Easter and Break

We headed up to Germantown for Easter weekend and had a great time celebrating with the family.  Saturday was filled with egg dyeing.

Luke loved picking phrases for the eggs...like He is Risen!  and Hallelujah!  

I think he's paying close attention is Sunday School.

The aunt and uncles helped out a lot!

It says "Ben!"

The traditional Easter basket shot.

Our little family.

Egg hunting!

Found one

Over there!

"Rabbit?"

Once they found all the eggs Ben started wandering the yard calling out for the Easter Bunny.  

We finally had to tell him that the "rabbit" went other kids' houses to hide more eggs.

The Egg Cracking Contest...a family tradition.

Luke liked saying "He is Risen" and "Indeed, Alleluia"

Uncle Ben won our tourney but rumor is that Grandma B. won the contest in Michigan.  Congrats, Grandma!

The cousins eating some ice cream.

On our way home we stopped by the bluff at CUW.  

It was a little windy.

Hard to believe we met there 10 years ago.

The day we got home Scott ran an errand at Toys-R-Us.

Luke's been digging all over our yard this spring looking for worms.  So we assumed it made sense to buy them a sandbox.

They both helped set everything up.

And although they've already spent many hours digging and playing with all their trucks in the sand, Luke is a little disappointed he can't find any worms at the bottom of the box.

More ice cream during spring break.

Tuesday we FINALLY got to meet Anna and Shawn's little one, Adelaide.  She's ADORABLE!

And already questioning what she's gotten herself into.

Ben really didn't care for Addy, but Luke was excited to hold her.  He also just loves hanging out with Shawn.

It was a fast week and we hit the ground running afterwards but we had a wonderful break.  

Catching Up

So apparently with Dinner Theater coming next week, I completely missed March.  So here's a quick tour of our last two months...

We've learned that Ben needs his own chair.

And it's just not safe in our living room anymore.  

So we headed outdoors and have spent our spring breaking in the new wagon.

   

And the other thing we've learned is that Luke and Ben are two peas in a pod...

even when we're not looking.

Ben-uary

As I looked through the pictures from the past month, they all seemed to have one thing in common...Ben. He started the month showing us that even in his big boy bed he can get out of his footie pajamas, no problem.

He also learned the valuable lesson, that it is exhausting work pouting at Daddy for an entire evening.

I believe he was protesting dinner time when he passed out.

Everyone who sees Ben knows he is one cool kid. He wears his shades ALL the time!

We had one "warm" Saturday where Ben got to play outside with Daddy and Luke.

Daddy took the boys on a ride around the yard.

And last week we celebrated as Ben turned TWO!

We had pizza, opened presents...

SOCKS!

FRUIT SNACKS! (Yes, I wrapped up fruit snacks, that's what he kept saying he wanted for his birthday)

And then we had cake!

I had to stop him from blowing out the candle before we finished singing...I laughed and blew it out instead.

So we relit it and gave him another try.

It took a lot of spitting on the cake but he finally got it out.

And enjoyed his Mickey Mouse cake.

Then it was time for bed, in his new bed, under his new bedding from Grandma and Grandpa.

The boys loved having Grandma and Grandpa here. They spent a lot of their time cuddling with Grandma watching movies or seeing if Grandpa and Daddy needed help while they fixed the bedroom wall, the toilet, the garage door, and the insallation in the crawl.

This last week we made sure to get at least one day outside. Luke climbed a mountain!

And Ben made his own path through the snow.

And last night we had a bunch of friends over and ended up celebrating Ben's birthday again. We had pizza and cake and he even got to open a couple of presents.

Katrina bought him the missing piece to his cowboy collection. He had the horse, the boots, and we even bought him a hat for his birthday. But Katrina bought him the six shooters....and even bought a set for Luke!

Learning how to put them in the holster.

Trying some fancy shooting.

Shooting the BAD GUYS!

Ride em, Cowboy!

In all this has been a busy month. Ben is just exhausted. I'm sure being two will suit him just fine.