Easter Fun!

Easter is tied with Christmas as my most favorite holiday. The true meaning, the wonderful gift of the Resurrection, is the most beautiful part. But just like Christmas, there are additional parts to be enjoyed. The tradition on my side of the family was to hide plastic Easter eggs filled with candy. There would always be a big egg with your name on it with a dollar bill in it. Brian's family tradition was to boil, decorate and find real eggs. We decided to combine the traditions by having an egg hunt with the real, decorated eggs, but we also included the big plastic eggs with the kids name on it. It was like they were already in Heaven.

The Picture Drama

After 2 sittings, about 4 tantrums (collectively speaking for both Tandi and Tommy), and 2 hours later, we finally got a few good pictures for Tom's 2 year. He has always been an angel for the camera before. However, this time he really didn't want to sit where he was told. And because he was more interested in looking at the flash than the camera, the first sitting was extremely limited as there were only 2 pictures where he was looking. The second sitting produced more "looking" pictures with that melt-the-heart smile, but it took about twice as long. The photographer even used Tandi in an airplane maneuver to get him to both look and smile. Great team work.

Words of a Child

Earlier in the week I was asking Tommy some questions. I said, "Tom how old are you now?" He said, "Two!"
Then I asked, "What color is your shirt?" His response, "Blue!"
Final question, "Thomas what's your name?" Surprising answer, "Jesus!"

Finally a Blogger

We are so excited to finally be with the times and have a blog. I hope this will help us stay in touch with everyone. It's amazing how fast time is going with two kids! Just yesterday, Brian and I were newly weds living in a basement apartment.

The most recent event was Tommy's 2nd birthday. It was pretty low key but he thought it was great. (Isn't anything with cupcakes?) He is such a sweet boy but has definitely entered the world of terrible twos.