Happy Easter

Oliver (4 years old)

 Parker (2 years old)

Julia (6 months old)

Coming out to see if the Easter Bunny came

Very excited about candy

A new toy!

Coloring his cross

Happy Kids

Our Family (ignore my hand, I was snapping to get everyone to look and it was the only one of our family pictures that Parker wasn't crying in) 

The Shook kids with Grandma Steffen

We went to an egg hunt in town today.  They had a lot of eggs, but it was organized pretty well.  It was broken up into age groups and Parker & Oliver were split up.  Parker did very well hunting for eggs.  Oliver was with mom and she said he ran right in and started picking up eggs.  He was very excited that some of the candy in the eggs was safe for him to eat.  It was a warm morning to do the hunt.

 

 

 We dyed eggs tonight for Easter.  The boys had lots of fun. 

Parker liked yellow- he also threw his first egg in. 

Oliver liked to check his eggs and mix them around with the spoon.

Julia was very happy to watch :)

 

Warmer Weather

Today was a much warmer day than we have had for awhile.  We spent about 2 hours outside this afternoon.  The boys had so much fun.  Julia enjoyed herself too.  The boys wore boots because there was still some snow, however, they also found the puddles and boots didn't hold out all of that water.  They didn't mind though and they just kept playing out there.  They both had wet pants and socks by the time we went inside.  Julia hung out with my mom and spent some time in the stroller.  She seemed to enjoy the fresh air.  Eric and I got a little bit of yard work and garage cleaning work done. 

 

Puddle splashing!

Room Change

Wednesday

I did more painting today.  We had a moving company come and prepare a quote for us.  I think it is likely that today was the last day of painting.  It is warming up too, we have lost a lot of snow.  I will try to post earlier tomorrow and include some pictures.

We had a fun day today.  Some of the boys friends came over this morning for a play date.  The boys had a lot of fun playing superheroes and doing a lot of running around.  I had a good time visiting with their mom.  Later in the evening, my mom, Dale, Audrey, and Madison came.  My mom will be staying with us for awhile and the others were on their way to New York for Easter.  We brought Applebee's back to the house and enjoyed a yummy dinner when they were here.  We visited for a while and then dale, Audrey, & Madison headed to their hotel for the night.  They will be heading out early in the morning.  The boys were very excited to have visitors and Julia was very happy to be held a lot.

Snow Day

We got about 12 inches of snow yesterday and last night.  The boys definitely enjoyed it.  Eric worked from home for the day (the university actually cancelled classes) so in the morning, the boys and I went out for almost 1.5 hours while Julia stayed in with Eric.  Our neighbor emailed and asked if I could shovel his driveway so that he could pull in when he got home from being out of town, so while I was shoveling, the boys were busy playing in his yard.  Oliver loved it, it was a little too deep for Parker.  He was much happier after I shoveled the sidewalk so he could walk along there and play in the snow on the sides.  We came back to our house and I shoveled our sidewalks and a walkway to the road, then we all came back in.

After nap time, Eric went out the shovel our driveway and the boys went out and played again.  This time, I filled squirt bottles with colored water.  They thought that was pretty cool.  Eric helped them build a big snowman.  Julia watched them out the window.  Parker has gone and waved to his snowman many times tonight.