DORA THE EXPLORER

HAPPY EASTER

More Easter Fun!

 We gave the boys their Easter baskets a day early....

 Ian is showing off his new "GUITAR" shirt!

 later this morning, I took the boys to our friends house to enjoy our annual "EASTER BRUNCH" with our small group.  Matt stayed home and worked hard at finishing our walls in the hallway (when we got home - he had the first coat of paint on the walls!) Matt - I LOVE YOU!

 After the boys opened all of their eggs to get the surprise inside - they climbed up to the table to join the others in decorating cookies!

Levi enjoyed frosting his cookies...but enjoyed even more....LICKING THE SPRINKLE BOTTLES THAT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS FROSTED COOKIES!

We are so blessed to have friends that open their home - so that we can get together and have a wonderful.....fun filled time!

FUN with Friends!

This morning, we invited Tiffany, Teya and J.J. over for some holiday fun!

1.Easter Egg hunt

2. Color Eggs

3. Decorate cookies

4. Hanging out with great friends

 This was the first year that we colored eggs. Ian & Levi had so much fun!

After the eggs were colored, the kids decorated the cookies Ian helped me baked the other day!

It was fun to watch each one decorate in their own way!

This looks like a Top Chef - "HANDS UP" moment!

as if to say "ALL DONE"

as you can see the bowl is empty and there is only a little bit of frosting on the cookies!

And look...he is getting ready to lick more frosting off of his hands!

Easter Cookies

BOWLING

During spring break, we meet up with Tiffany, Teya & J.J. to go bowling!

After we put on the most stylish shoes....

 we were ready to bowl!

 I helped the boys carry the ball and then let them push it down the lane!

 and then we watched it roll "SLOWLY" down the lane...several time I wondered if it would even make it down to the pins! 

 Ian would either run back to watch the score board change or lay down on the floor with his chin on his hands and watch the ball roll down to hit the pins! We had a lot of fun and decided we would have to bring Daddy with us next time!

SLEEP OVER

Saturday night, Ian & Levi got to have their two best friends spend the night! 

We all took a walk to get some..

 ICE CREAM! 

after we got back home...

 we all took turns playing guitar hero.

 a hug...and then it was off to sleep!

 playing together before we left for church!

Face Paint

Toddler time at Chick-fil-A!

I wasn't sure if either one of them would actually sit still long enough to get their faces painted, but as you can see they DID!  SO CUTE!

Wallpaper.....

We have started taking off the wall paper in our foyer and hall way.  What a mess.  As anyone who has ever removed wall paper knows...it is a SLOW process.   I'm so thankful for a husband that works on our house, even after he put in a long day at work (working on houses)

 Here are some pictures of them pulling on pieces of  loose paper, before they went down for a nap!  Thankfully, they were able to fall asleep, while I continued scraping/peeling paper and singing just outside of their bedroom doors!

This is the only wall that the wall paper came off in long strips...the wall paper on all of the other walls came off in little pieces...grrrr.

To keep us from getting to discouraged, with how long this project is going to take us...Matt decided to paint sections of walls as we go!

Ian & Levi are admiring the new paint color!

TALKING NON STOP

 The lady in charge at Chick-fil-a asked me the other day if my boys talk much at home, since they are so quiet when we go there. My answer was YES! They talk NON STOP at home.

IAN - "I love my Family" as he gave me a kiss on the cheek
Me - "who is your family"
Ian - "Daddy, Levi and you mommy"


While we were sitting at the dinner table, eating, Ian looked out the kitchen window and saw our cat.

Ian - "Look Kaden is eating himself, that's funny"   (Kaden was licking his paws)

Me - "did you have a good nap?"
Levi - "YEP"

Levi - after he hit the ball off of the tee "YA BABY!"

Ian - "Daddy, how is your day going at work?"  Ian usually calls Matt several times a day to ask him this question.
Matt - "????"  I'm not sure what his answer always is...but I know it put a smile on Ian's face!




We decided to have Ian's speech evaluated last Friday.  Although, he does have a hard time getting all of his sounds correct when saying certain words like scissors, helicopter, and yet. They believe that with time he will correct it on his own. They were impressed with his vocabulary and said they we could have him evaluated again after he turns four if we feel like it is needed.

Friday Night Fun!

 

No, we do not have dirt bikes (at least not yet, I think after tonight Matt will be looking into getting one!)
We meet up with some guys that work for Matt and they let him take the boys for rides. They had a blast! It was hard to tell who was enjoying it more..the boys or Matt!!

Brothers...buddies...best friends!