"santa and the easter bunny must be friends"

That was one of the first things Little Man said when he saw his Easter basket...all because it had bubble gum in it! You may think I'm crazy, for letting a 4 year old {almost 5} chew bubble gum, but you'd be amazed and the things I can convince him to do with gum! He was convinced the Easter Bunny talked to Santa because he had all of his favorite things in his basket...legos, dinosaur book, I Spy book, and a bathing suit. Miss Priss was elated when she found puffs and yogurt melts...I mean, what else is appropriate for a 14 month old? Besides, her favorite thing to do these days is eat!

Sunday morning started off as every other Sunday does...insanely hectic. I decided to wait to cook mac-n-cheese {my assigned dish for lunch with D's fam} until that morning, and as if that wasn't enough, made breakfast for the kids, too. Per the usual, we didn't head out until 8:54...mass begins at 9:00. Oh well, the point is that we made it, all four of us, in one piece. Of course I spent the majority of mass in the nursery with Miss Priss, but considering I went to church Thursday and Friday, I was fine with that. :)

After church we headed over to D's grandmother's for lunch and an Easter Egg hunt...and more Easter baskets.  We ate, played, laughed, and lounged in the sun. Later in the afternoon, we headed to my dad's for dinner, another egg hunt, and even MORE baskets {can we say spoiled?}. I love weekends that are jammed pack with family time. It isn't often that we are all in the same place at the same time.

 

  

And this is why...

I never wanted to start a blog. Geez, it's been like what, a month an a half? Oh well, I'm back, with updates of course, which is all that matters. The highlight {acutally, lowlight} of this weekend involved our little man's first "real" injury. While shopping for spring clothes, Jadon managed to run in to a table and bust his eye a little. Things could have been much worse, but at the time, this was a pretty big deal. Glad no stitches were needed and we were able to walk out with just a little sani-strip. I must say, he is one tough little guy! I'm sure this is the first of many more "boy" injuries.

 on the way to the doctor...a little cleaned up

all better {and after the new rescue squad lego set he "earned" for being so good. :)}

In more upbeat news, Jadon's first "real" soccer game was this weekend.  Here are a few favorite snapshots from the day...

partners in crime

at least they are headed in the right direction...

looks like we have a defender on our hands! :)

The best part of the whole day? Pops was strolling Izzy around and during a time-out, Jadon ran off the filed to kiss his little baby sister! Warmed my little heart. Thankful that hubs caught that moment on video! And to think I was worried how J would handle baby #2...

i must be a REALLY good mom...