Note to self: next year remember that you need vinegar to dye Easter eggs! Luckily you can use lemon juice, but I ran out of that after one dye tablet, so we just had to use water, so our eggs were really light colored, but the beauty of it is the kids are young enough, they don't care and had fun anyways!
Cute Lily with one of her eggs!
Crazy Tyson with his stickered egg!
I love how much the kids love coloring eggs, and how crazy it makes me and Brandon!
The kids woke up at 6:00am (Lily had a cough that woke them up!) So we made them watch cartoons upstairs until 7, so Brandon and I could try to keep sleeping!
We hunted, ate, cleaned up, and I started packing up some of Easter all by 7:45am! I mean business!!
Showing their loot! (Lily also got a Rapunzel doll!)
Tyson's loot!
Tyson was so great with Lily! He would give her clues on where to find eggs so that she could have some too! He has been such a great big brother lately! There still is some fighting, but he sure does a great job with Lily!
The traditional Easter dress pictures!
I love love love this picture of Lily! She is our little dancer! I need to sign her up for classes! She loved wearing her pretty dress and twirling and bowing for EVERYONE! (Especially her grandparents!!)
Muscle man Tyson!
What a handsome big boy!!
Brother and Sisterly love! I sure love these two!
Ohhh!
Cute!
At my Mom's house she had a CSI investigation for Laine and Kaylee (they are 12 and 13 years old!) They had to find out who killed the Easter Bunny!
All the kids got their official CSI Badges and safety glasses! (Lily is sporting hers here for the egg hunt!)
Tyson sporting his CSI look and finding lots of eggs!
During lunch Lily wanted to watch Incredibles! She still wanted to be closer...little stink!
Tyson was busy being Laine and Kaylee's shadow in their investigation and keeping as much "evidence" as he could stick in his basket!
We had a ton of good food and a ton of good company! I sure love my family!
After feeding our faces we headed to Brandon's parents house and had more yummy food with them! I made Marilyn help me with one more craft project for the babies room! (Thanks Marilyn, you are the best and I am more than excited to take the bedding home!!!) We watched Lily dance and dance and then watched as the sugar high came to an abrupt crash which was our clue to head home! We sure love Nana, Papa and Zak too!
Who could ask for a better Easter!
These are just some random pictures of Brandon reading to the kids before bed, but not what this post is about! I just like having pictures on my posts!
Last night for family night Tyson said he wanted to have a meeting so he set up the couch cushions on the floor like he was at a desk. (I should have taken a picture!)
Then he asked us all our favorite (with mine and Brandon's help of favorites ideas!)
I wrote down Tyson's and Lily's answers and wanted to document them just for me! So, Lily 2 1/2 and Tyson 5 1/2 years old answers!
Favorite...
Movie:
T-Scooby Doo
L-Tangled (My Princess Movie) or any Toy Story (Woody)
Food:
T-Cheetos
L- Chocolate Milk
Game/Sport:
T-Basketball/T-ball (both he has never really played or really watched) and Soccer (he has done Itty Bitty Soccer and is starting Soccer this week!)
L-Dancing
Color:
T-Turquoise/Blue/Red
L-Pink
Bird:
T-Pelican/ Blue Jay
L-Yellow Bird
TV Show:
T-Wild Kratts
L-Mickey Mouse
Holiday:
T-Halloween/Christmas
L-Got tired of answering!
Animal:
T-Puppies/ Bunnies (since it is almost Easter!)
L- Dog
Monster:
T-Ghost
L-Didn't care anymore!
It was such a fun family night! Way to go Tyson for a great idea!!
Lily had the stomach flu for the first time in her little 2 1/2 years of life! I despise the flu and feel so sad when these little ones get it! I have gotten better over the years (I think being a mom forces you to deal with puke better) When Brandon and I were first married and if I had the flu, I would just cry and cry while puking and if Brandon had the flu I was such a great wife I would ask him to close the door and turn on the fan and I would plug my ears and hum while he puked! Anyways, I have gotten better and help the kids during their time of need! So from Wed night thru Friday I was covered in puke and constantly doing laundry and sanitizing the areas. By Thursday night I was so done...nine months pregnant, only 2 hours of sleep and a poor little sick one do not mesh! I thought Lily was going to be all better, I put her to bed and 5 mins later she was puking again! I lost it and started crying! Tyson was so sweet to me! He hates to see me cry! I asked Brandon if she was up all night again if he could stay home from work. Well, she was up a little, but not puking so Brandon went to work. Not to long after he left she started puking again! Brandon was so sweet and came home! I showered and got ready and felt clean for once and took Tyson to lunch and on some errands so I could have a break! It was just what I needed! I was so glad Brandon was able to come home and help! I am also glad that with prayers every hour and using tons of Lysol spray and wipes the rest of us stayed healthy!
On Saturday we extra cleaned and sanitized the house and Brandon even wiped my baseboards for me and I re-washed all the baby stuff (even though it was probably fine, better safe than sorry right!) Call it nesting or not we are really ready for this baby to come now!!
This picture is 4 weeks from due date! I was getting ready to exercise and thought I would take a picture! I am ready to meet my new little girl! I want to hold her, love her, kiss her, cuddle her! I am so excited for her to come! I know it will be hard and I will be tired, but I love love love the newborn stage and just can't wait!
One last little thing...
I took my Mom and Mother-in-Law out for an early mother's day lunch and movie a couple weeks ago (since the baby is due around Mother's day)!
At lunch we were talking about who my kids got some of their characteristics from!
We concluded that all their naughty characteristics came from Brandon...
Brandon was the runner at stores...Our kids are constantly farther than arms length from me! My Mom said I was more clingy, she always knew where I was (which could be just as obnoxious!)
Brandon was the tantrum thrower...Lily is classic tantrum thrower. My Mom said I didn't throw tantrums!
Brandon was the mooner...Lily seriously mooned me the other day on purpose and when I tried to pull up her jammie pants she ran away laughing! (we didn't talk about this at lunch, but I have heard the Brandon mooning stories!)
Last night we did realize something they definitely got from me is both kids sleep walk and sleep talk!
We thought we heard Lily coming out of her room and Tyson jump from his bunk bed, but it turned out that Tyson got out of bed went to Lily's room and was talking to her all in his sleep! We have also found Lily behind her toy basket when she supposed to be sleeping and they sleep talk all the time!
My Dad use to have to stop me from leaving the house in the middle of the night and when My sisters and I would have a "sleep over" in one room they would carry on conversations with me while I was asleep!
So, sleep walking/talking, not so bad, but I know who to really get mad at when the kids are naughty!!!
The infamous gorilla zoo picture! Got to love Lily's cheezer!!
A couple of weeks ago Brandon's out of state family came to visit. First his brother Derek came with his family from a Saturday to Saturday and that Wednesday in between his sister Andrea and her family came till the next Wednesday.
Being the Utah family with kids we got to enjoy almost all the festivities! We love when these guys come to town!
We got to play and eat at Nana and Papa's a lot!
We went to the zoo and lunch one day and Kangaroo zoo, lunch and the park another day with Derek's family!
Chandler, Addie, Tyson, Brinley, and Lily!
When all the family was in town they all went to the cabin and they took Tyson with them!
I had Dr. appointments, Brandon had a half-marathon and lets face it that was way too many people to add us in at the cabin! (7adults and 6kids)
Brandon did the Shamrock half marathon that started in Saratoga Springs and looped into Eagle Mountain and back. It was only the 2 annual race so there weren't very many runners and Lily and I could drive the whole course and cheer for Brandon. Lily had her pom poms and I would roll down the window and she would yell "go daddy go!"
Brandon did great! It was almost all uphill and it was really windy and rather chilly. He ran it in 1:37! Way to go B!
Tyson tubing at the cabin!
I asked him if he was OK missing a day of preschool to go to the cabin with his cousins. He paused for a second and told me, "I don't want to disappoint my cousins that I don't get to see very often or my Nana, so I am OK missing preschool to go to the cabin!"
I really had to twist his arm to go!
Nana was worried he would get a little home sick without Me or Brandon there, but he had no problem at all!!
Derek and his family drove home to Colorado from the cabin so for the next few days when they got home from the cabin we got to hang out with Andrea's family!
Lily, Tyson, Paige and Trey at Monkey Island!
We ate at Nana's again, Paige slept over at our house, and we did lunch and Monkey Island.
We have such a great time when these families come to town!
We are already excited for them to come back again!!
Tyson was so great with Lily! He would give her clues on where to find eggs so that she could have some too! He has been such a great big brother lately! There still is some fighting, but he sure does a great job with Lily!
Muscle man Tyson!
