pretty weather in march

So it's been almost a month since my last post, and LOTS has been going on, obviously. And, now that it's 12:52am I might catch up a bit. Everytime I sit down to the computer, I have a million things to accomplish, and blogging just never happens to be one of them, but it is important to me so I have to find a way to keep up!

So we'll start almost a month ago, probably days after my last post. It was a couple of days that were GORGEOUS and definitely got us in the spring and summer mindset. One of the days, Braidy was bored and asked to have a picnic. He helped me make the spread, and invited Crockett over to partake as well. I thought they looked so cute out in the front yard having a little picnic.

And later that weekend, the boys were all outside enjoying a popsicle. I couldn't help but snap a few pictures, because I just adore the boys in baseball hats. I think it's the cutest. Sweet Quin will put on a hat or grab a bat about a million times a day and say, "I'm ready for bay-ball!"...he's going to be a player one of these days. A baseball player.

And then in one picture you'll see Braidy chopping down "The Lorax Tree". It's our dead tree in the front which is the only reason we let him "chop" it down. But every tree is a Lorax tree and he is always looking for seeds to plant them. We love us some Lorax!

Field Trip to KCBD

Last Thursday, Braidy's class had a field trip to KCBD! I was so glad I got to go, it was very interesting to see everything that goes into having a newscast! The kids got to ask questions, and even watched Steve Devine (the weatherman) do a short weather segment. They all had to put their hand over their mouths so they would be quiet while he was on the air. Thankfully they all were quiet! They got to see the set of the news, they learned about the "Green Screen" and even got to go in front of it. Christian (the guy leading our field trip) but a green towel in front of them as they were on TV and they disappeared! They thought that was so cool. Braidy loved being on "TV", and he just smiled from ear to ear the whole time. Pretty neat experience! 

 

Happy 32nd Birthday, Daddy!

Sunday was Ryan's 32nd Birthday. Since the Curry's were here, we celebrated on Saturday night. The Stone's joined us for Chinese night at Gilbert's....holy moly, it was SO good. If you haven't been there before and you like chinese food, go. Now. We had a sitter for all of the boys, and we were done with dinner by 7:30. We HAD to do something else. Our goal was to stay out until 9. Geez, we are lame! We had NO idea what "cool" people do on a Saturday night. We tried the Recovery Room (that probably dates us a bit. That was Marci's "spot" in law school! Ha!) We drove by but it looks as though the Recovery Room is no longer. Now it looks like a regular hotel conference room or something. So we thought, maybe the Overton? Drive there, and on the way is Cafe J's....so we went there instead. It was E.M.P.T.Y. Turns out 7:30 is a bit early for the "going out" scene. But we stay anyways and have a blast. Between Ryan, Todd and Chris, we didn't stop laughing for 2 hours straight. As we were all yawning and ready to turn in for the night, it started filling up. We almost stayed out until 9:30, so that was a successful night! I know Ryan had a blast, and I am so glad we got to go out and be adults and have some fun to celebrate his special day!

The next day, for his actual birthday, we ate some delicious cake (strawberry, but with no real strawberries on top, his orders) and sang to him (he LOVES being sung to...), and spent time together as a family. As I took the Curry's to the airport, I gave him a birthday nap. We all know how much we love naps, but we usually feel a little guilty taking one during the day....well I ordered Ryan to take a nap, and he obeyed. Happy Birthday, Honey! Later that day we played some t-ball in the front, jumped on the trampoline in the evening, and celebrated with one more piece of cake that night with some of my family, too.

Curry Cousin Time!

Todd, Marci and Noah came last weekend! One of our most favorite weekends in the year is when they come to visit us! We adore them and wish they lived closer! Noah is almost 3 and SO MUCH FUN. The boys had a ball with him. Noah loves his Braidy, though. Quin is the "baby" that bothers them, John's super cool, but just a little old, but Braidy is Noah's buddy. Don't get me wrong, they all play really great together and love each other so much. I love watching them together. 

This weekend was a blast. There was some bike riding, some wrestling on the trampoline, some baseball watching, some cake eating, lots of eating actually, some bathroom plans drawing (love having an architect for a brother!), some duck feeding, some park playing, some imagination using, some clubhouse hiding, some pizza for breakfast eating, some coffee drinking, some birthday celebrating, some nap taking, and TONS of cousin and family time!