Happy Easter 2014

We made this sign for Brennan and left it at the top of the stairs.  He was talking a lot about waking up early to see what the Easter Bunny had brought and we wanted to make sure he waited for the rest of us.  He had to wait a whole HOUR before we finally woke up Caelan. 

We had tried on her dress and coat the night before to make sure everything fit, and she insisted on changing out of her jammies right away and putting them on before the ‘hunt.’

She’s pretty pleased with this Spider Man egg from her basket. 

Brennan reading his card from the Easter Bunny that told him to leave the big eggs for his sister – the little eggs were for everyone. 

The girl means business…..here she is warning Papa not to eat her candy!

The kids were so uncooperative this year when it came to taking pictures……the only halfway decent smiles I got were when I told them to be silly. 

After church & lunch I let them eat their Chocolate Bunny…..even that was met with grumpiness & sour faces….

Jenny Pastore came over for Easter dinner and was very excited to try out “Peeps Sumo” with the kids.  It was a big flop…..I think it might work better with the chicken kind.  You are supposed to prop them up with toothpicks on a plate and then put them in the microwave.  The one that knocks over the other one first ‘wins’.  Ours just turned into piles of goo. 

Happy Easter!

Decorating Easter Eggs

 

The kids got back from MT on a Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday we decorated Easter Eggs….it was a beautiful Spring day, so I decided to just take the mess outside to the alley.  It was great because when the kids were feeling impatient they could go play and then come back.  We got some really colorful eggs because they got to sit and ‘stew’ for a long time. 

After eggs, Caelan ended up even getting a pedicure in the alley. 

I lucked out in being able to capture a few really great pictures of the kids with their little buddies.  This is Nate (our neighbor behind us in the blue house) and Cassidy.  It’s a miracle to get them all looking at the camera and smiling!

A bunch of Drawings

 

So, after I came home from MT, I started cleaning up around the house, and took a bunch of pictures of the different drawings and artwork around the house. 

I love this one from Brennan…..love the movement/splash detail on the whale in the picture below.  and I also love that he’s a happy whale with a big smile. 

Again, I love that the ship captain in this picture has a big smile. 

here’s a surfer dude….riding the wave….

The book below is called “Bob Bullied Gerry”.  I think they must have talked about Bullies at school.  He came home very intent on writing this book. 

Below is from way back in October…..the green one apparently are zombies with a lightening cloud in a graveyard (I have NO IDEA where he saw anything like this – the only thing I can think of is a TV commercial he might have seen).  And, and angry pumpkin….

This one is from kindergarten…..I love how he sounded out “Padey”….

Below are a couple of chore charts that I have created for the kids.  I usually pull up a picture of the character Brennan wants and do my best to sketch it out.  This one was one of my better ones, for sure.  This is Laval from Chima (a lego thing)

Veteran’s day drawing….soldier has a great big smile, of course…..

Happy Birthday, Nana!

In April, we ventured to Helena to be there for Nana’s surprise 70th Birthday Party.  It was a great celebration!
Here is Nana with Fr. Shea

And here is Nana with Maggie Brennan….

Below is Molly reading well wishes for Nana from Facebook

Below Nana is getting the picture we put together for her…..

Very serious conversation between Gabe Brennan & Caelan…

Nana and Gabe Brennan

Squeezes for the “Brennans”…..

Here is the ‘selfie’ that we used for Nana’s birthday present. 

After the party on Sunday night, I had to fly home to go to work and left Sean and the kids to ‘play’ in MT.  I don’t have a copy of the picture/video of BOTH kids driving the big blue truck, but I do have these of the fun they had…..

Caelan Singing

This is an old video of Caelan I am just now getting around to sharing.  Sean was mentioning that she would sing her little heart out when they were on the bike getting B to and from school.  I wanted to try and capture some of her best songs.....

FROZEN CRAZE!

So, the kids and I are completely crazy about the movie FROZEN.  We saw it on Christmas Day, and then used YouTube to watch videos of it before it came out on DVD.  The kids know all the lyrics by heart.  Below is Caelan holding her copy on the way home from Costco.  She fell asleep, but her grip on the movie did not falter.