April

This may look like a Christmas picture, but it's actually April Fool's Day (notice the bunnies in the windows).  Shelly called and really wanted to play an April Fool's prank on my mom while she was at work.  This is the best we could come up with.  The boys were all smiles as we dragged out her life size nativity set piece by piece.  My dad was just shaking his head the whole time, I'm sure because he knew he would be the one putting it all back after we'd had our fun.  It was pretty hilarious when Mom got home, and we all had a good laugh.  She took this picture later that night, I especially like the random caroler on the end.

This year Easter was COLD!! I knew the Easter egg hunt was going to be freezing so I dug out all of our winter gear and dressed the boys as warm as I could. This year the boys had a few things going against them: 1. They moved up an age group and so they were the youngest kids in their division. 2. They could barely see out of their masks and had no peripheral vision. 3. They were wearing the kind of mittens that only have slots for the thumbs making it hard to pick up candy. Needless to say it was quite comical watching them trying to find stuff to put in their baskets. Even though they weren't the fastest kids out there, they still managed to come away with more candy than they needed, and had a great time.

Not sure who or what this was supposed to be, but Carter thought it was fun.

My mom's Easter morning tradition continues, and this year the boys were really in to it.  I'm not sure how Matt felt about it as I was making him help me the night before, but he was a good sport about it.  It's not as easy as it seems to make up random rhymes (don't be a dork look by the forks, you're not a slouch go look by the couch), and making sure all of the eggs are in the right order can be a little confusing, but it's so fun, and brings back memories from when I was a kid.  In the end the boys ended up with these:

After church we went up to Matt's Dad's house.  Here are the boys with Grandma and Grandpa Speirs.

The boys are always very interested in what Grandpa Wade is working on.  They follow him around like little ducklings asking him a million questions.  I like it because it gives me a break (my brain can only come up with so many answers to so many questions) and I know he loves it too.  Here they are helping him do some work around the yard.

As the boys get older, the amount of 'Firsts' they have is decreasing.  So when they got invited to their first birthday party I don't know who was more excited, me or them.  I thought it was so cute!  They looked so big as they ran into the party, hardly even giving me a second glance as I walked out the door.  They are getting so big! 

Spencer came home looking like this:

Carter managed to stay looking the same.  I guess he wasn't too keen on putting on a shirt over his regular shirt.  Spencer thought this was the coolest part of the party.  He insisted on wearing the shirt to bed, and even the next morning he wanted to keep wearing it.  That night when I went to check on the boys I got quite a shock when I saw Spencer.  It took me a second in the dark to realize he had fallen asleep with his mask on.  He takes this superhero business pretty serious.

There are a few crimes against fashion happening in this picture:  Pants tucked into socks - not really working for me.  Socks with sandals - again, not really my first choice.  MY socks with sandals - umm, no.  But when he puts them on by himself, who am I to criticize?  He really enjoyed the reaction he got out of me, as you can tell by that smile on his face.

Here kitty, kitty!  I love when imaginative play turns into real life drama.  I think I was most surprised that they managed to not dump out the entire gallon of milk.  I'll take these two kitties any day!