkey bars - scared to death!

Alex hung on a little longer...

Evan going down the slide - note the tongue sticking out - he is concentrating...

Alex on the triple slide!

Our transportation to the park. Evan's classic mean face and Alex is being the "Beast" from Beauty and the Beast.

We have a few schools nearby, so the boys are always asking to go up to the "fark" as Evan calls it - he has a hard time with some of his "P's"... I am writing this today on Easter, but this was back a few weeks ago - when the sun actually came out every once in awhile. I have had to explain to the boys several times over the past few days that it has to rain in order for the flowers to grow. They aren't buying it though... They are very anxious to play outside. Last summer they hated being hot and being outside a lot, so hopefully they are over that and will spend more time outside this year.