Midnight Easter Egg Hunt

Every year we celebrate Easter a little early with the Purser's.  This year... we added a few new things to our tradition... like hungry hungry hippo human style.  The kids had a blast and we ended up having some fun relay races and games after we played.  We all left feeling pretty dizzy and sick... except for the kids.  Then it was back to Purser's for the annual bouncy ball drop and midnight hunt (or 8 pm).  The bouncy ball drop is one of my favorite things and the kids love having it "rain" bouncy balls.  Due to the fact that we all have kids for partners during the hunt now... the competition isn't as intense and there are fewer injuries... but it is still a lot of fun and we miss a ton every year.  It's a lot harder in the dark, especially when the littles hold the flash light. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Eme's school had a really fun balloon rainbow and class party to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.  Tanner always turns a few things in the house green (which really grosses me out) but the kids seem to love it.  It's always nice to have a random fun day to celebrate this time of year. 

Glass Slipper

There are two things Thatcher hates having on... a coat and shoes.  Because of this... there are several occasions where we end up somewhere and he wont have one or the other or both!  One such occasion was when we joined my parents to see the new movie redo of Cinderella.  We got to the movie theater and he informed me that he didn't have any shoes.  Just my luck... I didn't have a spare pair of his in the car... but I did have an extra pair for Eme.  They just so happened to be her sparkliest pair and I made him wear them.  Hoping that the embarrassment and shame would be enough for him to never leave home again without shoes... my plan back fired and he thought it was the coolest thing ever.  So it looks like the glass slipper fit after all... almost!

Basement Progress

As much as I love our new house... I have been missing our basement playroom from the old house.  It was so nice to have a home for all of the toys and my house was less torn apart all of the time.  We decided to finish part of the basement so that we could have that back.  Tanner and Oscar did a fantastic job and it turned out amazing.  I love the built-ins and finish work that Tanner did and the kids love the swings.  One night when I was gone for a girls night... I came home after ten and found all 3 boys working in the basement.  Not exactly what I was hoping for... but I guess the basement got done that much sooner because of it.

Gil Overload

Every once in a while... I will just have to do a post all about my littlest guy.  I take so many pictures of him each week and I love watching him change.  I will not every be able to emphasize just how much of a dream baby he is.  He sleeps great.. he eats great... he is just pleasant all of the time.  Oh how I love him!

 I'm also loving putting him in all of Thatcher's old clothes... It reminds me of when he was so small and I miss it! 

Museum of Natural Curiosity

The kids love spending time at the Museum of Natural Curiosity... especially when they are with friends.  To celebrate their 100th day of school we took Avery with us.  Every time we go... they find a new favorite and I loved spinning them all until they couldn't walk this time!

Flying Seashells

On any given day... you will catch Thatcher with his finger in his nose at least a couple times... Tanner too... but normally he sticks to just his finger.  However, on one of the first days it was nice enough to go out, he decided to stick something else up there.  Last year we collected an entire sandbox full of mini seashells from Bear Lake.  It was such a mess when we got home that Tanner just dumped them out under the tramp.  On this fine day... the kids were playing under the tramp... something they love to do almost as much as jumping on it, don't ask me why.  All of a sudden he came in screaming... "Mom, a seashell just flew up my nose... it had wings and everything and flew up there!"  And sure enough... it was up there... way up there.  I tried pulling it out with tweezers and sucking it out with my nose frida... but no luck.  I was afraid that it would break into a million little pieces and then cause a ton of problems so I took him to the doctor.  They had me try one other thing to get it out easily but that didn't work either... they had to use this special little tool that they have for nose issues like this.  One bloody nose later and it was out.  We had to have a long talk about not putting anything up your nose... or letting it fly up... but I think it is safe to say that it won't happen again.