Backyard Buddies

Despite the pollen, the weather has been really nice lately. The boys played nicely together the other day in the backyard and had so much fun! They played in the sand, went down the slide, climbed and did lots of laughing! Here they are!

Rexford loved jumping off

Austin liked to push Rexford off :)

Rainbow

When Rexford draws he usually just scribbles colors on the paper. Sometimes he will make lines and say they are the distance from us to where family members live like a map. But I think his drawing/coloring skills are probably behind his verbal skills. So I was excited the other day when he actually wanted to draw an object. We had watched Sesame Street a few days before about rainbows and they showed how to draw one. So he told me he wanted to draw a rainbow. He took each color marker and drew lines on his easel for his rainbow.

Happy Easter

The Easter Bunny hid the boys' baskets and Rexford was so excited to find his basket. Austin of course didn't really know what was going on but was very excited to see both baskets and the toys and candy inside. A couple of days after Easter, Rexford insisted that we send the Easter Bunny an email to say thank you for the presents :) He also had lots of questions for me. He asked me where the Easter Bunny lived and when I said that bunnies live in holes he said, "The Easter Bunny is too big to live in a hole." Then I said that he lived at the North Pole with Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. He wasn't sure about that so he said, "Maybe Aly knows. I will ask her when I see her." He asked me if the Easter Bunny went to Aly's house and I told him that he did and goes to all the children. Then he said, "Why did he go to Shannon's house, there are no kids there!" He asked me if he went to everyone in our town and how and I told him that he hopped really fast. He is full of questions lately :)

Rexford's and Austin's baskets

Candy!

Rexford was happy with his stuff

Rexford helped Austin find his basket and pull everything out

I love chocolate!

Austin loves to put pennies in his piggy bank but it is breakable so the Easter bunny brought him a little plastic one to play with.

Rexford with his binoculars, Snot rod car (from Cars), Wii game, and Lightning Mcqueen socks

Austin with his piggy bank, vibrating toothbrush, and Winnie the Pooh socks

Rexford testing out Austin's bubble blower

Austin just being cute :)

Dyeing Eggs

I finally got everything ready so the kids could dye eggs the day before Easter. Austin liked to hold the eggs and put as many as he could fit into one cup. Rexford knew about dyeing eggs and did it the right way. Austin didn't last long but Rexford loved it!

Water Fun

It's been warmer the last couple of weeks and we are enjoying it! The other day after watering the plants we let Rexford play with the hose and get himself all wet. He had a blast!

Little Gardener

Rexford was very excited to help Daddy plant a few plants in our front yard over Spring Break. His job was to fill all the holes with water after Brian put in the plants. He kept most of the water where it belonged :)

Busch Gardens

We went to Busch Gardens during Spring Break with my dad and Aly and Matthew and it was super crowded but we had lots of fun anyway. They have a new Sesame Street kids area with fun rides and places to meet the characters. Rexford loved the rides! Austin liked the rides and meeting Elmo! Rexford wouldn't go anywhere near the characters :) We also went on a train ride around the park to see some of the animals and got a few pennies for the kids' collections. We can't wait to go again and hopefully we'll pick a less crowded day so we can do more.

Austin liked riding the zebra on the carousel. Later on we went again and I put him on a lion and he freaked out!

Rexford rode a zebra too

Matthew was very nervous on the carousel :)

The boys loved this little car ride and would have gone again if the line hadn't been so long. Austin screamed and threw a fit when it was time to get out.

Papa and Matthew on the carousel

Austin loved meeting Big Bird and Elmo! He was smiling and pointing and all excited. It was fun!

Elmo tickling Austin

Matthew liked meeting Big Bird and Elmo too

Papa and Austin

Rexford on the fun "Dumbo" like ride

This was Rexford's favorite ride! He was almost too tall for it but they let him on. He rode it at least 5 times and wanted to keep going. Austin only rode once - he looked down the entire time and didn't look like he enjoyed it. It went faster than I thought.

Rexford loved this ride and went twice. Only kids are allowed on it and when they told my dad he couldn't go with him, Rexford said, "It's okay, I can go by myself." So grown up :(

Early Easter Fun

A week before Easter we went to an Easter egg hunt/party with our friends (thanks Stacy!). We had lots of yummy food, dessert, fun games, egg dyeing, and of course the egg hunt. Austin wasn't really sure why he should pick up the eggs and put them in his basket so I did most of the hunt for him. After he discovered there is candy in the eggs, he has been much more willing to participate in egg hunts :) Rexford was excited and of course knew all about egg hunts. He had lots of fun collecting eggs and of course eating the candy.

Shades

A pair of Diego sunglasses came in the last pack of swim diapers I bought and Austin is loving them :) He walks around the house wearing them and brings them to me to help put them on him. So cute!

Dolphins

We went to Sea World a few weeks ago and we had not been over to see the dolphins in awhile so went over there. Austin and Matthew loved watching the dolphins swim by and were pointing and talking and having a great time. Pictures are a little dark but you can still see their excitement.

Austin

Matthew

Amazing!

Look mommy :)

Tee Time

Rexford was so excited a few weeks ago while at my dad's house one Saturday morning they found some junior golf clubs at a garage sale on his street. He asks all the time now to go play golf or tennis. We took the boys one evening over to the Dover Shores community center where they have a little putting area. They had lots of fun using the new clubs! Rexford was excited and wanted me to take pictures so he could mail one to his cousing Ethan who plays golf a lot. Here a few pictures of our golf night.

Austin wanted to play too

Daddy helping Rexford swing

Rexford with his new clubs

Practicing hitting the balls into the holes