april in pics

Yes, this guy still gets in the exersaucer--if I take a shower while he's awake, he loves to get in and watch a show!

P. played catcher at one of his tball games...

This is a first--we have gone to the arboretum for years, and they have free face painting on one day a week...my kids have never wanted to get theirs painted. In fact, there was a time when P. was afraid, like really afraid of his two friends who had there faces painted like a tiger. This time, he announced as we were leaving that he was going to get his face painted like a tiger, and he even planned his shirt to match. He loved it and was roaring all day. Him and his friend loved checking themselves out in the mirror...

E. loved the petting zoo...

I was getting ready one sunday, and I came out to N. teaching P. how to play chess...

E. was the first one to eat at my new kitchen table...although the chair he is sitting in has already been returned for some different ones...

E.'s 1st ER visit...we were walking in from picking up N. from school, when E. tripped in the garage, caught himself with his hands. I thought it was just a normal toddler fall, and I said, get up buddy. When he got up, there was blood everywhere. He was crying...I was freaking out--he sliced his hand between his ring and pinky finger. N. was a huge help and got me paper towels to try to stop the bleeding and hold around his hand. He tried to find the gauze and wraps, but couldn't, so instead, he was able to hold the paper towels around E.'s hand, while I ran to find them. I then wrapped his hand, yelled at the kids to grab shoes and get in the car, so we could head to the ER. On the way to the ER, E. is unwrapping his hand and somehow manages to get it all off, which N. and P. were freaking out about, but luckily it had stopped bleeding by then. So we get to the ER, and I finally get a good look at it, and it's pretty deep. They did xrays to make sure nothing was in it and to make sure no bones were fractured. They then put some topical numbing stuff and wrapped it to get ready for stitches. He hated the wrapping. Luckily, S. arrived about that time to help with the other boys who had truly been gems the whole time. I stayed with E. while they did 5 stitches--he was so mad, but then they said they needed to do one more stitch where it wasn't fully numb, so then he screamed even harder, but once they got him wrapped one final time and let him up from being held down, he calmed down pretty quick. I was really worried about him leaving the bandage on, but he didn't mess with it after that. Each night, when I had to clean it and rewrap it, he was super sad, but other than that, it didn't slow him down. He was a champ taking his antibiotics 3 times a day for 10 days as well. He got his stitches out after 2 weeks, but had become so use to the bandage, that he cried when he didn't have it on, and brought me the stuff to wrap it back up. I let him have it wrapped for a few days, but then finally got him off of it! He's tough stuff!

Bluebonnet pics!

No fun anymore...

Hugging the bluebonnets...

I love this one...

The reward for picture taking was scooter riding...

Morning of art @ preschool...

Rock painting...

My knights in shining armor...

After baths, I found the boys huddled around a ninjago lego book in their closet...

P. tried on E.'s skinny stretchy jeans size 24 months over his shorts and actually got them up--he's our skinny minnie!

Baby girl's crib mattress came--the boys tested it out for her--looks like it passed the test!

Mud puddle splashing at soccer practice...

Tball watching...

He got the game ball for a big hit that allowed two of his teammates for get runs and win the game!

Soccer game--N. and his teammate scooched close together to strategize and take a quick breather...

P. wanted his chair at lunch to be right next to N.'s

Dallas Zoo...we realized that P. hadn't been to the zoo since he was 1, and let's face it, he doesn't remember, so we finally found a day that worked. I was thoroughly worn-out, but it was worth it--they all had a blast!

I don't know which is scarier...the crocodile or N.'s face...

Cheetahs...

Monorail...

Pointing at all the animals...

Trying to see the ocelots...

They all really loved the snakes--I'm kind of creeped out by them...

Cobra...

I know there is glass here and no way the cobra could get E., but he sure spread his hood when he saw E. at the glass...

There was a t-rex express train which they begged me to ride...

Kangaroos...

Bike rack--these two crazy boys used it to pretend they were riding a bike...

E. walking around with a blanket on his head--he ran into the wall more than once, and I was laughing and so was he...

More tball pics from one of the other moms!

We love eating lunch with N...E. was having fun carrying the lunch boxes into the school...

We made it to the arborteum one more time before our pass expired...the boys love being together...

Give this kid a bag of snacks from the actual bag and he's a happy camper...

I let him take his shoes off to play in the water, and he loved it...

N. said he was photobombing...

Riding on the ant...

Yummy cupcakes that I discovered are only about 5 minutes from our house, and then by posting this pic on instagram, I learned of another bakery close-by--hooray!!!

This big guy wanted a blazer to wear to church for when he turned 8, so this is a little early, but he was anxious to wear it. He's such a handsome little guy that is growing too fast!