Easter!

Easter was so much fun this year. We technically had 4 Easters!

The first was at Gramma and Grampa's house. We did a big hunt for the kids and a small one for the adults. We also did some egg coloring! Instead of wanting to color eggs though, Aaron wanted to eat chips.

The boys were so cute playing together! 

Then came the hunt!

Aaron loved looking for his dark blue eggs. He got the hang of it quick!

Aaron enjoyed the spoils of his hunt 

Each egg either had candy in it or a letter that corresponded with a prize. After the hunt, if an egg didn't have candy in it, Aaron didn't care about it... but he enjoyed his prizes! He had to sit on Gramma's lap the whole time prizes were handed out.

Aaron had fun playing on the play set after all the eggs were done.

Later came the adult hunt. You had to be fast to beat people to the eggs!

While we handed out the adult prizes (again, each egg had either candy or a letter) the kids watched a movie. Can you guess who chose the movie?

The next day we had our own Easter with a basket from the Easter bunny (with help from Eric's Grammie who makes the amazing bunnies!)

A few days later, a package from my parents came with a basket for Aaron!

Introducing - Bobby. Aaron at first pronounced bunny wrong and I thought it was so cute that I called the bunny, "Bobby" from then on. If Bobby isn't in bed when bedtime rolls around, I am in BIG trouble! Lightning McQueen I can distract him from if it is missing ... but not Bobby.

 And our fourth Easter was the real adult hunt that took place 2 weeks after Easter when Rachel and Tighe were able to join us! There was one giant egg out there for each child but the rest were for adults.

Again, you had to be quick. This time, since I knew we were having an adult hunt, I didn't wear a dress which came in handy because I had to climb a tree for one of the eggs!

Easter is a big event for the Hornibrooks and I absolutely love it. We are so grateful to Mark and Ane for making it so much fun. 

30 Weeks

Man ... am I getting excited! 10 weeks to go till the due date of this little beauty! I took a picture today! (fresh out of the shower ... gotta do it when it occurs to me or it won't happen :-| )

The whole time I was trying getting a "good" picture, Aaron wanted to kiss the baby, so I let him do that. He loves to go to the doctor with me and listen to the "baby heart!" He already loves his "bister" and gives her plenty of hugs and kisses - he shares his cars and tickles her. He absolutely loves babies (dolls or real) and tries to take care of them. He is great with his cousin, Annie. He likes to hold her and burp her and give her hugs and kisses.

We had an appointment today in which the doctor confirmed that according to the ultrasound, everything inside is fine. She is in the 76th percentile for her size (so she isn't small) and there is enough fluid around her ... somehow the math adds up even though my bump is itty bitty. I went from needing to wear maternity shirts to having maternity shirts be tents, but my normal shirts get stretched ... blah - the nasty in between stage. I thought I was done with that! Oh well, I'm just excited to meet this little girl!

Mother's Weekend

This weekend was so sweet - On Friday, Eric took me on a date as my gift. We went to Olive Garden and then to see Iron Man 3.

Saturday, Aaron climbed in bed with me and we slept till 10 while Eric cleaned the house! I'm such a lucky woman!!! In the evening, the two of them pulled out the drums and played for me and then pulled out the guitars and played for me! Eric played 2 songs. Aaron had fun playing along on the little guitar we got him in Mexico.

Today, Eric spoke in church and we went to Mark and Ane's for dinner. Before we left, I asked Eric and Aaron to play for me again - it was so cute!

They decided to play a song together on the same guitar - August Rush style!

Mother's day is always so special here - I am so blessed to have these amazing boys in my life!
It was so fun to have Aaron make me a gift in Nursery this year. I look forward to many more years of cute drawings and little surprises from him.
My heart melts every time he calls out, "Mama!"  I am so lucky to be his Mom.

Emily's Baptism

Emily was baptized today and we were so lucky to be able to go and be a part of it. We are so proud of you Emily!

Aaron may or may not have snuck a chocolate chip cookie when I wasn't looking and managed to smear it all over his tie ... which may or may not be why he isn't wearing his matching tie... :-)

Backyard Shenanigans

After a bath, we decided to go outside and get dirty again ... Smart, I know.

Then we pulled out the chalk - Aaron loved it! He had to pull out each piece and have me tell him the color and then he would try to get the colors right on his own. 

 Aaron is an expert at getting my drink - he will put his hand (or whatever he has with him) into my drink and then I hand it over... I had a glass of ice water, and to him, ice is magical.
 He has to eat it! So ... he stole my drink.

So I went inside and got a big bowl of ice water 

(we haven't pumped up the pool yet) and boy was he ecstatic!

  After he drank/dumped it all out, I went and got another bowl with even MORE ice 

He would splash me and I would shriek - he thought that was soooooo funny ... so I gave him my feet and let him put ice on my feet.

We definitely love having a backyard.

To get Aaron back inside, I had to bribe him with olives - if anyone ever doubts that he has Wilkinson blood ... take note of how much he loves olives, and your doubt will disappear!