Easter Egg Lunch Hunt

One of our very favorite traditions that the boys ask for as soon as a hint of spring is in the air: Easter Egg Lunch Hunt!! It's getting harder too with school and nightly schedules, but its a must to squeeze it in!! This year, it became a dinner hunt because lunch at home is a rarity!! Now, their egg plates wind up being an appetizer for their real meals because they eat so much more! But the tradition remains the same!! Find as many eggs as you can, sort them out later! 

This picture of my boys makes me laugh- Wyatt wearing full clothing head to toe, and Grant hardly wearing anything. Sounds about right in this house!! I'm pretty sure it was COLD this day!!!

Love these special memories made with my fellas!!!

Time to Color Eggs!

I'm pretty sure we could color a dozen dozen eggs throughout the course of the Easter season. We just LOVE coloring eggs! This year, we got our usual set of dye, but I also found a fun paint/stamp set to use as well. There was a lot of creative coloring going down on those eggs! Grant liked experimenting and found a way to almost have a "tie-dye" look to them. They all turned out so pretty, it was hard to crack into them to eat! 

April Fools Day

Levi had been preparing an April Fools prank for the boys since February! He got an idea and he just HAD to make it work! Luckily, the night before, the boys spent the night at the VanAllen's so he had plenty of time to pull off his prank. When they got home the next morning, we told them to go upstairs and put their things away so when they opened their door, they got a HUGE surprise! Their entire room was filled with balloon trash bags!! 

March Photos

March Birthday Boys ~ Grant's Lego creation ~ Snow playing

Snowy Pool ~ Googly Eyed Wyatt ~ Computer class creation

Grant made a Lego high bar ~ Ice Cream w/ Wyatt ~ Cousins @ Urban Air

Game Day w/ Wyatt

Two Tuesdays a month, our school district has early release days, where the kids get out at 2:00. Grant likes to get together with one of his friends on those afternoons, and sometimes Wyatt does too. But today, Wyatt didn't want a friend to come play, he just wanted to play with me. How could I say no to that?!? While Grant and his buddy were downstairs playing, we gathered a huge stack of board games, brought them to the table and chairs in my room, shut the door and played board games for 2 hours!! What fun we had! I'm pretty sure board games is one of Wyatt's love languages!!!

I guess Millie attended our game party too, but she was too busy staring at the window glaring at the rabbits in our yard.

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!

We love ourselves some March Madness!!! Especially when our favorite team has had a great season!! KU made it all the way to the Elite 8 this year, and then forgot to show up to that game and well, that was the end of the season. But what a season it was!!! The boys were a little more into watching basketball this year since they were both playing on their own teams this season. 

Better luck next year Jayhawks!! You know we will be rooting for you!

 I love a good brotherly KU pic :)

Birthday Party Day!

This was our first year doing a party just for friends! Last year, we had a little playdate in the backyard but this year, we actually scheduled something fun for them to do. It's so nice that most of their friends are all the same- either teammates or siblings- so it was pretty easy planning. The only thing that threw us for a loop was Wyatt getting sick. Since their party was originally scheduled for their actual birthday, we had to cancel. Fortunately, he was all better by the time the last day of Spring Break rolled around and we were able to move their party to that day! Phew!!

We headed to one of their favorite places in the whole wide world, their gym, 360 Gymnastics! They invited their teammates and some friends and it was a great afternoon for a party!! Free play, wrestling, running, jumping, and Mat Tag to round out the fun. Those boys (and Marietta!) were a stinky, sweaty mess!!! All signs of a good time!

 The past few years, we've done donations in lieu of presents, so this year they decided to collect travel toiletries for the Kansas City Rescue Mission. Their party guests were so generous with their donations. Look at all these toiletries!! They even were gifted with more gifts than we had planned, but they were so extremely thankful!!!

It was a great birthday party for these special fellas of ours!!!

My Birthday Babies

I love being able to compare their pictures each year on their birthday! So many similarities, yet so many differences!! I love that they get to share this day together and I love that I will always get to share it with them (as it usually falls during Spring Break!). 

I will treasure these little faces and pictures forever!!

10 Days Old

 One Year Old

 Two Years Old

 Three Years Old

 Four Years Old

 Five Years Old

 Six Years Old

 And now I can add Seven Years Old!!

Officially 7 and 9!

The boys are EXACTLY 2 years and 5 hours apart, to the minute!! We made sure to watch the clock carefully to witness them "officially" turn another year older!!

Birthday Pancakes!

It's a tradition in our house to start the boys' birthday with birthday pancakes!! They also get to use their birthday plates, which are only used on their birthday and half-birthday! This morning was a little bit different since they had early morning gymnastics practice and since Wyatt was sick. Grant and I were out the door for practice before Wyatt even rolled out of bed. 

So we thought birthday pancakes would make a great lunch instead! Wyatt was finally feeling up to eating so I made them each a perfect stack, complete with birthday sprinkles and number candles!!

 Of course they couldn't blow them out simultaneously! Here goes Grant..

 And then Wyatt...

 Enjoy!!!

Past Birthday Pancakes posts: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

9 and 7 Year Stats

The rate you both are growing is alarming. I'm watching you grow into young men before my very eyes and I'm not sure my heart can handle it!! 

The muscles you two are putting on- holy moly!!! It's no wonder you both are always asking for snacks!!

Grant

Weight: 68.9 lbs (75th percentile)

Height: 52.5" (56th percentile)

You're wearing size 8/10 in shirts and shorts (I would say pants, but you have an extreme dislike for pants and would prefer long socks and shorts, or shorts and tights? It's a weird 9 year old boy thing too, I'm sure I'm not alone......please tell me I'm not alone?). Some of your shirts are 10/12 and that's just so weird to me! You wear a size 3 shoe. You are still liking only things that are dri-fit material. Forget 100% cotton- its not soft enough!
You legs aren't the only thing beefy about you anymore! Check out these guns!!

Wyatt

Height: 46" (19th percentile)

Weight: 46 lbs (23rd percentile)

You still seem so tiny to me, especially compared to classmates of yours who are taller than you but also a year younger than you. But thats ok- I'm holding on to your tiny-ness for as long as possible!! The thought of my baby boy getting so big makes me sad! You wear mostly size 6 in shirts and shorts/pants. Some things are still size 5, but there are also some size 7's sprinkled in there. You finally moved up to a size 12 in shoes! You're exactly the same size as your brother when he was turning 6!
One thing that is getting huge on you though is your muscles!!

I mean look at these bad boys...

You both are literally growing into wonderful, strong, handsome little boys!!! So thankful!

Grant's 9th Birthday Interview

1.  What is your favorite color? Neon Blue

2.  What is your favorite toy?  Nerf guns

3.  What is your favorite fruit? Strawberries 

4.  What is your favorite TV show? Pokemon

5.  What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Pizza punchable

6.  What is your favorite outfit? dri-fit T-shirt and shorts

7.  What is your favorite game? Life

8.  What is your favorite snack? potato chips

9.  What is your favorite animal? Monkeys 

10.  What is your favorite song? Sound of Sunshine

11. What is your favorite book? Diary of a Wimpy Kid

12.  Who is your best friend? Owen

13. What is your favorite cereal? Chocolate Mini-Wheats

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Protect the GWEN/play knights

15. What is your favorite drink? Lemonade

16. What is your favorite holiday? Easter

17. What do you like to take to bed with you each night? Cuddles and Pikachu

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Cereal

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Dessert

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? An inventor/engineer that changes the world