Flying Barrel Of Monkeys

With temperatures nearing 100 degrees, it seems like the perfect time to dive into some watermelon.

We had a fun-filled Easter weekend. The boys are asleep and I’m about to head to bed myself.

First up, I made a Peep wreath at crafting night.

MonkeyBoy had his first experience dyeing Easter Eggs. He tried to bite into them shell and all, and then happily ate a shelled one until he got to the yolk at which point he made a face and declared it “yucky”.

MonkeyBoyToo modeled the Easter Bunny suit.

We finished the weekend with a fabulous Easter dinner of grilled ribs, cole slaw, bread, salad, baked beans, and flourless chocolate cake. Yum!

I’m feeling guilty for the second-child syndrome – poor MonkeyBoyToo has only a fraction of the videos and photos that his brother has. So I took advantage of some alone time with the little one to capture a video of him practicing his talking and rolling skills.

We went to visit the Easter Bunny today and then the boys participated in an Easter Egg hunt. MonkeyBoyToo scored one egg while MonkeyBoy found a dozen or so. Hunts at this age consist of a roped off area where eggs are scattered all over the ground and the kids start searching on the count of three. While the other kids in his age group stopped at the very first eggs they saw, MonkeyBoy headed right into the middle of the hunt area and scooped up as many as he could grab before the other kids made their way in from the periphery. Pretty clever strategy for a four year old. Earlier when we were packing the car for our outing he saw me grabbing his Easter basket and asked why we were taking it. I told him it was so that he would have a place to put the eggs he found. His response “I have hands!” in the “gee Mom is so dumb” tone that I’m sure I’ll hear a lot of in the coming years. In the end, he was happy that he had the basket and didn’t have to hold all the eggs he gathered.

The bluebonnet crop is fairly sparse this year, but I managed to find one big field for photos. Neither boy was very interested in having his picture taken, so this is the best I could get.

Trying to shove the flower up his brother’s nose

It’s warm enough to get rid of the BundleMe car seat cover. I’m sad to see it go, it was so soft!

Height: 23 3/4 inches
Weight: 12 pounds, 10 ounces
Head: 41.5 cm

I finally downloaded about 100 pictures from my phone and thought I’d share some from the past couple weeks.

Eating a donut on the way to the rodeo

The best shot I could get of the boys in their matching “brother” shirts

Did you know hand dryers work great for hair?

MonkeyBoyToo’s first trip to Steak ‘N Shake

Rainbow artwork

After a lesson on weather, MonkeyBoy’s answer to the question “What do you want to fall from the sky”?

This shirt was an emergency purchase for MonkeyBoy because he had a blowout diaper while we were shopping and I was out of spare clothing. It’s the first time MonkeyBoyToo has worn it and it made him look like such a big boy!

Baby’s first trip to one of our favorite BBQ restaurants. In planning dinner this evening, I opened up the fridge and spied a bottle of this restaurant’s sauce. It sounded so good, that instead of cooking we just hopped in the car and treated ourselves to a meal out.

It’s time to put the flannel jammies away for the year and I couldn’t resist picking up a pair of matching lightweight monkey footie jammies for the boys. Here’s hoping they help both boys sleep through the night.