Easter Egg Hunt 2012

As usual, the Essex Junction Easter Egg hunt was tons of fun, and even though it was over super quickly, it was nice to see friends and, of course, get candy!

Michelle's Wedding

This weekend Carter and I flew to California to attend my best friend, Michelle's, wedding. What an awesome reunion between four friends since sixth grade and earlier!

Grandparent Time

While I was doing Bridesmaid duties w/ my best friend, Granmoo and Pappoo took Carter Friday and Saturday. As you can see, he's definitely an animal lover, and Lucy (their poodle) didn't mind Carter "sharing" his cars with her :)

And he loves his Uncle Matt, too!!

Parents' Day

While Carter and I were in California, Scott and Braden stayed in Vermont, and Scott participated in Saturday's Parents' Day at school; a day where the students teach their parents how to do some of their favorite activities! Fun!

Seriously, I know I'm biased, but how can you not be impressed with a four-year old arranging numbers 1-100?!?

Saint Pattys

Celebrated the morning at the MOPS carnival, Irish lunch with the Carter's at Cody's Irish pub, and all afternoon outside! Fantastic day!
Even I got my face painted!

Open Gym

We haven't been going to Saturday's open gym because of Braden's ski class, but unfortunately Braden's having a hard time wanting to go (too cold, ski boots hurt), so I think we'll give it up for the season :( Oh well, maybe when he's a bit older. Anyway, found myself with an open Saturday, so off to Maple Street park w/ the boys to burn some energy!

Winter Festival

Ben and Jerry's hosted their annual winter festival, so after lunch in Stowe we stopped by for some treats, and tasted their newest ice cream...yum!

Friendlys

The last week in February was Braden's winter break from school, and we had a great week with Gramma Seigfried, who came out to help me with the boys! I feel so bad I didn't get many pictures, the boys had such a great time playing with her, and we spent a lot of time going through things and getting ready for our upcoming move! Thank you so much for your help this week! One of our lunch dates was at Friendlys, and the boys loved their ice cream treats at the end of the meal!

Daddy's finally Home

Scott spent 3+ weeks in Hawaii with his squadron flying with the F-22s stationed there, which was an awesome trip for him! We carried on our usual routine, but of course missed him a lot and were so very excited for his return! The aircraft bringing them home broke down...so, five days after expected, he finally arrived!! Two very happy boys and one happy wife!

My Little Jail Birds

Seriously, these boys will do anything to avoid going to bed! Last night, maybe it was the sugar (?) They were outside their rooms making demands and I told them they looked like jail birds, and they were more than happy to pose for me (thinking I might forget it was bedtime?). Silly boys!

Happy Happy Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all! Although we miss Scott (who is TDY to Hawaii right now...I know, tough life!) we had a such a great day :) The boys got cards, boxes and gifts from all their grandparents, so we had a day of treats!
In the morning we opened the box from Grammoo and Pappoo:

Seriously, they had address labels made from "Grammoo and Pappoo"...too cute!
After trading valentines cards at school and little party at Christy's, the boys opened the box from Grandma Linda and Grandpa Greg:



...And, I got beautiful flowers from the hubby! I think we did pretty good today, wouldn't you say?!?

International Day

Braden and I have been putting in a lot of time getting ready for International Day today...Braden's country is Japan! I chose Japan because we have friends stationed there and because Scott bought Braden a karate outfit when he was there TDY (Braden didn't want to wear it so we just hung it up). We both had a lot of fun learning about the country and putting together his display...poster, sushi, and origami!

We've been working on our origami designs for the past few nights...even beginner origami isn't all that easy!

The best part was tasting foods from all over the world...
Braden's international lunch with his buddies:
Here is Japan...
...And here is Vermont!
Smart Kid!