Easter!

Mommy wrote a letter to the Easter bunny to ask if he could come Saturday instead of Sunday, so fun began a day early in our house!

C's favorites from the Easter bunny this year were anything 'tacky boy'...

AKA Angry Birds, Star Wars & Mario Bros.

The Easter Bunny scored big with getting Connor Angry Bird 'Mash 'ems'!

It was our first year with an egg hunt at our new house & C tackled it like a champ!

After our morning festivities, we headed to C's school where they were holding free Easter fun.  The loads of people made it a little overwhelming for Peewee and we didn't have the greatest luck.

We checked out the goats & chickens at the petting zoo.  C wasn't sure how he felt about the whole thing while we were there, but later in the day he told me it was one of his favorite parts of the day.

After the petting zoo is where our luck kept running out.  There were a good 7 bounce houses to pick from & play on, but each had a good long line for impatient munchkins.  C did great waiting in line & going on his first bounce house.  After that, we went to get in line for another one & the woman kindly told us that it was 'closed' for now.  C had his heart set on it, so that didn't go over to well with him.  We wiped the tears away & hopped in line for another bounce house where we were able to get C to say "Ok, I'm going to do this one two times and then we can leave."  I cheered inside that C was willing to leave soon, since the crowds were a little too overwhelming & were bound to cause an over-stimulating meltdown from Peewee in a matter of time.

Well, C went on his bounce house once & hopped in line to do it one more time before we could go.  He waited nice & patiently...and as soon as we got to the front & C's turn was next...the woman told us that the bounce house was now closed.  SERIOUSLY?!?! If they didn't immediately start deflating it, I would have nicely persuaded the woman to let my sweet boy to go one more time.  Even my super Mommy powers couldn't keep that darn bounce house inflated.  So as we walked to the car, C had entered grump mood & noted he had "an awful time."

Our next stop was Nana & Papa's.  Our bipolar 4 year old flipped his happy switch again & was ready for more fun.  Finding his hidden basket, hidden 'Name egg', and checking out all of his goodies was only the beginning.  

 The boys suited up, we packed up, took a detour to the bait shop & parked ourselves on the Causeway.

Connor was the most fashionable one on the beach!

Love Mr. Mischievous' face in this picture :) 

Since the water was easily cold enough to turn anyone blue, the boys eased their way in by skipping shells first.

C probably wouldn't have gone in if he didn't see Papa go in first.

Seriously, I have oodles of pictures of these two boys from the back & I love each and every one of them.

The big boys did the fishing & the little guy did the chatting.

Mama parked herself under a shading spot & C & I made a fun game of collect the seaweed blobs.

Easy entertainment & Mama got to sit.  We were all happy! 

C tried to cover himself with sand & I offered to help him out.  He loved it :)

He wears my glasses better than I do :)

The boys showed off their big catch of the day!  One monster sized pin fish!

C made friends with a few little boys just down the beach from us & they played in the sand a while, before he decided to load up & head back.

Nothing is better than a heated pool to wash off the sand & salt of the beach.  Papa & Matt took turns playing launch the lug-of-a-kid back & forth awhile.

As if we didn't have enough fun, Nana & Papa set up a water balloon hunt for Peewee.  Two coolers full of water balloons hidden all throughout the backyard = lots of giggles!  Papa was the only target :) Lucky him!  I tried to explain to C that if he aimed his water balloons at Papa's feet, they'd splash him just right since the grass helps bust the balloons.  C took my directions literally & kept telling Papa to stand still so he could hit Papa's feet (always while standing less than a foot away).

Everyone had fun getting Papa! 

Papa's always a great sport!  Connor had a blast 'smashing' Papa! 

Earlier in the week, Nana & C made some beautiful eggs!  I loved the colors. 

After supper with the fam, we snuck in a little hockey game (Matt got free tickets from a guy at work the day before).  We knew we were squeezing in the max amount of fun in one day & exhaustion was bound to set in, but C snuck in a little nap on the way to the game...so he had a 2nd wind half way into the hockey game.  C's all-time favorite part of the hockey game was our walk to the car...when we found snow!  I guess we parked right where they dump their ice for whatever reason & man, did the boys have fun making snowballs!

It was a great little surprise to end our night!