Easter Weekend!

I just wanted to share with you many of the pictures that we took over Easter weekend. 

It started with the kids checking out their Easter baskets, followed by a egg hunt....Easter bunny left about 60 eggs out in the side yard for the kids to find!!  The girls had to go back to their moms house, then Mark, Jack and I had Easter dinner at my in-laws house and went down to the stream behind where they live.  Jack had a great time throwing rocks and sticks into the water and having fun crossing the stream with Daddy!

We're going to head to my Moms in a couple weeks to have a 'late' Easter dinner!  :)

I hope you enjoy our pictures!

The worst rain I've seen!

Today was another day of heavy, flooding rain.  Parts of the state were declared a 'state of emergency' because of all of the flooding and roads shut down.  We had a scheduled playdate about 15 miles from our house at a school, but they hadn't cancelled it, so Jack and I headed down there!  The roads were terrible, especially the one near the school.  At one point, I didn't think we'd make it, there was so much water over the road and police were starting to put up blockades.  When we got there, we could see all of the other moms cars, so we went in to play.  It was a 'color Easter eggs' playdate and Jack was very excited to do that! 
After about 15 minutes, one of the other moms was getting messages on her phone saying that the kids at the local schools were being sent home and more and more roads were closing.  We decided at that point, we should probably head home...but Sarah was nice enough to send Jack home with hard boiled eggs and a coloring kit so that he could do it at home!!  Thanks Sarah!!  :)  
It was a crazy ride home...more flooding than before!  I had to get off the highway for gas, and when I went to leave the gas station, the police were there putting up more signs closing that direction of the road!!!  I had to go back down the opposite way on the highway, then turn around to come back up again!  Thankfully, we made it home safe and sound.

Jack couldn't wait to make his Easter eggs, so we did those as soon as we got home!

They came out really great!  Jack even got fancy with some of them, making them multicolored and decorated them with stickers!

Nice job little buddy!!  :)

Easter egg hunt, Easter Bunny and a baby hawk!

This morning was Jacks Easter egg hunt at Lisbon Meadows Park!  It was only 25 degrees out, so we had to bundle up!!   Jack was pretty excited, especially when they had all the kids walk over to the field where all the eggs were....there were thousands!!!  Ready.......set.......go!!!!!!

Jack got lots of eggs and the big chocolate bunny!  His cousins Luke and Hannah made out pretty good too!

Next stop....the Easter Bunny!!!

Jack jumped right up on his lap for a quick picture, then the Easter bunny gave him a lollipop!! 

Jack and I spotted something very cool outside of the hotel....on the street sign, just outside of the window was a baby hawk!  It was just sitting there and didn't even mind that I went out to take a couple of pictures of it!  Of course, the mommy hawk was probably  sitting in a nearby tree waiting to attack me, but thankfully she didn't!  I just wish I had the good camera with the big zoom lens!!

He was so cute and Jack loved him!!

Bunny time!

With Easter next weekend, Jack and I wanted to do another Easter craft!  We got this great idea from http://funnydayswithmommyandmaddie.blogspot.com/ ! 

I just happened to have a toilet paper roll in Jacks craft bins, figuring I would need it someday for a craft!  I'm glad I did!!   We painted it white and put it aside to dry. 

While we were waiting, we cut bunny ears out of white craft foam, then Jack added purple glitter to it's ears!!  After everything was dry, we stuck the ears on the top, added pipe cleaner whiskers, a button nose, and used a marker for the mouth and teeth!  What a cute idea!!  Thanks Amanda and Maddie for sharing it with us!

And speaking of cute little bunnies.....

Check out Jack in his Easter bunny ears he got at the mall today...they were kind of like the consolation prize for the kids whose parents refused to pay $22.00 for a picture with the Easter Bunny.  Sorry Jack, I just couldn't see spending that much money on a picture...but at least he waved 'hello' to you!!  Besides, maybe  we'll get to see him at the Easter egg hunt tomorrow.....

More sick days.....

Jack has been sick the last couple of days, but we still tried to do some fun things to keep a smile on his face!

Yesterday, we made a GIANT cupcake!!  It was chocolate, with chocolate pudding in the middle and whipped cream frosting!!   YUMMMMMMMMY!!  (of course, Jack only eats the frosting & pudding!)

Jack made me a nice picture too....he's getting so good with his drawing and with writing his name!!  It's a picture of a flower with the sun shining above!  He wrote his name all by himself too!  I'm so proud of him!

We had some fun last night with Daddy too....we played with puzzles, and Daddy was intentionally putting the pieces in the wrong place to see what Jack would do!!  Jack was laughing so hard, it was funny!  Then our BIG dog Sasha decided she needed to be part of the family fun time too, and plopped herself down right next to her best buddy Jack!!

The big bag behind Jack??  Those were all of the clothes that Jack outgrew since last summer...my little guy is getting big!!  We're going to share them with a friend who has triplets!!

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Today, Jack missed out on going to the library toddler program.   He was too sick to go, but Miss Anne and Miss Kathy were nice enough to send home the craft for Jack to do!!  He was pretty excited...especially when he saw the plastic Easter Egg in it!  He loves those!

After having a pretty relaxing day today on the couch, we decided we better start making some Easter decorations for the house...Easter is in a week and a half!!!!

We did a nice simple one, seeing as Jack wasn't feeling the greatest.  I think it came out pretty good!  I cut  Easter eggs out of construction paper, and Jack colored them!!  We then got out the gluestick and stuck them on a paper plate with the center cut out....voila!!  An Easter wreath!!

We put it up on the french doors in the dining room so everyone can enjoy a little touch of spring!!

I think Jack did a great job!!

Lastly, Jack got a whole bunch of postcards this week from Postcrossing.com!!  He even got a mini calendar from a woman in Wales, showing all sorts of scenes from Wales.  Jack was so excited!!  Here are a couple of his favorite postcards from this week....