Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Everyone!!

Yesterday we colored Easter eggs and made little chocolate cakes in the shapes of eggs, flowers and bunnies. The boys love coloring Easter eggs. I hard boiled 1 dozen Easter eggs but it was not enough. They went through them in about 15 minutes or less. They wanted more eggs but we can't eat more than 1 dozen hard-boiled eggs! We will also decorate the little cakes today with frosting and spring colored sprinkles and candies.

This morning the Easter Bunny came and left Easter baskets for the boys. He left them at the bottom of the stairs. The Easter Bunny left Aidan a book, a Star Wars game for his Leapster and a duck Webkinz. He left Leo a new car, a book about the Apollo 11 mission and a new Thomas movie. The Easter Bunny also hid Easter eggs around the living room and dining room. The boys were eggcited (corny!) when they came down the stairs and saw their Easter baskets and eggs hidden around. They had fun searching for the eggs and then opening them and sorting the candy.

Today we will also spend a little time outside. It is nice and sunny but still a little cold. Yesterday Aidan and I bought a few flowers at the store and we will plant them in the front yard. I'm so excited to spend a little time outside in the (small) yard. It really needs a little color. In fact the whole neighborhood could use a little color. It actually makes me wonder how much flexibility we have in planting in our yards but I'm going to take the chance.

Tonight we will have a small Easter dinner of ham and Aunt Pam's hash brown potato casserole (always a fan favorite). As much fun as we are having celebrating Easter, I told Jason this morning that it feels a little (well a lot) lonely without a lot of family and friends to share the holiday with. We're pretty used to it by now but it still doesn't get easier to be honest. In fact, perhaps, in some ways, as the boys get older it gets a little harder.

That being said we are looking forward to a fun, family Easter! Happy Easter Everyone!

Happy Birthday Rushell!

I'm not sure if Rushell is able to read our blog but just in case... Happy Birthday Rushell!! We hope you have a wonderful day and get time to celebrate you! We love you!!

We asked Rushell if she wanted to come up to DC this weekend to celebrate her birthday and Easter but she said she was "going into the field" and did not know if she would be back on Friday or Saturday. We also asked if she wanted us to come down there but I think I was too late and she was already "in the field." I'm guessing she can't take her blackberry with her!

Spring Break

Aidan's spring break was last week. Unfortunately I did not get to take time off to spend with them because work is really busy (I know I always say that but it always is...I'll save that maybe for another post). I had all day meetings with folks outside the U.S. for three days straight. Yesterday I managed to leave work a little early at 3pm because 1) I needed a break and 2) Aidan begged and begged and begged for me to leave early.

Why you might be asking yourself was Aidan so anxious for me to come home early. As much as I would like to think it was because he wanted to just be near his mummy he actually had something in mind. He wanted to go to the fabric store or as he calls it "the sewing store." He likes to draw on fabric and then he wants for me to sew the pieces together. His first and only piece art looks like this:

Bobba Fett

It is his only piece of art because I really can not sew. He has drawn two other pictures on fabric that are both waiting for me to sew together and now he has two more yards of fabric to decorate. I took sewing lessons in middle school (remember the apron?) and one year when I was about 14 or 15 (I think) Auntie Pam tried to teach me to sew. I made a pair of shorts and some pillows for my sister, Heather. Perhaps, I am not even remembering correctly because I have the sinking feeling that Auntie Pam made the pillows for Heather. With Aidan's new love of drawing on fabric and sewing, I have come to the realization that I have NOT made Auntie Pam proud. Let me show you (I think it's a little funny)

After we stuffed it this is how I closed the little guy off! Perhaps we should have chosen white thread but when we were shopping at the store that hardly seemed like much fun.

This is the corner under his arm, stretched from the stuffing with exposed thread and bunching on the right.

I do not have unrealistic sewing expectations of myself. I think Bobba Fett is actually quite funny and Aidan seems to like him and doesn't pay any attention to the sewing quality. On the other hand, I have looked into taking sewing classes and may consider them in the near future. I also find it quite funny -- the things we do for our children's entertainment and happiness. Who would of thought I would be hand sewing a project for Aidan? It seemed like a reasonable request so I didn't think twice about it.

The boys have not done much else this Spring Break. Jason took the boys downtown to a Museum and they went to the library, Aidan got his hair cut and they built forts and other fun things. Leo is not feeling well and we don't know if he has a cold or allergies. Last night, Leo woke up crying and sounded like he had croup but he slept in this morning until about 9 am. The weather is changing so much that the allergies are beginning to show in all of us.