Happy Easter!

It was a nice, quiet Easter this year, which was good because we all have colds now. Ben found his basket before church, which was good because he took some of the stuff with us to church for entertainment.

So the Crayola color bubbles are really cool, but I have decided they are only for summer time use in which few clothes are worn and there is a pool or hose handy for clean up. The bubble formula is super dark and kind of thick and drips a lot.

Nick's basket (the Easter Bunny was kind of obvious in hiding locations this year)

Ben helped Nick with his basket

We went to breakfast after church and Ben got chocolate chip pancakes. Most of the chocolate ended up on Ben's white shirt.

The Easter Bunny also left some giant eggs filled with goodies. It took Ben all day to find all 3 of them.

Let's Go Fly A Kite!

Auntie Dre and Uncle Kevin got Ben an awesome pirate ship kite for Easter. After mommy put it together (because daddy thought it looked too complicated) we took it over to the park to try it out. There was a very good steady wind at the park and after some fiddling with the kite, Grandpa were successful in getting it to fly. When not in use we are going to hang it in the boys room. It's a pretty awesome kite!

A Fun New Table!

Grandma and Grandpa Wolny got the boys a picnic table/ water table for Easter. It's pretty cool. Ben put his big helper skills to use again by helping Grandpa put together the table.

And then it was time to play!

And after he was done playing, he put the top on the table and had a snack (but I forgot to get a picture of that...)

Almost Time For An Upgrade

We finally got around to putting together the crib for Nick. Ben was very much the big helper while Adam put it together. We are going to wait for the ultimate move for a few more days until Ben is fully over his illnesses. But we are going to start with naps together to see how it goes.

Nick did very well taking his first naps in his new big bed

And he loves the mobile - a lot more than Ben ever did!

And a super big thanks to Shari for letting us borrow the crib!

Poor Crayons

Ben has a total obsession lately with breaking all his crayons and pealing off the wrappers. I find it totally disturbing as I require all colored pens, pencils, markers and crayons to be in pristine condition, in their original containers in roy g biv order. But not Ben. No, he's all about the destruction.

Working diligently to remove the wrapper

Brown has met it's match

Nick is with me, saying 'Dude, what are you doing??"

The carnage

Nick: 'Don't worry, mom. I'll take much better care of my crayons someday'

Motrin - The Miracle Drug

So poor Ben has contracted the influenza B. Luckily I got him into the doctor as soon as he started to cough and have a low grade fever so he was put on Tamiflu within 24 hours of his first symptoms. I think the Tamiflu has helped the coughing and probably some of the aches, but Ben is not very good at acting sick. However, his temperature has gotten up to 103.5 a few times when the Motrin has worn off. Motrin is a miracle drug. Here is Ben before the Motrin has kicked in - high fever, on the floor, mopy, just a sad sick little boy. :(

And now after the Motrin has kicked in - 101 fever, and ready for a dance party. Once he has Motrin in his system, nothing will slow him down (except mom who makes him settle down)!

Still Fits - Barely

I wanted to see if Nick could still fit in the sweater outfit I got when he was born and he can just barely fit in it. Someone is about to be bumped up to the 3-6 month clothes.

Fascinating!

The boys and I watched some pirate/Captain Hook cartoon Sunday morning while Adam made breakfast. Nick was cracking me up sitting up on my stomach and Ben was still a little tired so he was slightly comatose

What's so funny?

So Many Different Expressions

Seven weeks old already! And so many facial expressions! It wouldn't be a Thursday without a little photo shoot

A Lovely Day at the Park with Lily

We met Lily and Susan at the Fort Imagination park today for a play date. Ben, as always, was running all over the place but I have a feeling it won't be long before Lily is following right behind him!