Easter 2011

my three boys, Easter 2011

i cannot believe another Easter has come and gone.

in a lot of ways, Easter was more bittersweet this year.

luckily, the sweet parts were very sweet.

i decided to make a bow tie for each of the boys since isaac had been so disappointed

that only lucas got to wear one last year.

isaac specifically wanted his bow tie to be purple and yellow, as an homage to his 

alter-ego super-villain, the shockaroo.

finding a purple/yellow fabric that wasn't terrible, was a little tricky, but i think i like what

we came up with.  

jacob wanted his bow tie to be red because that's his favorite color.  

admittedly, the control freak within me wanted to veto that because it didn't seem Easter-y enough.  

i got over it, though, and he kept his bow tie on until bed-time 

and was disappointed when i had him take it off.  

lucas didn't care that i made him a bow tie, or what color it was.

he did wear it, though, and that won him enough points that 

he was able to get away with jumping on the trampoline for several minutes without

pants on.

we had to draw the line, however, when he removed his underwear and peed 

(on the trampoline).

that kid is shameless.

(shhhhhh...i kind of love that about him.)

after our annual egg hunt at grandma and poppa's house, 

we headed home to watch "tron" and make

Easter dinner.

i'm pretty sure that i won't remember much about the food.  

but, i hope that when i think back, 

and remember this Easter,

that i will remember feeling...

hopeful,

happy, 

and, maybe, a little triumphant.

spring break 2011: the beginning

it is spring break.  and...

we.  are.  thrilled.

the first thing i heard when i opened isaac and jacob's door yesterday morning was,

"spring break cancun, yeah!!!!"

and, though we have no actual plans involving cancun, we do have quite an agenda:

sky zone -  isaac
fiji -  isaac
make bow ties -  me
make shocka-suit for the shockaroo -  isaac
miniature golf -  jacob
park -  jacob

some of these will be easier to accomplish than others.  and one of them, we just completed yesterday.

(ragain and lucas have yet to submit their wishes.)

i feel relieved to have all 3 boys at home.  even though, we had a rough 45 minutes or so, last night.  

it's 9:30 AM, and we're still in our pajamas.  we have an egg hunt this afternoon.  and we have blueberry coconut cheesecake bars in the fridge.  

practically paradise.   

the march into spring

onion ring glasses are always a "yes"
unfortunately for isaac, he inherited my winking skills.  i.e. winking with your whole face, and not in a cute or coy way.  sorry, pal.

it is officially spring.

this may not mean much to you.  in most ways, it doesn't mean much to me, except in the availability of good asparagus, the abundance of chewy candy and all those daffodils in the supermarket.  come on, those daffodils are adorable.  

so, i'm getting a bit off track.  along with volatile weather (and amazing daffodils!  last mention, i promise!), spring also brings its own kind of vibe.  what can we call it?  audacity?  pluck?  i don't know.  i only know it shows up sometime in march and leaves whenever it feels like it.  so audacious.  

this year, it seems particularly bold.  and while none of my boys are spring-born, they have caught on to the lingo and speak it fluently, brashly and kind of frequently.  i can't quite curb it, though.  really, because, i'm kind of with them on it.  i feel the spring fever.  i was thrilled for school to be let out.  i bid the aides farewell with wild-eyed spring fanatacism.  or frazzled bewilderment.  they look kind of the same.  trust me.

in any case, over the weekend, isaac was caught doing an assortment of destructive things.  mostly chewing things.  as in, non-edible things.  like the remote control.  now, i can understand a preoccupation with wanting to chew stuff.  because, as i've already mentioned, i love chewy candy.  (haribo rainbow frogs.  eat them.  love them.  call me.  we'll talk about them.)  and, honestly, i've eyed a certain giant, pink plastic dolphin that keeps circulating around here, and thought in a moment of stress i might gnaw on that dorsal fin.   but, the remote?  i don't see it.  not chewy.  that he wanted to chew on the remote, and all the other stuff he kept sneaking off to bite, was less surprising than his reply when we told him to take it out of his mouth.  

he was incredulous.  he made the uhn-uhn face.  and said, "but it's spring break!"  

then, we were incredulous.  how had we fast-forwarded through boyhood and shown up at his 

hotel room during a filming of mtv spring break (wait.  do they still even do that show?)  we faked sternness.  probably badly.  but it got me thinking.  this week has the potential to be all that i could dream of... if i just follow that philosopy.  "but, it's spring break."

doritos for dinner.  endless dr. pepper.  shameless movie-watching.  haribo frogs by the bucketload.  don't tell me it's wrong.  because i'll just wink at you, with my WHOLE FACE, and you know what i'll say...