April snow brings......snowmen and Easter Eggs

Snow in April is cruel, just cruel. Especially when we haven't had snow in over a month. On Friday the kids were out in sweatshirts and Crocs. By Saturday it was raining, snowing, sleeting, blowing and just plain cold. I'm hoping we broke out the snow pants and snow boots for the last time. But the boys did have a blast building not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 snowmen! Who are all slowly fading.

And while it was so cold and icky out we decided to pass the time dying Easter Eggs.

We're still scrubbing the dye off.

A weekend away.

It's been cold and we've been stuck in the house. Being stuck in the house with 2 little boys can be a little challenging when it comes to entertainment. We've played hide-and-seek, made snowman with play-doh, played Wii, painted, colored, built with Legos, given horsey rides and the other day......

We watched as some crazy squirrels climbed the trees in our backyard.

Then we watched the Cardinals enjoy some bird food.

So needless to say we were very much looking forward to a weekend away. A weekend filled with seeing friends, shopping, swimming, Chipotle and watching some hockey.

We visited the Lego store

and played with their endless amounts of Legos.

We had seats right behind the net. The boys were so excited and entertained. We had a few checks in front of us which sent juice cups flying and little boys jumping into our laps. Too bad our team lost but that's a whole other story. We had fun anyway!

Get me out of this house and a little Kung Fu Panda

Trevor and I are moving to Texas! We're so excited. No snow (or very little), warm temperatures, no wind chill factors, no 17 layers of clothing that STILL don't keep you warm, did I mention no snow? It's going to be a great move.

Ok, so we're not really moving but after this weekend I'm about ready too. Now if I could just convince my snow-loving husband that it's a good idea. Which may not be too hard seeing as we just spent the entire weekend in the house driving each other nuts! And to be honest, I probably did more of the driving on that one. Sorry honey!

I got cut from work on Saturday because it was freezing. By 10am Saturday we had built a fort, watched some tunes, eaten breakfast, showered, wrestled and drove each other nuts. Did I mention it was a long weekend? It was too cold for church or any other activity yesterday. By this morning the boys and I were dying to get out of the house. I was very jealous of Trevor going to work and that doesn't happen very often.

Here's some proof of our indoor weekend.

We tried to take silly pictures with mommy's camera.

We watched football and ate lunch on the living room floor.

We Declan shed some tears.

Mommy built a fort while daddy tried to catch up on his sleep.


And Carson showed off his mad King Fu Panda fighting skills.

It's Turkey Week!

Can you believe its Thanksgiving week already? It feels like we were just making daily trip to the swimming pool to cool off. Christmas music is playing in all the stores, lights are going up, shopping has begun and next Sunday is already the first Sunday of Advent. Time flies I guess.

My good friend Amy pointed out that my last posted was titled, "Deer Hunting Weekend 2" yet I didn't mention any deer. Well, that would be because none were shot, in fact, we didn't even see one. Deer Hunting at its finest! I'm happy to report that everyone seems to be on the mend around here and feeling much better.

This weekend we had a little snowfall and thanks to mommy taking the keys with her to work the boys were stuck at home to play in it. Carson was thrilled and very excited to get his snow pants on. Declan on the other hand is just like his mommy, not much for all that gear or the cold. But Trevor did convince (read: force) him to stay out and have some fun.

After work on Saturday we took the boys to see Madagascar. 4 movie tickets, one bag of popcorn and a pop cost us $35 (who knew a matinee was considered something BEFORE 2pm silly us for thinking a 4pm show was a matinee.) The good news is the boys did really well, even Declan was entertained.

Enjoying a little brownie batter.