Chocoholic

I put Eden down to play while I did a few things and next thing I know, she had scooted herself over by Barrett who was sitting listening to a book on tape (yes, an actual cassette tape!).  She starts emptying Bear's Easter basket and I didn't think anything of it until I notice she has something in her mouth.  I go over and get this blue Dove egg out of her mouth. (I know it looks like I'm giving it to her because she's reaching for it, but I was just showing what I took out).

Then I realize she still had something else in her mouth too (you can tell in the above picture there was still something in there) and I pull out this pink Hershey egg too!

THEN as soon as I had her mouth totally empty, she's reaching for the jellybeans! (as shown in above picture as well!)
It was a crazy 10 seconds!  So we've put all of Bear's candy in a bag and put all other easter baskets and candy up high!

Easter Partays

Such a fun Easter weekend at our house.  Bear had a little egg hunt at school and made bunny ears too.

Later that afternoon, we dyed our eggs.  LOTS and LOTS of eggs. 

I love these two pictures because Nick will always pop out of nowhere to jump in a picture.

We tried the cool whip method of dying eggs seen on Pinterest. It worked ok.

A few of our finished eggs.  The two in the front, center are two of the cool whipped eggs.

Saturday we had a fantastic party at Aunt Connie's.  We're very lucky she has a big enough house and yard and is WILLING to let our giant family come each year.
Eden got a little puppy.

Bear was pretty much done finding eggs and his toys by the time I got out there with Eden.

And a new teething toy.

Eden got several darling new dresses this year for Easter.  This was one of them.

Some of the eggs have coupons you can redeem for money.  I think there's about $40 hidden in the eggs.  Bear got quite a bit.

I got to hold baby Welles- only like 2 or 3 weeks old I think!

Sunday morning I had to get up early to make sure I could watch Bear find eggs and his basket.  It was so fun and totally worth it.  I got some really fun video of it all, he really had a great time.

I think his favorite part may have been the amount of candy he was allowed to eat BEFORE breakfast!

Bear got a new bowtie for church!  I didn't get him a whole new Easter outfit because most of the stuff sold as Easter outfits for boys are things I'd only put him in ON Easter and then never wear again.  He looked great in his new tie!

Bear was just about to leave for church with Pops and Lala when Eden was just getting up (rare for her to sleep so late) and getting into her Easter basket.

I think she liked her presents.

She wore another one of her Easter dresses today.  It had a cute little white sweater to keep her warm.

Dane and McCord stopped by and were really having fun playing with Eden. They're in town for their spring break this week.

Neil got SO sick yesterday afternoon, was up all night, and still feeling miserable today, so he missed all the Easter fun, including the yummy food and candy!

Too Much Fun

We had a very fun filled weekend!  Friday afternoon we went to the trampoline park with Kelsey and her kids.  Eden and Hadlee hung out together of course. 

Kelsey had the great idea to bring her little brother Skyler to jump with the kids.  They had so much fun with him! Rylee, Skyler, Bear, Tyce, and their cousin Cohen.

Bear, Rylee, Cohen, Tyce standing in line for the zip line.

 I was holding Hadlee and she just fell asleep on me!  So sweet!

Bear tried rock climbing for the first time ever, I think.

Rylee was amazing and made it all the way to the top!

Neil and I got to go to dinner at Blue Lemon and do a little shopping before heading to see Brian Regan's comedy routine.  It was hilarious!  I seriously wanted to go again the next night!

Bear and Lala have been hooked on March Madness.

Bear and Eli have had a basketball class this month.

We love Coach Amy, she's coached his basketball class as well as his Sports class that they did twice.

We spent Sunday morning at Boondocks and had it all to ourselves.

Monday we met up with Kelsey and Missy at the Aquarium.  It was mine and Bear's first time there and we liked it! I'm still not sure if this was supposed to do something when he touched it or what.

Bear, Rylee, Tyce, Brinley.

Bear tried so hard to touch a stingray or a starfish but they were so much deeper than they seemed.

There's a really neat play area there too.

Eden didn't care much for the aquarium as she would have rather been at home getting her naps but she did enjoy this little spot for a few minutes.

We went to Zupas for lunch after.  The kids had their own table and were slightly crazy.

Barrett picked out a fun board game from the aquarium called Shark Mania.  We brought it home and played it probably 20 times!