Easter Egg Hunt

Jax had his class Easter Egg hunt today. It was funny seeing a bunch of three year old grabbing eggs but then getting distracted opening the eggs. One little boy told me before we went out side that he was "houngry" for some eggs and then said he was going to grab some eggs for his daddy - now you have to imagine a little boy that looks like Dennis the Menace saying this. From what I hear that little boy never stops talking :) and he did grab a whole bucket full of eggs. He was nice enough to give half of them to the kids that did not get many. Jax had no problem grabbing around 10 eggs. We had a great time watching them.

Happy Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Happy Birthday to the Greatest Dad! You love to play with me even when you are tired from a long day of work, you read me books and tell me lots of stories even when it is past my bedtime, you make me laugh and laugh, you encourage me in everything I do. We love you so much!

My Head Hurts

That is reason number 6 tonight for Jaxman getting out of his bed and coming into our room. We are not sure what he is scared of but for the last 2 weeks he comes into our room at least 5 times with something wrong. Each time he has a new problem - my hand hurts, you didn't put chap stick on me, my head hurts, my pillow hurts me, I am missing feathers, my finger hurts, and many more. We can hear him coming because he has his bear in his arms and bear has a rattle in his head. It is now 9:00 so this has been going on since 7:45. Hopefully he will go to sleep this time.

Other news is Jax is going to play t-ball this year with some of his classmates (I might have mentioned this in an earlier post). So, the husband was determined to find his old t-ball mitt. He pulled every box out of old toys that he had. While he was looking for that I found some of his old clothes and thought it would be fun to try them on Jax. I know one day Jax will not appreciate this picture but I think it is really cute and funny. This was his daddy's outfit. I think the husband may have been 2-4 months younger when he wore it. My mother in law brought the pictures of him in the outfit over and you can see that Jaxman has his mothers legs :) I am really not sure if that is a good thing. You also must keep in mind that this was a 1979-1980 outfit. Jax could not understand why it did not fully cover is bottom.

Tonight Riley was entertaining everyone in Sams. He was making fishy faces and then he was preaching to everyone in his on language. When we got home he decided that he was going to pet one of the stuffed animals (a dog) and then he jumped on the dogs back and started making barking noises. He is a mess.

I have been putting off Riley's haircut until tonight. Jax hated haircuts but I am finding out Riley really does not mind. So he is now mullet free.

Snow

How crazy is it that it snowed in Louisiana on March 21st? Unfortunately, it did not stick so we were stuck inside all day yesterday. We had Easter pictures scheduled but that did not happen. The boys would have looked funny in hats and jackets for Easter pictures. Hopefully we will get to do those one day this week.

We had fun on Saturday at My parents house. My mom is a spring baby so we celebrated with them and my brothers family. The boys have so much fun with their older cousins. Jax really makes Molly and Mira entertain him the whole time they are together. It is hard to believe that Kale will be going to High School next year, Molly just made Junior High Cheerleader, and Mira does not have much longer in elementary school.

Riley has been trying to say more words lately. Tonight after we ate we went outside and a neighbors dog was in our yard and Riley said Dog (it was very clear). But right after that he started his babbling (he babbles really fast).

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Isn't St. Patrick's Day so much fun? My seventh and eighth grade teacher (Mr. Laney) LOVED St. Patrick's Day. Our class helped him plan his yearly party all year long. We made shamrocks that we hung as a boarder around the whole room (we had a really large classroom) and all kinds of other St. Patrick's Day decorations. On St. Patrick's Day he had an all day party where some many alumni came back to see him and enjoy is green punch. Growing up in the school you always heard that the punch was spiked. Well, I am sure it was not but it sure was good. Mr. Laney passed a way a few months ago so today I would like to salute the best seventh and eighth grade teacher anyone could have, his love for his students, the lessons that he taught us (out of books and about life), and his green punch :) I can only pray that my children have a teacher that loves them and encourages them as much as Mr. Laney did. Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Jax had a St. Patrick's Day party today at school. The teachers went and got Happy Meals for the class and then while the kids were taking a nap a leprechaun came in and gave everyone a kiss. Jax received his kiss on his nose.


The weather has been great so every night we have been outside. I think Riley loves being outdoors more than his brother. Who knew that was possible? Riley loves to play with all of his brothers toys. Jax could careless until he sees him and then he wants it. We have some fun times ahead of us :) The funny part is Riley knows exactly what he is doing.


Isn't that Love!

I leave you with some pictures of the boys in their green attire.

Jaxman

Jaxman is still battling the upset stomach. We are really praying that it is finally gone. He came into our room around 2 am this morning because he had an accident. It took him another hour+ to go back to sleep. This was so hard on all of us because of Daylight savings. Now that I have children I really can't stand Daylight savings. It will probably take 2 more weeks for everyone to get use to it. The one advantage is it staying daylight longer so we can play outside. After dinner we went and hit golf balls, rode the four-wheeler and then took a walk. The weather has been so nice! Hopefully Jax will get to go to school tomorrow - He really missed it today. Here are a few pictures from tonight.

Haircut

Jax finally got a haircut today!!!! He really was starting to look like the wolf boy (Ha! Ha!). His hair grows so fast that he really needs a haircut every 3 weeks. Well, Ms. Crystal has been on maternity leave for a few weeks so I have been cutting his hair. The last time daddy got involved and we really messed it up. So, Ms. Crystal worked her magic and he looks so good. After she finished his hair he helped her cut my hair. His daddy would be so proud :)

Haircut

Jax is getting a haircut! Ms. C is back and we are headed to the big R town tomorrow to get our haircut. Jax will not let anyone by Ms. C cut his hair so the last 8+ weeks have been a struggle. I tried to cut it twice but it just does not look good. I am so happy she will be able to get it cut. I need this cut to last threw school parties, upcoming pictures, Easter and the weekend after Easter. Both of the boys were doing much better today until Jax started having the big D. Hopefully it was just the one time. Have a great weekend!

Almost Friday

Jax stayed home from school today. He was feeling great - I guess he just had a mild case of the stomach bug. Riley was much better today but he still will not eat very much. When I got home we went outside and rode the 4-wheeler. Riley and I rode together (that was a sight). Then I let Riley ride by himself as I walked (he was barely moving) right beside him. He LOVES IT! When we got in Jax wanted to make a project so I told him after we eat. Well, I decided to get the Easter eggs out and we could start hiding them. Jax and Riley have several Easter Egg hunts coming up so I need them to be ready to grab some eggs :)
Jax kept asking why we had to find them. He just wanted to hide them. We had lots of fun.

Sick Boys

We got the call from school today that Jax was sick. His teacher said it was just all of the sudden. I thought Riley might have a bug this morning when I changed his diaper. Well, he has had 2 more bad diapers since then. I am thinking it is a mild case of the stomach bug. Hopefully they will both feel better after a good nights rest. Please say a prayer that they both sleep well tonight.

Birdhouse

Jax wanted to build a birdhouse so we went and got some wood on Saturday. We had a bunch of errands so it probably was not smart getting the wood first. It stunk really bad and we probably will all have cancer from the chemicals (treated wood). So, then we get the great idea to go to Michaels and buy a birdhouse kit. Well Michaels had unfinished birdhouses. Jax picked out the one he wanted and everyone was happy. Saturday after nap time we painted the birdhouse and everything was great. Well, around 6:30pm everything fell apart. Jax wanted to build a birdhouse right then. So, the husband told him after his nap on Sunday they would build a birdhouse. Now, we have 2 birdhouses. Honey and Pop Pop came over Sunday night and helped Jax paint birdhouse #2 and swing Riley man.

Our little Dipper!

Riley loves to dip all of his food into something. It all started in December when he wanted a carrot - he saw that his daddy was dipping his carrot in ranch so he wanted some also. He LOVED it! So we have to dip everything. While Riley was eating dip this weekend Jax was sitting at the table with his helmet on (he just wanted to wear it and it was not worth the battle). His brother on the other hand will only dip his chicken nuggets and french fries in Ketchup. They are very different. Hope you all have a great week!

Time Out

Jax got sent to time out Monday at school - so we took his Batman things away. We told him that he needed to start listening to his teachers but apparently he was not listening to us. We think he went to time out Tuesday and Wednesday. His teacher said he did not go Tuesday unless it was after she left and Wednesday she did not think he went. Anyway, we are really working on listening. Riley is really trying to say more words now. He understands everything (maybe more then he should at his age) but now you can kind of tell what he is saying. Glad tomorrow is Friday and last I looked we are suppose to have a nice weekend. The picture below was of Riley's first Oreo.

Monday

You have to have a start to the week but why are Monday's such Monday's. Riley was awake for 3 hours last night - please pray that he sleeps well tonight. It has been rainy, cold and nasty all day. I got to work today and they had moved furniture out of my office (we moved office buildings last week) and moved dirty (filthy) furniture in. I spent all morning cleaning roach droppings out of my desk. I was really mad about that and tired. Then I read about a little girl that is 2 and only has a few days to live. It really made me realize that we have to take each moment and live it to the fullest (even cleaning dirty desk). It also made me look back on the 2 hours that I rocked Riley and the hour that he kicked me while laying beside me and the husband (I finally brought him to our bed so at least I could lay down). God is so good and has a plan for everything. Pictures of our yard crew.