Spring Break 2013

We had a wonderful Spring Break in Virginia.  We stayed at Holly and Pete's house this time since my Aunt is temporarily living with my Mom and Dad.  Holly offered to also let us use her house to host Leah's baptism and to have the baptism at her church, so it worked out well to stay there.

Grammy and Grandpa Pritchard came over Tuesday night to see the kids and Dennis and I.  It was great to see them.  The boys were thrilled to play with their cousins too.

Wednesday, we ran some errands to get all the paper products for the baptism and then we met up with Dennis' friend, Jeremy, and his wife, Shannon, for dinner.  We hadn't taken Leah out to dinner before so we weren't sure how she would do, but she was awesome.  She just sat in my lap or Dennis' the whole time and was happy.  Leah doesn't love being in the car seat (when it's not in a moving car), and she is a light sleeper and seems to wake up as soon as the car stops, so she doesn't just sleep through a meal like my other kids would have done.  But, at least she is happy sitting on our lap the whole time.

Thursday, we drove to Maryland to meet up with Dennis' friend Tasha and her family.  We had a nice lunch with them and it was great to catch up.  Then we took the kids to a park near Holly's house to kill some time and let them get some energy out.  They had a blast.  Logan kept yelling, "Woohoo".

Thursday evening, Dennis watched the kids at Holly's house while I went to dinner with Holly, my Mom, Julie and sister in law Fanchon (Carol wasn't with us as she had to work).  We had a wonderful dinner out.  I wish I could be a part of these girls night out dinners more often.

Friday, I did a trip to the grocery store to pick stuff up for the baptism and then we stopped at an outlet mall for Dennis to get a couple things.  We then went to Grandma Bridgers and Roberts house.  The kids had fun playing with Miranda and we had a wonderful dinner.  Logan enjoyed getting some more birthday presents and getting "Happy Birthday" sung to him again.

Children's Museum

We are thrilled to have Dennis home all this week.  Today, Dennis and I took the kids to the Children's Museum.  They had a new Super Hero exhibit that we wanted them to see.  It was pretty neat, though I think they could have made it bigger and done more with it.  Leah did great in the baby carrier the whole time.

Dennis and I have gotten a lot done the last few days around the house and with running errands.  I filled up about 5 bags of clothes to give to goodwill along with the baby bassinet.  It is nice to start giving stuff away.  I would have panicked at the thought of giving baby stuff away after we had Logan, because I just didn't feel done.  But, now I am excited to give stuff away and declutter as we go along.  The baby boy stuff I take back to VA as Logan outgrows it to give to his cousins.  The stuff that isn't great goes to good will though.  I've also been given some girl baby clothes from friends and neighbors that isn't the nicest so that goes to good will too.  So, I take whatever people want to give me and then go through it and throw away the stained stuff and give some to good will and then keep the better stuff for Leah.  She has been so lucky that I haven't had to buy her a single outfit yet, between gifts we have been given and hand me downs.

Today I also finished packing for Virginia and then Dennis loaded up the car before bed so we are ready to hit the road first thing in the morning.  We are crossing our fingers Leah handles the long drive okay!

Easter 2013!

The older boys started their Spring Break on Friday.  They are off all this week so we will be leaving for VA on Tuesday.  Since we need to be in VA the following weekend for Leah's baptism, we opted to stay in Indy for this weekend and Easter.

Saturday, we took the boys to the Easter Egg Hunt at Church.  It was basically a bunch of Eggs in the parking lot, so it wasn't challenging at all, and lasted all of about 2 minutes.  But, they got a ton of candy and were excited anyway.

Today, the kids got up and were thrilled to look for their Easter Baskets.  Colin and Evan were up a little early, but Logan chose this day to sleep in.  So, the boys had to wait until he got up before they could all go down to look for their baskets.  I don't think the older boys were thrilled with their baskets this year, they apparently had hopes of getting another Beyblade (their latest obsession).  Instead, they each got a movie and a book (for the drive to VA) as well as a bubble gun and some candy.

We made resurrection rolls Easter morning which is a big hit.

Then, I took the boys to church while Dennis stayed home with Leah.  It was one of the nicest Easter services I have been to.  The boys enjoyed some outside time in the afternoon.  And then, we had a nice Easter dinner to end the day.

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Logan's 3rd Birthday!

Today Logan turned 3 years old!  Usually, I say that I can't believe my child is already 3.  But, with Logan it seems like he should be turning 6!  He acts so much older than his age.  He likes to do everything by himself.  If he could prepare meals and do the laundry I am sure he would.  He already tries to zip his jacket himself.  He has been putting on his shoes (those without laces) by himself for months as well as dressing himself.  He usually has his clothes on before he ever comes out of his room in the morning.  He even makes his bed when he wakes up sometimes too.

Logan at 3 is just so much fun.  His teachers just love him.  Dennis says that one day a different girl was working in his class and she said that her relative who worked his class over the summer said that Logan was her favorite.  He is very helpful to the teachers and to me at home.

Logan goes to bed at 7:45pm and wakes up anywhere from 6:30-7:15, usually around 6:45.  We still put him down for a nap in the afternoon most days, but he rarely falls asleep (though he does usually nap at school).  He will however fall asleep in the car if we happen to be out later in the day.  During nap he is all over the place, playing in his room and getting into things.

Logan is fully potty trained, but does have the occasional poop accident.  He wears a pull up at night, but is usually dry in the morning anyway.

Logan is a pretty good eater.  He loves yogurt, peanut butter waffle sandwiches, and milk.  He is ok with fruit and vegetables.  He has his favorites (i.e peas, broccoli, cauliflower, applesauce, apples, and oranges) and is iffy about some others.  Overall, I would say he eats good.

He continues to call Dennis and I Mom and Dad sometimes.  When I ask him to do something he will say, "Sure Mom, I can do dat".  And he will say, "I'm a good helper, wight?.  When he poops in the potty he will call me to come wipe him and will say, "Are you so proud of me?"  I say "Yes, I am very proud of you."  He says, "And Daddy?"  And I say, "Yes, Daddy is proud of you too."  And then he says, "And Colin and Evan?".  Every time.

He loves his big brothers, especially Evan.  He likes to know where Evan is all the time.  And will sometimes get upset if Evan is doing something else.  He will say, "He don't want to play wit me."  Luckily, Colin and Evan are pretty good with him most of the time.

Logan loves Mickey Mouse, Elmo, playing legos, playing with his letters, watching his shows on TV (especially Mickey Mouse and Jake and the Neverland Pirates), and playing outside with his brothers.

For his birthday today, I ordered cupcakes for his class at school.  Then we had his choice of dinner (Mickey mouse shaped chicken nuggets and peas) and then we had an ice cream cake.  He is not a huge cake eater, but does love ice cream, so I thought that would be a good choice.  We got in the shape of Mickey Mouse and he was so surprised and excited!

Then he opened presents from us and a couple from family that had sent them (the rest of family are giving it to him in person when we go to VA next week).  His favorite gift by far was the stuffed Mickey Mouse he got from us, he has been asking for Mickey for months.  He brought Mickey to sleep with him.  I have a feeling Mickey will be going lots of places with him.

Poor Leah has a cold and hasn't been feeling good.  I have been getting lots of cuddles...

Logan's First Live Show

This weekend was really nice.  On Saturday Dennis took Evan to Tae Kwan Do.  Evan continues to really enjoy it.  Then, I took Colin to a retreat for his church class.  They worked on some things for their first communion and did some crafts.

We also dyed Easter Eggs this weekend...

Sunday, we surprised Logan by Dennis taking him to see a live Elmo show.  It was Logan's first time seeing a live show and he loves Elmo.  It worked out perfect that it was close to his birthday so Dennis could take him as a birthday treat.  Dennis reports that Logan had a blast!

Pre-show lunch with Daddy.

Ready for the show!

We got snow yesterday and actually had a day off today from school.  Colin played in the snow ALL day.  Evan stayed inside with Leah almost all day.

Taking a break from the snow to make himself a grilled cheese.