Easter Part 1

 

It's Saturday of Easter weekend, and we are full swing in celebrating my birthday and Easter!

Thanks to Aunt Diane and Uncle Danny's care package, we dyed eyes, and then transformed them into dinosaurs!

 

On Saturday, our MOPS church had an egg hunt and pony rides.

Clark has been asking to ride a horse for months.  Today he got his wish.

Joel wasn't quite sure what he thought about the horse.

Resurrection Rocks

 

Easter is a big holiday around here, and today we painted resurrection eggs.  The idea hit me last night when I was reading the The Very First Easter, and I was pondering how do I teach this to my little guys in a concrete way.  The stone is a very big part of the story.  The rock rolled was the first noticeable things to indicate the RESURRECTION had happened.  Wow, I wonder what was like to have been one of those ladies and to discover that huge stone moved? The shock, wonder, fear, and excitement they must have felt that morning!!!!   So after reading the story and talking about the stone, the boys painted their rocks today.  They had fun painting, and I had fun talking about how each color represented something as I told the story again.

 

Here's our Resurrection Rocks in our garden.  I sealed them with a spray sealer, so I'm hoping they'll survive the spring rains.  My hope is they'll serve to remind us of the Resurrection each time we see them.

What a month!!

 Levi is now one month old. I think he looks a lot like Michael's baby pictures.  

He has such chubby cheeks which are great for smothering with kisses.

He's 22 inches long now which is in the 95th percentile.  And he is off the charts with his weight.
The doctor said that they don't make "them" that big. He weighed 12 pounds and 15 ounces which is four pounds and 1 ounce gain in one month.  No wonder I've been craving butter cream icing. :-)

Wow it has been a month, and my head is still spinning from family visiting, surgery recovery, new baby, baby blues, building a tree house, yard work, starting our garden, and everything else we've been into.

Here's my attempt at taking pictures of Levi and failing miserably.  Joel would not leave us alone, so I took pictures of Joel getting in the way.  He loves to tell me how cute Levi is.  Little does he know Mommy thinks he and Levi both are deliciously cute.  I love my boys.
(Yes that's water guns beside Joel. Poor baby Levi will have to grow up fast to keep up with big brothers.)

  The doctor predicted Levi will have blue eyes even with our family history of hazel eye color. 

Only time will tell.

 

My four boys

I am totally outnumbered four boys to one girl.   

It's a good thing I like shooting guns, fishing, camping, and doing anything outside. :-)

Thanks Grandma and PawPaw!

In anticipation for Levi's arrival, Michael's mom and dad came to stay with us to help out while I healed.  They were troopers by letting us sleep in late and take naps, cleaning the house, taking care of the boys, and doing various other house chores.  Pawpaw and Michael spent the last week building a playhouse in the rain.  Their 3 week stay flew by.   Thanks Grandma and Pawpaw for loving on us and taking care of all five of us.