Ben's First Easter Egg Hunt

We went to our first Easter Egg Hunt at our church this past Saturday. It usually conflicts with our neighborhood one but this year they are on different weekends. Ben had a blast at his first egg hunt. He went right to an egg and put it in his mouth. Will walked along with us and showed Ben where the eggs were but Ben was happy with his one egg. Will did a great job with helping Ben and being understanding that it was Ben's turn and not his.

Will went right to work when it was his turn... he got a lot of eggs but we shared some with a little girl from his CDC class. He did not miss them. Will loves the puppet team's performances at our church and they were performing today. He told me he "saw a picture of God" after one of their songs.

We had a first birthday party to attend in the afternoon and both boys had a great time outside, eating cake, and getting very dirty!!! It was a beautiful day that we all enjoyed.

Ben is 14 Months

Ben is 14 months old today. He has started being a chatter box..I have no idea what he is saying but it is very cute. Ben can say some things we understand such dog and cat. I think he said bird the other day but only heard it once! He is attempting to stand on top of his riding toy. I have to say he is a little daredevil. Ben continues to love dancing and music. He is pointing at everything and likes to watch the airplanes go over our house....which is all time! Ben also shakes his head no and nods for yes.

Will is 3 years and 2 months

I let the 19th slip by so here a few shots of Will this past month. He is napping right now for the first time in 4 days. He went back to school for the first time in 2 weeks and his teacher said he did great. Will and Daddy planted carrots yesterday in his garden. The first thing he wanted to do when he woke up was to check to see if they had grown. The thing I am enjoying the most about 3 so far is seeing Will use his imagination!

Busy weekend

Chip had Friday off so we made use of the extra time and cleaned out our guest room. We are going to paint it sometime soon. For those of you who have not been to our house...the guest room is a dark pink. It was a little girl's room before we owned the house. We moved a lot of stuff to storage...yes we do have a storage unit..but plan to purge some items at our neighborhood garage sale coming up.

Will and Chip worked on getting "Will's" garden ready. He had fun using his big boy shovel and rake Pop bought him. Will's garden is 12 by 6 and Daddy's is 4 by 8. Now, how did Will end up with a bigger garden...so he can grow big things that he picked out at the store. We have corn, sunflowers, carrots, watermelon and pumpkin.

Ben had fun picking up the dirt and handing it to me...he did try a few bites though. Ben got a new "car" thanks to a gracious hand me down from Ms. Sarah. He loves moving the steering wheel and beeping the horn.

Hopefully I will get some pics uploaded soon.

One year ago today...

Big Bugs

We went to the Botanical Gardens to see the Big Bug Exhibit today. We met Gigi and Uncle Robby, who gladly spent his day off with us. It was beautiful weather and there were a lot of people there. Will had an adventure with the map they gave us. He liked to tell us which way to go. Ben sat so sweetly the whole time in the the stroller. We let him out towards the end in the children's area and he was determined to get in the water. I guess next time if it is warm enough I will bring their bathing suits. Both boys napped..Ben did for an 1 1/2...which is a long time for him!

Everyone is healthy..yea!!!

Will is now acting like himself...thank goodness!!! We celebrated St. Patrick's Day by making a cake with green icing at Gigi's house today. (We were going to do it last night but someone did not eat their dinner.) We all wore green today and made our way to Gi's house. The boys had a blast playing and making a huge mess. I was hoping they would fall asleep on the way home but neither one of them did! We are having some down time while Will watches his "All about John Deere" video. I plan to get them outside in a while. Tomorrow we are going to the Botanical Gardens to check out the new "BIG BUGS" exhibit.