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Easter

04.10.13

Easter 2013

This was our first year to dye Easter Eggs. Memphis crushed most of them within a few minutes reminding us why we’ve never bothered to try it before. Oh well, it was still fun and no cups of dye were spilled in the process so it was a success in my book. By the way, brown eggs dye the prettiest. The colors (while they lasted) were gorgeous.

Easter 2013

“Can we hunt Easter eggs today?” was the question asked at least 10x a day during the three weeks prior to Easter. I just love how much excitement the boys have been for holidays and birthdays. Ezra’s already asking how many days until his next birthday! (It was two months ago. Two posts ago in blog time… shameful I know.)

Remember the fun little project a alluded to last week? I’m putting together the announcement now. Stay tuned!

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I hope it has pedals!

02.08.13

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ezra's 5th birthday

Am I ever going to miss a birthday post? Probably not.

Am I ever going to give up my lame cake decorating attempts? Probably not.

We managed to keep the bike a surprise despite all the close calls. Ezra even saw the bike box in the car, but Brad told him it was just garbage we needed to drop off for recycling. After the party when Brad was putting his helmet on the lightbulb went off: “Hey that box wasn’t garbage. That was from my bike!”

Love that boy.

Check out his reaction. He’s so cute.

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From the phone

01.17.13

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I haven’t shared my instagrams in a while so I’ve saved up quite a bunch. Here’s a few from December or thereabouts:

1. My new vase plant 2. The leaves here wait for Christmas to turn red 3. All up in Kenzie’s grill

4. Fell asleep on mommy’s lap… again 5. Sugar, I wish I could quit you! 6. My 1st attempt at a juice cleanse

7. Port Royal Sound 8. Dolphin Head at sundown 9. Aloe vera (not dead yet – yippee!)

10. Ready for Christmas morning 11. Sunbathing 12. Gator besties

13. Cruisin’ 14. The cool 15. Elusive pillows

Are you on Instagram? Follow along here.

Tags: Christmas, Fitness, Holiday, Instagrams, Life
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We went for a walk.

01.16.13

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I can’t go to Dolphin Head without taking a gazillion photos with the iphone. It annoys Brad to no end.

I finally talked the boys into a walk over the weekend. I sort of snuck it in – putting on their clothes and shoes when they weren’t paying attention, then springing it on them last second. Worked like a charm. We used to go on a daily 4 mile jaunt, but Ezra got burnt out. I suppose that is a long way on a tricycle. So we’ve been taking a break the past few months and it’s, um, showing. Let’s just say I’ve added a little extra padding to help keep me warm during these long winter months. I started another cleansing juice fast and I’m proud to say I stuck with it for two whole days before Brad said those three magic words: Original Pancake House. I just can’t say no to Hawaiian Pancakes and I figured I just walked at least half of the calories off. Plus, I felt it had been long enough since “the incident” that we could show our faces again. Maybe I’ll share that story sometime. Maybe tomorrow? Beautiful weather, gorgeous scenery and Hawaiian Pancakes. It was a nice weekend.

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Two

01.09.13

Memphis's 2nd birthday

Memphis's 2nd Birthday

“I go! Look, Mommy, I go!”

Memphis's 2nd birthday

We celebrated Memphis’s 2nd birthday last week with a glow in the dark party. Hopefully it made up for last years cake ~~blobs~~ ball failure. I ordered a black light for one of his gifts (for sensory play) and decided to make a theme out of it. Not as much glowed as I had hoped (like the cake or my striped shirt which magically showed 100% of my bra), but the boys still thought it was the coolest thing EVER.

P.S. I don’t apologize for the one million pics. I’m his mother. Indulge me.

P.P.S. I left the black light on the whole time so the pictures with the lights on had this funky cross processed look to them (hence the black and white).

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Crossing his fingers that the cake makes it all the way to his mouth.

Memphis's 2nd birthday

Mmm… that was good. I need a bigger piece.

Memphis's 2nd birthday

I love that sweet little face of his. This boy makes me so happy.

Here is a time-lapse video for the Grands to enjoy of him blowing out his candles. I would have done an animated gif, but there were like 20 something pictures and the file was humongous. Press play and bask in the cuteness.