Easter Weekend

We went to Tim's parents for our traditional Easter day feast and egg hunt.



The night before Easter we got to color eggs with Dave, Katie and Kameron. I think us adults got into it more than the kids. Dave definitely got the creative egg award when he turned his egg into a shark.



Here is a pic of Xavier in his Easter outfit. Xavier usually likes hats, but he didn't want to wear the hat I got him. He tried to wear his Detroit Tigers hat in the picture. I had to call the khaki hat his golf hat in order for him to agree to wear it in this picture. He was sold on that idea.



Xavier wasn't into the egg hunt until he started to find the Easter eggs that looked like soccer balls, footballs, and baseballs. As soon as he'd pick up an egg he'd try to open it to get the candy out. His goal was not to get as many eggs as possible like the older kids. It was to get the goodies inside as fast as he could.



After a few minutes of picking up eggs Xavier spotted Grandpa's ride-on lawnmower. The egg hunt was over! He had a blast hanging out on the mower.



Happy Birthday Xavier. It was Xavier's birthday on Easter. Since Easter was such a jam-packed day as it was we decided to hold off on his birthday celebration for a few weeks. Thank goodness he's only 2 and doesn't know the difference. We'll be having a party for him next month instead.

Easter Week Activities

I have been quite a slacker lately on my posts. This time of year always seems to get quite busy. Here are some fun activities we did during the week before Easter Sunday.


Tim and Xavier went to a Tigers game with Tim's brother Joe, Joe's father-in-law, and Joe's son Gabe. Xavier had a grand old time. I had an entire day to myself. I haven't had an entire day to myself since before Xavier was born. It was great! You'll probably think I'm crazy when I ended up cleaning most of the day. It was still great to not have to worry about anything but my to-do list.


For family home evening we talked about Jesus and the Resurrection. We made edible tombs for Xavier's treat. When we ask Xavier why we celebrate Easter he says "Jesus came back to life!"


Since Spring is here I thought we'd make our very own bird feeder. Xavier wanted to test it out on our duck before we hung it outside.



The letter of the week was E, so we made an E full of eggs.



I think Xavier liked making the Butterfly mosaics the best because as you can see he ate more jelly beans than he put on his butterfly. My buttefly is on the right and Xavier's is on the left. This activity also gave me a chance to talk to Xavier about Jesus, the Resurrection, and new life.

Sob! Sob!

Today we are in mourning. Mourning MSU's loss last night that is. We decided to join the festivities and watch the game at the Breslin Center last night. The crowd was pretty loud and crazy at the beginning of the game. Xavier had a blast running around the arena. He slept for 3 hours today (which never happens) to make up for staying up until 11 last night. But unfortunately our happiness was short-lived. MSU lost and lost by quite a bit. Despite this loss we are proud of our Spartans for making it to the finals. GO GREEN! GO WHITE! Cheers to a great season! We can't wait to see what next year will bring.

Forgot the camera

I've pretty much forgotten to bring my camera to all our fun activities this week. Last weekend we visited Grandma and Grandpa. We also went to the Children's Museum in Grand Rapids. I highly recommend it! Xavier had a blast and thankfully my sister-in-law saved the day and took tons of awesome pictures. It actually worked in my favor that I forgot my camera because I she got some really cool shots I never would have gotten. Once she sends them to me I'll post some of my favorites.

Sunday night Xavier had quite the bizarre night. He woke up hysterical and kept screaming. Finally I asked him what was wrong and he said "I want a granoodle bar". Your kidding me right, it's 4 am and my son has to eat something. So we stumbled down the stairs in the dark to obtain a midnight or I guess and early morning snack. I rummaged the closet and found a granola bar. He sat at the table and just held his granola bar. I urged him to eat it, but he wouldn't. After I don't know how long I finally decided to take his precious granola bar out of his hand and put him back to bed. He wasn't going to go upstairs without getting something he wanted, so he carried his drink of water. I made the mistake of bringing him into bed with me and Tim. He slept in the middle of us clinging to his sippy cup.

I couldn't sleep knowing Xavier was next to me. I have that fear of crushing him or suffocating him, so after a couple of hours I just scooped him up and put him back in his crib. All that for a granoodle bar he didn't even eat. The next morning as I walked into our dining room I saw that granola bar still sitting on the table. Such a great reminder of those precious hours of sleep lost. I think next time he screams for food at 4 am I'll assume he's just talking in his sleep and leave him in his crib.

We also got to visit the Butterfly Gardens at MSU. He had a blast with all of his friends chasing the butterflies and trying to catch them. He also managed to get some water play in by splashing in the little pond they had. Once again, no pictures. But it was lots of fun.