Triple Header Weekend. First Tball game for Logan.

This weekend we had our first weekend of the year of all three boys having games.  Colin's soccer team fought a tough game and lost 2-0.  Evan's team won their second game.  He got to play first base a couple innings and got 3 outs which he was excited about.  I offered to hold the assistant coaches 7 month old baby during the game, so he could have his hands free to coach.  He was there on his own, without his wife.  I loved every second of it, he was such a good baby.  I have said it before, but if I lived in a different time where kids didn't have to go to college or be in school activities, I would probably have at least 6 kids.  I absolutely love the 0-4 ages.  I am sure I missed my calling and should have been an OB or labor and delivery nurse, I would have absolutely loved my job.

Anyway, last was Logan's first Tball game.  He was very cute to watch.  Of course there was some playing with dirt, because at this age only the "pitcher" and the first baseman get any action.  He did great when he was pitcher though.  He also did well hitting but always paused after the hit forgetting to drop the bat quickly and run, it was so cute!

Saturday my Mom called out of the blue asking if we wanted to go out on a date night and that she could come over and babysit that evening.  That was a great surprise.  It had been almost 3 months since our last date night so we enjoyed going to the movies and having dinner there.  I have many friends that go out weekly as a couple and while we would love to be able to do that, babysitters are expensive and we feel bad asking family to babysit, because we feel like everyone is already busy watching other kids.  So, our time alone together is few and far between.  As a result, we do not hesitate to say yes if someone offers!

The rest of the weekend was spent with Dennis having many trips to Home Depot and getting the garden ready to plant some vegetables.  I have always wanted a veggie garden and when we moved into this house there was already an abandoned garden bed.  So, all week I spent pulling weeds, rocks and roots and tilling the soil to get it ready.  Dennis then spent the weekend putting up a new fence (we are making the garden smaller than the original bed) and trying to make it bunny proof.  He also bought a ton of soil to mix in with the old stuff.  So, hopefully this week I will plant the seedlings and we will see how it goes.  I am sure the first couple years will be some trial and error to see what works.  But, we are very excited to give it a go.

Easter 2015

Easter this year was a bit different.  We are used to it just being us and being away from family for Easter.  It is always a pretty quiet holiday for us.  But, this year being in town it was much busier.  The kids searched for their Easter baskets, which is always a highlight for them.  Then we had a yummy breakfast and got ready for church.  Leah at church was not good.  She kept talking really loud and then had a temper tantrum so Dennis spent most the time outside with her.

After church we headed to Grammy and Grandpa Pritchard's.  All my extended family was there so there was probably 50ish people there.  We did an egg hunt for the kids and had a huge lunch.  The kids also did various crafts and games.

Then we headed to Grandma McLaughlin and Roberts house.  We had a great dinner and the kids played outside.  It was much more quiet since it was just us there, but that was a nice welcome change from the busier morning.

Overall, it was a great day and was nice to get to visit with so much family.  Leah by the way LOVED getting to dress up.  She was so excited about the "princess" dress, the dress shoes, the hair bow and especially the necklace the Easter bunny brought her!

Spring Break 2015

This year's Spring Break was pretty quiet overall.  Dennis couldn't take off work because of various other vacations this year…a Europe trip he has in May, a trip to Indy he goes to every August, the beach in July and then we are surprising the kids with a Disney trip in Novemeber (Shhh…don't tell, we aren't going to tell them until right before we go).

So, it was really just me and the kids.  Monday, we went to the library to pick up some good books for the week.

Tuesday, we took them to Ticonderoga Farms in Chantilly and we really had the BEST day.  The weather was great and there was so much to do.  We took a hay ride, which went through a swamp, the kids couldn't believe it!  They did some slides down a hill, jumped on some huge bounce pillows, raced some carts, went through a maze and we saw some animals.  Leah is really my only animal lover.  She absolutely loved trying to feed the animals.  She also kept talking to them…"Hi goat, what are you doing?"  Logan, who likes animals the least, spent the whole time far away in the stroller!

Because the kids were so good, I also treated them to ice cream!

Wednesday night, we drove up to Holly's house in Maryland and spent the night.  We got up the next morning and went in to Baltimore with Holly's family and my parents.  We spent the day at the aquarium, having a nice lunch and walking along the harbor, we also watched a street performance with was great.

The rest of the vacation was just spent hanging out at home and outside too!

Oh, we also moved Leah to her big girl bed!  I was so sad to get rid of the crib.  She probably could have fit in it another year, but we decided to move her the same time we did the boys, because we knew we didn't have any issues with the transition with them at that age.  Sure enough, she did great too.  She was a little nervous when we turned the lights off, but I gave her her lovie and asked if she wanted Minnie Mouse and then she was fine.  I can't believe we are saying goodbye to a nursery set we have had for 10 years!  I don't think being done with the baby stage will ever be easy:-(.