Palm Sunday

Every year its tradition that the Alberts side of the family gets together for East dinner on Palm Sunday. And we did, but only on Saturday this year because two out of the three (boys) grandchildren have an important Boy Scout event to attend today. Good luck at the car derby boys!!! Anyway, our get together yesterday was very enjoyable. Eddie is now at the age where he can play with his cousins and actually have a lot of fun. He is also able to run around the house to find Easter eggs just as well as his cousins (with some help)! We eat some great allergy friendly food (one of the cousins has many food allergies), enjoyed each others company, hunted for eggs, opened Easter baskets (AND CANDY- Eddies favorite) and even played outside for a little while.

We also took a group photo that has been a long time coming.

Here is the normal bunch:

Here is the goofy bunch:

Easter Bunny

Here is our Eddie with the Easter Bunny:

With Easter only a week away, let the festivities begin! We are off to Mema and Papa Alberts today for an Easter celebration with the Alberts side of the family, Easter morning brunch with Nana and then off to Peepaw and Grandma Mueller's Easter afternoon. We are looking forward to coloring eggs, egg hunts and Easter baskets galore!

Spring Break

Spring break has come and gone once again. This year it was just Eddie and I for the whole week. All grandparents were either working or out of town and Eddie's cousins and friends had school because their spring breaks fall on different weeks then ours this year. So, Eddie and I took advantage of our time together this week. Each day we did something fun (and exhausting)! On Monday we had a breakfast play date with Eddie's buddy Anothony that turned into a lunch date as well. We ended our date at McDonald's play land.

Eddie and Anthony at McD's:

On Tuesday, Eddie and I went to the Natural History Museum. We walked the museum to view the many exhibits from dinosaurs to the extreme animals and then finished our tour in the discovery zone for kids. Eddie discovered the same fossil for an hour and loved every minute of it. When he was not discovering the dinosaur fossil he was holding turtle shells and petting the furs of a coyote, beaver, and possum. Here are a few pictures of our day:

On Wednesday, I took Eddie for a birthday haircut. Or at least that's what I kept calling it. And I think calling it a birthday haircut worked because he actually sat in the chair and let the stylist cut his hair.

After Eddie got his haircut we went to the mall to buy his Easter outfit and had a lunch date. We were having such a good time and such a good day that we decided (Eddie) Chucky Cheese should be our last stop of the day. So, of to Chucky Cheese we went. 60 tokens later we were back in the car and on our way home.

Thursday we went to the zoo with our friends Amy and Chloe. At first, Eddie was not thrilled about going to the zoo but eventually he warmed up and ended up having so much fun with Chloe! Here they are together:

We finished our spring break activities on Friday at a bounce house. Eddie conquered the mountain and the big boy slide all by himself. He was so proud and so excited that I could barely get him out of the establishment to come home with me. The minute we got in the car I heard, "Mom. Please we go again?" I said, "Of course we will honey but not right now. Mommy is tired." And I was after our full week together but I wouldn't have wanted our spring break to be anything other than what it was. We had a terrific week together.

Birthday Month

The month of March can definitely be called Birthday Month around here! Luckily, I am the baby and the last one to celebrate a birthday this month (the 30th). My father, on the other hand, is the oldest and he celebrates his birthday on March 12th. My mother is stuck in the middle, celebrating her birthday on March 22nd. The best thing about all of us celebrating our birthdays this month is that Eddie got to sing happy birthday and blow out candles three different times. His face just lights up with excitement when he is singing. And he is so cute when he keeps saying, "Happy birthday Peepaw, Happy birthday Nana, Happy birthday Mommy." He enjoyed being able to help all of us open our presents too! I keep telling him that he is just getting extra practice for when it is his birthday on April 29th. He knows when his birthday is and he knows what it means to celebrate a birthday. He knows he is having a party and he knows that he wants a blue cake ( I hope I can make that one happen). Stay tuned for the results of Eddie party! For now, here are some pictures of our birthdays!!!

Helping Peepaw open his presents and eating cake:

Giving Nana a big kiss on her birthday:

Helping Mommy blow out birthday candles:

MOM. Press Pause Please!

These are the words that I often hear from my son when he is watching one of his movies and has to go to the bathroom or wants to stop it so that he can play for a while. Every time I hear him say these words I think to myself.... Wouldn't it be nice if I could really press pause? I wish I could press pause right now in real life to slow things down a bit because little son you are growing up way to fast. I think to myself.... when did the constant conversation back and forth begin. When did you start problem solving because son you are quiet the problem solver. When did you start going to the bathroom all by yourself? When did you start laughing at parts of movies you think are funny? When did you start telling us that you love us too? It seems like everything you have learned happened overnight. You are so smart. You are so kind. You are so beautiful and loving. Daddy and I just want to hold you and cuddle with you and read books with you and play with you. We know that you are going to grow and there is nothing we can do to stop it, we just want you to know how much we love you and that we will/would do anything for you. "Press Pause Please!" No problem. Anything for you babe!

Monster Jam

Going to the Monster Jam was like a dream date for our little man. He absolutely loves trucks or anything with wheels which includes: monster trucks, pick-up trucks, four wheelers (which he sometimes will call a truck or tractor), tractors, scooters, and tricycles. Our day began with an up close visit of the Monster trucks at 10:30a.m. The fun favorite party pass allowed us to walk down into the arena on the mud to get an up close look at the trucks. Eddie palled around with his daddy oohing and awing over the size of the tires and trucks. I think Eddie kind of enjoyed kicking the loss dirt around too, but then again he is three, a boy, and loves trucks so why not mud too? The up close tour ended around 12pm and the show did not start until 2pm. Luckily, we were able to find a table to sit and have lunch at while we waited for the show to start. And then after our half an hour lunch was over, we found time to buy a toy truck and a puff Grave Digger. For being an almost three year old, I couldn't have asked for our little man to behave any better than he did. He was such a good boy and waited for the show so patiently. Once the show started both of my boys attention was held for the remainder of the day while mommy held bags, snack, drinks, ear muffs, and coats. I knew I was needed!!!!! Although I was just the keeper of all the goods, I wouldn't have missed watching our sons face light up every time he saw the different Monster Trucks performing their jumps and races.
Here are some pictures our our day:

Times to Remember

The past month has been filled, yet again, with many fun times with each other and family. Eddie is growing like a weed, smarter than ever (and slicker), stubborn, yet personable, caring, and loving. He may not remember all that we did together at the young age of 2 (almost 3) but one day will be able to read this post to remember the fun times we had with each other and with family.

Here is a summary of the past month in words and pictures!

February 5th we went to my sister-in-laws house to celebrate our nephews birthday. Our little man is so lucky to two cousins that love him so much and play with him so nicely. We enjoyed singing happy birthday to the birthday boy, watching the kids play, great food, and each other.

The birthday boy:The boys:

Grandma Alberts with two of her boys:

Cousins:

January 30th we took Eddie sled riding for the first time. We had so much fun. Daddy was a real champ carrying Eddie up the hill every time. I only went up twice and could have gone a couple of more times but I was nervous about my little man getting to cold. So, we headed home only to listen to Eddie saying, "MOM, I want to go sledding again!" Eddie would have stayed there all day as long as someone carried him up the hill. Needless to say, sledding was a success and we will be going again soon!

January 29th we all went to buddy Kyle's 2nd Bday party at a nature and science center. Our little man quickly got hip to who was bringing out the animals. He made friends with the two ladies and worked his way into the back behind the scenes where the two ladies gave him his own tour and showed him all the different animals that none of the other kids got to see. He had so much fun, even when dad threatened to throw him in with the turtles. He laughed about those turtles for days!

Here he is holding a guinea pig:The birthday boy with his mommy and daddy:

The Turtles :

Eddie and Daddy:

Petting the snake: The birthday boy, Eddie and a few other kids looking at the fish:

January 25th we had a dinner play date with buddy Anthony, baby Jimmy and their mommy Allison. We had a great dinner, good conversation, the kids played, and then we made cookies together!

Here are the little guys making cookies with Ms. Allison: Here are the little guys enjoying their tasty treat!

January 24th I was determined to get Eddie's haircut. Getting a haircut has been challenging task in the past but I was not going to let his hair grow another day. I took him to really cute place that is geared up especially for kids. The haircut was not as bad as I expected and although it was a very mobile and very long haircut, we got it done. And after, he wanted to keep looking in the mirror and didn't want to go home because he want to play. He even told me that he thought it would be a good idea to back there for another haircut!!!! So, mission accomplished!

The final product:Mobile haircut:

Actually getting in the seat before he knew what was about to happen:

January 15th Peepaw, Grandma Mueller, Eddie and I went to see my cousin Hannah play basketball. I was so glad that we could catch one of her games. It has been a while since I have see her, Ashley, Zack and my uncle Matt. I enjoyed catching up with them and was proud to be able to show some support. All of my cousins, aunts and uncles supported my basketball career throughout the years and it meant a lot to me to be able to do the same. I wish I could have made it to more games but none the less we had a great time while we were there!

Here are a few pictures of our day together:

Cousin Hanna

Uncle Matt, cousin Ashley, Peepaw, me and Eddie

Uncle Matt and Peepaw
The Mueller Family