Easter Day

On Easter, we did not go to church. S was coming down with what turned out to be the full blown flu. LM and I had flu shots and did not catch it. S will get his shot next year. We did, however, after the morning rain, do a quick afternoon egg hunt at our house and then go over to the in-laws house for dinner. S was puny the whole time, but we went anyway. Here are some photos:

His baskets.

We checked those out right after we woke up.

We often have imaginary boo boos these days.

So we can use band-aids.

Charlie received some new clothes - a super hero outfit and some pajamas.

They get taken off just as often as his old outfit.

Making sticker faces - and naked Charlie in the background.

 

And here are some photos from our home egg hunt after nap time.

It was a good haul.

Tomorrow - some photos from Nonna and Papaw's house.

See you soon.

More Egg Matters

So we tried our hand at dying eggs this year. 

I boiled the eggs and the LM did the rest, mostly.

We did not have enough patience to let the eggs dye well.

But we had fun all the same.

Pink/red was the only really good color.

Daddy offered up all sorts of devices for collecting the eggs out of the dye

Our friend Ms. Karen stopped by during the egg fun!

Pay no attention to the stacks of bins back there.

No attention at all. One day we'll get a plan together to move them.

Ms. Karen made egg dying more fun!

Look at all those - ahem - "dyed" eggs! Ha.

A good holiday activity, I'd say!

Later this afternoon, the boy and I will fly to Indy for a fun long weekend with our Indiana family. LM has been looking forward to this for weeks. He can't wait - when you bring it up, he just giggles with delight. Me too, of course. Me too. 

See you soon.

Bedtime Routine

I caught a few photos of S and LM the other day, getting ready for bed. S was reading LM a story in his big boy bed, and I had to take a few shots:

Blurry - low light, quick snap. 

Still sweet.

Love.

See you soon.

The Moore Hunt

Well friends I am woefully behind, and the people who stopped by here before have all but decided I've given up on blogging. But I haven't! I just needed a break. I have some photos from the Moore Easter Egg Hunt to share today. Here we go:

The Easter tee.

I bought that cute Easter tee with LM's name on it for him to wear to the egg hunts. Daddy didn't like the tee - he thought it was girly. Whatever. It's spring, people. Spring colors are pastels. Anyway, he wore it to the Moore egg hunt, but it was so cold, he had a coat on over it! So, there he is in Daddy's big boots, wearing the shirt.

The cold, cold egg hunt!

Easter was early this year, but the Sunday before Easter was REALLY cold! The wind was crazy. So, the egg hunt, sadly, was really short. They had a snack and hunted for eggs and that was it! Mrs. Moore always has games and crafts, and we had to miss that fun due to the weather. That was a bummer. But the part we got in was fun, even in the cold!

All the cute Easter outfits were covered in coats and hats!

All the cousins.

The hunt!

The boy and the cold Mama.

Thanking Mrs. Moore

Warming up in the car afterwards!

And one more shot of that shirt!

More Easter coming soon.

Easter Photos

First, I want to say I plan to get back to the regular discipline of writing this blog. But, I'm still recovering from the last few months of stress and this tour and it being done. It's all good, but I'm still, definitely, in recovery mode.

Another thing that slowed us down last week was my sweet S was sick - with the flu - all week. He does a lot to pull his weight around here and I missed that great amount of work he does while he was in the bed. I was a single parent for a week, and sister, I bow down to you single parents out there. It's a lot of work! And, I was tending to sicko too - it was a long week. Thankfully, he's on the mend and back to his regularly scheduled day today. I hope it goes well for him.

So, on to the post - just before we went to Europe, I went to a store in the mall to purchase LM a new shirt and tie for Easter. Easter would happen just a week after our return to Dallas, and I knew if I was to have anything prepared for it, I needed to do a couple errands before the trip. Luckily, we were able to let out the suit we purchased last year and use it again! S took LM to the tailor to have that done a few weeks before the tour too. So anyway, I went to purchase this shirt and tie. Because that shirt and tie cost a certain amount of money (I really don't remember what it was) I qualified to have LM's photo taken at the store and a free 8 x 10. But, the photo shoot dates were when we were in Europe. I called my mom and asked if she would take him to have the photos taken and she agreed to do it. So, I signed him up.

I should say I had very low expectations for these photos - I mean, his schedule would be a bit off since we were out of town, he is 2.5 and has exhibited no interest in having his photo taken recently, we were going to have him wear his Easter suit, which would feel different than "normal" clothes, and well, it was going to be taken in a store in the mall. But, what the heck, I figured, worth a try - it was free!

My mom said it was quite an afternoon to get him picked up from school after nap and to the mall, dressed in his suit in the time allotted. But, she said, he was in a good mood and she thought the photos would be good ones. The day to go see the photos was the week after we came back from Europe. So, I headed to the store in the mall to check out the photos.

Friends, they were SO CUTE! I bought all of the digital files! I was so pleasantly surprised, and so happy to have some nice photos taken by someone else of my boy! So, take a peek - here they are:

I mean, look at these sweet smiles and expressions!

One of the cutest "little man" poses.

Another one of those "little man" poses!

So in love with this boy, and so glad for these photos!

See you soon.

Hello Dear Neglected Blog Readers

Good Monday morning to ya! I've been back on this side of the pond for a little over a week, and still trying to get caught up. We did celebrate Easter and I took photos...this one uploaded the "old fashioned way"...because...

...I'm having some technical difficulties with my computer - I maxed out the hard drive, and seem to have lost most of my photo catalog in the move to a new external drive. They are still around somewhere, but I can't seem to map to them right. Sooooo....I am unable to share copious amounts of photos with you. Boring, right? So, on top of just being DONE with the world as I know it at the moment and needing some down time to decompress and right the apple cart, I don't have any pretty pictures to share!

And, this is NOT an April Fool's joke. Wish it were. Ahem.

But, I wanted to say hi, and that I hope to be back to blogging soon.

So, see ya then.