Happy Easter

Easter weekend was full of festivities this year! We started out by attending the same two egg hunts that we go to every year. This was the first year that Maddon went out to get eggs and he thought it was great! The second he found some candy that spilled on the ground, however, he became more interested in eating that than finding more eggs! For the first egg hunt Mason went to his field with Daddy and Maddon with Mommy and we did a parent swap for the afternoon hunt. Both boys did a great job and came home with lots of treats!

Before the Naperville egg hunt

And they're off...

 Maddon and the Twix bar that ended it all!

 Mason and his loot

 Before the Church egg hunt

Looking for eggs

All done

After the egg hunts were complete, it was time to color our eggs at home and get the baskets out for the bunny. Mason made the egg dye all by himself this year and had a blast coloring his eggs. He did a great job and decorated them with Star Wars stickers once the color was dry. He really enjoyed writing messages on the eggs with white crayon before coloring them and then revealing the messages!

Easter morning brought full baskets, bunny footprints, and a yard full of eggs to our house. The boys looked through all of the goodies that the bunny left them before following the footprints into the backyard to hunt for more eggs. Then it was time to relax a bit before going to brunch and Grandma's.

Scoping out his basket

 He was hoping that the bunny would leave him this movie!

 Footprints!!

 Backyard egg hunt

Relaxing before brunch

Meeting the bunny at brunch

Arriving at gram's

Posing with the inflatable bunny

Maddon was SO not into this photo

Hunting for eggs

Spring Tea

I had the pleasure of attending Mason's Spring Tea at school. It was a nice day and the best of all the Spring Tea's I've been to. The kids sang us a few songs and then sat with us for our "tea." We had cookies that they made us along with sandwiches and fruit. They made the centerpieces for the tables and even special seating cards with their pictures and adjectives to describe them (that we turned in ahead of time). Then we had an opportunity to read to the class the flowers that we wrote about what makes our child special. In return, the kids had made caterpillars and written a reason why they love us. It was a very special day and bittersweet to know that my baby is on to kindergarten next year, so this was my last Spring Tea with him.

Time to sing

Mason and his sun

 Yummy cookies!

 Beautiful centerpieces

 His placecard canvas

 Me and my boy

 The flower and caterpillar display

Easter Bunny

We made our way to visit the Easter bunny and we were surprised to see how excited Maddon got. He was waving at the bunny and couldn't get up to visit him fast enough. Unfortunately, he wasn't too sure about the photographer and why she was shaking weird toys at him. We didn't get a smile captured, but no cries either! Mason, of course, was a ham as usual!

Betty Brinn Children's Museum

We bought the boys a membership to our local children's museum for Christmas and it also provides us with discounted admission at various other museums. We decided to check out the Betty Brinn Children's Museum in Milwaukee last weekend. Both boys seemed to really enjoy it and it was nice to visit a museum that we don't get to go to all of the time. They had a new Mr. Potato Head exhibit which Maddon, in particular, loved! It was a nice place to spend the day and burn off some energy!

Mason in a train wheel

 Maddon loved this area, designed mainly for little guys

 Working at the pizza restaurant

 Both boys liked the ATM (starting way too early)

 Maddon seemed a bit concerned that his brother was driving the bus!

 Mase was excited to ride the motorcycle

 Maddon…not so much

 Checking out the construction equipment

 Enjoying the Mr. Potato Head exhibit

 The grocery store was a big hit too!

As was the girl at the bakery counter!

Merry Christmas

Christmas this year was a blast! Mason was very excited and Maddon was actually able (and willing) to open his own presents! After visiting Nana on Christmas Eve, the boys and I went to mass before we got everything ready for Santa's arrival. I'm not sure it was ever easier to get Mason to go to bed! They were both very happy to wake up to the glittery snowflake trail that Santa left which led to their presents. They wasted no time opening them and spent the rest of the morning playing. Later in the day we were joined by the Zdenek side of the family for dinner and more presents. By the end of the day the boys were on overload and didn't know what to play with next!

Some of what Santa left for the boys

 Snuggling with the blanket that Mommy made him

 He wasted no time opening the Legos

 Maddon and most of his Santa gifts (he just wanted to play with Mickey)

 Mason and most of his Santa gifts

 Opening their Nabi Big Tab from Grandma and Papa