It seems like we see the cousins less as the kids' activities take over our lives, but it's so good to see them together again. This is my photo of the day for yesterday. The girls have been getting along well so far. Here they've just taken a group shower and are brushing their teeth. They're all even dressed in "Easter colors". DD and A slept in her top bunk while E slept in the bottom bunk with her flashlight. E can't sleep in the dark and the other two can't sleep with a light on.
The day started with DS#3 opening his first birthday presents, from Lola and Lolo. A friend actually gave this bus to my mom. It's technically "used" but it looks like it's in great condition and he really couldn't care less. Doesn't he look absolutely excited to add another bus to his collection? I took another picture of his buses and other similar yellow vehicles. He seems to have a penchant for that color. I'll have to post that another time.
Later in the morning, after the usual banana chocolate chip pancakes and turkey bacon, my sisters and I filled some eggs and then hid them for the Egg Hunt. Here, my BIL is trying to keep the kids from rushing outside too early, but they're pushing him quite a bit. It was really fun to watch this and the egg hunt. They all found their designated dozen eggs quickly and spent the next few minutes helping DS#3 find his. He seemed to enjoy getting the eggs, but he didn't really seem to understand the concept of looking for them. He had been with us when we filled the eggs, so he knew he wanted the eggs with the jelly beans. Let's just say that he got plenty of sugar today.
We had invited our good friends over for dinner to help celebrate E's birthday. They have three kids of their own, including two girls, so their girls and ours all gathered round the table for some "face painting". The girls spent a lot of time in this activity. You can see E painting her mom's arm here. The other girls took turns painting each other's arms. My niece A even got to paint her Daddy's face.
My sister M had a friend pick up some cascarones for her. A cascarone is a confetti filled eggshell. There was a misunderstanding and instead of her friend getting 15 cascarones, she got 15 DOZEN cascarones. On top of that, our friends brought over 3 dozen more. After dinner, the kids all went outside and broke the cascarones over each others heads--and over the heads of some of the adults. DS#1 broke a few on DH's head and neck, while DH was otherwise distracted because he was videotaping the flurry of activity. DH put the video camera down and started running after DS#1. My sisters said that they had never seen DS#1 and DH move so fast before! My sister C yelled out for DH to be careful about his heart! I'll have to post photos later, but DH got DS#1 in a head lock so the other kids could break cascarones over DS#1's head. I can't believe DH actually put his own son in a headlock, but everyone thought it was hilarious!
Doesn't this look very much like the photo I posted on DS#2's birthday? Well, he got another birthday cake today, and he had the same look when he saw the lit candles on it. It was a yummy Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory. DH had grilled lamb kebobs and steak and this was the perfect finish. This was a really fun-filled day for all of us!
It seems like we see the cousins less as the kids' activities take over our lives, but it's so good to see them together again. This is my photo of the day for yesterday. The girls have been getting along well so far. Here they've just taken a group shower and are brushing their teeth. They're all even dressed in "Easter colors". DD and A slept in her top bunk while E slept in the bottom bunk with her flashlight. E can't sleep in the dark and the other two can't sleep with a light on. 
The day started with DS#3 opening his first birthday presents, from Lola and Lolo. A friend actually gave this bus to my mom. It's technically "used" but it looks like it's in great condition and he really couldn't care less. Doesn't he look absolutely excited to add another bus to his collection? I took another picture of his buses and other similar yellow vehicles. He seems to have a penchant for that color. I'll have to post that another time.
Later in the morning, after the usual banana chocolate chip pancakes and turkey bacon, my sisters and I filled some eggs and then hid them for the Egg Hunt. Here, my BIL is trying to keep the kids from rushing outside too early, but they're pushing him quite a bit. It was really fun to watch this and the egg hunt. They all found their designated dozen eggs quickly and spent the next few minutes helping DS#3 find his. He seemed to enjoy getting the eggs, but he didn't really seem to understand the concept of looking for them. He had been with us when we filled the eggs, so he knew he wanted the eggs with the jelly beans. Let's just say that he got plenty of sugar today.
We had invited our good friends over for dinner to help celebrate E's birthday. They have three kids of their own, including two girls, so their girls and ours all gathered round the table for some "face painting". The girls spent a lot of time in this activity. You can see E painting her mom's arm here. The other girls took turns painting each other's arms. My niece A even got to paint her Daddy's face.
My sister M had a friend pick up some cascarones for her. A cascarone is a confetti filled eggshell. There was a misunderstanding and instead of her friend getting 15 cascarones, she got 15 DOZEN cascarones. On top of that, our friends brought over 3 dozen more. After dinner, the kids all went outside and broke the cascarones over each others heads--and over the heads of some of the adults. DS#1 broke a few on DH's head and neck, while DH was otherwise distracted because he was videotaping the flurry of activity. DH put the video camera down and started running after DS#1. My sisters said that they had never seen DS#1 and DH move so fast before! My sister C yelled out for DH to be careful about his heart! I'll have to post photos later, but DH got DS#1 in a head lock so the other kids could break cascarones over DS#1's head. I can't believe DH actually put his own son in a headlock, but everyone thought it was hilarious!
Doesn't this look very much like the photo I posted on DS#2's birthday? Well, he got another birthday cake today, and he had the same look when he saw the lit candles on it. It was a yummy Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory. DH had grilled lamb kebobs and steak and this was the perfect finish. This was a really fun-filled day for all of us!
2 comments:
How fun to have everyone together!!
I don't think he likes people setting his cake on fire!! My little one was the same way!!
Happy Easter!!! :) We have some cascarones to play with later when it dries up a bit!!
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