Coloring Eggs

Saturday, after his 4 hour nap, Ben and I colored eggs. I was pretty excited because I felt I had a very good system this year, thanks to Pinterest. We used mason jars (tall and sturdy), gel food color (vibrant colors even when your child only has the patience to dip an egg for 15 seconds), and a clamp-style whisk to hold the eggs. Good system for a 3 year old.

Ben wasn't too happy that he had to wait for the water to heat up. [Side note: the green and pink jars are my glitter/time out jars I made this weekend - more on that to come]

Practicing his egg handling technique with the bunny egg holder

Finally! Some action!

And mommy got in on the action too - thanks to the handy dandy remote shutter release and tripod

The look of concentration as he tried to 'gently' place the egg in the jar using the bunny egg holder. I like the puffed up cheeks

Gently putting the egg in the jar...

Success! 

Oohing over our pretty eggs

The final result!

Animal Egg Hunt at the Zoo

Friday morning I took the boys to the zoo for the animal egg hunt. Adam stayed home and worked on the yard and his load of dirt. We went over to see the monkeys get their eggs. They were very entertaining! We also saw the gorillas and orangutans. As we were leaving, we ran into Lily, Susan and Scott, who were also leaving, and all headed to lunch together, which was a very nice ending to the morning! The boys then took very long naps - woohoo! 

Ben's Dream Come True

Adam decided to expand his garden this year, and with that got a load of dirt delivered. First thing Friday morning, a dump truck came and dropped a load of dirt in our drive way. Ben was WAY excited, seeing as it is his life's mission to move dirt. 

A Day With Daddy

I spent the day in Cleveland celebrating Andrea's baby shower, so Adam and the boys had a day all to themselves. Adam had decided to take them to Bass Pro Shop to get a new fishing pole for Ben. He did some research and found out that the Easter Bunny was at BPS today. So, after feeding the boys, he packed them up and headed over to BPS. After a bit of shopping, in which Ben got a new fishing pole and Nick got some giant bobbers, they headed over to the Easter Bunny. Well, shockingly, Ben wanted nothing to do with it, even though he had been talking about it all morning. He hid under the canopy of the stroller. Nick was a bit better, but had to have daddy next to him. And look! Daddy even put his Easter clothes on him, without even knowing that this is what he would be wearing next week!!! What a good daddy! They then came home and took naps (I think daddy took a nap, too). Then played outside a bit, yada yada yada... And then another first! Daddy gave the boys a bath all by himself without me asking him to!! It was a milestone day all around. 

Why, You Look Like A Tasty Treat

I put Nick right up to the glass of this fish, which was easily twice his size. The fish came right up to Nick, face to face, and moved it's mouth in a 'mmmmm, you look tasty' kind of way! 

Nick and the big, ugly fish, eye-to-eye

A Trip to the Zoo

Yesterday we took a little trip to the zoo. The gorillas were having a good time. The silverback was cracking me up with his posture. Ben calls him the mean monkey. You can't really blame him - he does look a little rough. 

I got a few pictures of the boys on the tiger statue, but not quite what I was going for. 

The baby tigers sleeping with their mommy. They are not so little anymore!!

An neither is baby Louie, the big brother elephant. He's getting very big and his new exhibit is opening in 6 weeks. Ben is very excited to see the new elephant enclosure!

Attaching king crab! Those things are gianormous!

Pictures with Mommy

Nick and I played around with the shutter remote the other day. Disclaimer: It was a little impromptu, so mommy wasn't exactly looking her best :)

Outside Time

Nick really does have some of the best facial expressions.

Falling into the sandbox.

Ninja sword move (with sticks)

'Hmmm, what to do, what to do...'

'I know! I'll move dirt from one side of the yard, to the other!'

That tongue! I think he was using it to mess with the suspect bonus tooth!

Up 'n Over in 1, 2, 3

For Good Measure

We'll throw in a picture of Monster. It isn't very often that I get a good picture of her.

Brutus

Nick is a beast these days. He's actually on the small side for his age (25th percentile for weight and height), but he is built like a linebacker.

In this picture you can kind of see the suspected bonus tooth (that is also crooked).

They may look chubby, but those legs are solid.

And a wide stance. He's not necessary bow-legged, but he does have a really wide stance. Not that that helps with stability, though.

It might be blurry, but look at those shoulders! It's like a little baby Arnold Schwarzenegger (circa Commando) coming at you!

And then the big, square feet. His heel is the same width as his toes. And they are about as thick as they are wide. So I guess that would actually make them cube feet.