Easter

Happy Easter, everyone!

This year Amanda wrote a note to the Easter Bunny telling him where to hide the eggs. She was excited about the chocolate fairy bunny she got. The Easter Bunny even got her the stuffed Ballerina bunny she told mommy she wanted!



It was hard to take turns hunting the eggs, and let Tyler have a chance but Matthew did pretty good. He really liked the chocolate race car bunny.



Tyler was pretty oblivious to the whole thing and wasn't sure what was going on. He did like the eggs, the made a neat rattling sound when filled with candy.



Mommy got a little crazy and made matching outfits for the kids this year. The boys vests were surprisingly simple and didn't take long. Amanda's dress was easy enough once I was able to understand the pattern, and get that darn zipper in. Amanda even helped pick out ribbons and buttons for her dress. They all looked very cute at church on Sunday.

Pet for a day

My sister recently got a new dog, and let us puppy sit for a day while she showed a friend around town. His name is Chaco, and he is a Shar-pei /Retriever mix, a strong, cute and fluffy dog. I tried to take Chaco for a walk but he wanted to check out all the new smells, and the kids arguing over who gets walk him, and trying to push a stroller is was too much for me so we headed back inside and played some more in the back yard.

Amanda and Matthew loved throwing toys and sticks for Chaco to fetch, and possibly undoing all the training my sister had done. It was a challenge to puppy proof the house, but we closed all the baby gates and closed off the play room. It seemed to work and everyone was happy. I will say it was nice having an instant clean up crew around at lunch time there were no crumbs left on the floor. Maybe having a dog around wouldn't be so bad...(oh no, what am I thinking!)

While the kids had fun with Chaco Tyler perfered the from and distance and looking through the glass approach, otherwise it was to close. That and Tyler didn't like the doggie "kisses". Amanda says the wants a dog too, and wants it tomorrow. Hmmm, we may need to puppy sit some more!

Snow!

It snowed today!! All be it a light dusting, but it's snow and exciting to us here in Texas. Its the begining of March and it our first snow of the season, and it won't even last the day.

Amanda was the most excited about it as she has seen it before, even if it was at least a year or more ago. She and daddy had fun throwing snowballs around and at mommy looking out the window. Amanda really wanted to build a snowman, but there was not enough. But there was enough to eat!

Matthew was a little less impressed with this white stuff. He has not had a chance to see snow, as the last time it snowed he was just a baby. So what would any boy like to do in the snow? (No, not that!) Matthew wanted to mow it, and he did so until his mower got clogged.

Potty Time

Time sure flies by, especially in an already short month. Matthew turned 3 at the begining of the month, and I still can't believe how big he is getting. We started potty training Matthew this month, and all has gone well so far. At first Matthew wanted nothing to do with the potty, even bribbing him with "cool" undies to wear. So one morning after he woke up dry, I told him no more diapers. Matthew did not like this idea and after refusing to sit on the potty I let him run around in underwear knowing full well what the next result would be. Two hours later it happened, he peed all over himself and the floor, so I asked Matthew "Did like getting peed on?" I got a sheepish "No." reply, "Can we try to pee in the potty next time?" "Yes." "Ah I've got him now", I think to myself, two hours latter I ask Matthew "Wanna go potty?" "NO!" is his reply. "Well we're going anyway." (insert toddler tanturm here) I put Matthew on the potty kicking and screaming, then he suddenly stops, then says "I peed!" "Really?!" YEAH!! He did it and has been doing great since. Now lets get Tyler potty trained, what? what do you mean he's only 8 months old?! Ok ok...I guess I can wait a bit. Speaking of Tyler, he has moved up to pro crawler and pulling up stage and loves to get into things. Especially likes getting into Matthew's cars and Amanda's Barbies. No place is safe, well at least anthing within two feet above the floor. Amanda is still loving school, and I'm blown away by how much she can read now! I need to find some things for her to do this summer to keep her occupied and keep those boredum bugs away!