Easter Week

 

We had a very exciting and very busy Easter week.  On Thursday Little Lowell hosted a little party for a few of his friends.

 Everyone brought treats to share and there was way to much food, but no one seemed to mind.

 We are still working on sharing, but Little Lowell did a pretty good job taking turns with his favorite toys.

 After a lot of eating and playing, we all took a short walk to the park next to our house for the hunt. Lowell and another dad spread out all of the plastic eggs filled with treats for the scramble.

 Little Lowell had a strong start in the hunt, but once he found out there were treats in the eggs he slowed down and just wanted to eat the candy.

 After the hunt all of the kids played for a bit at the park.

 On Saturday, our HOA also put together a hunt for the neighborhood children.We had to change shirts mid-hunt because LL opened his first egg and, in his attempt to eat the candy, got chocolate all over himself!

 When the Easter bunny came out LL stayed very far away and wanted nothing to do with him!

Later that afternoon, we had one more party to go to.  At this egg hunt, the plastic eggs were all empty and the idea was for the kids to turn in the eggs at the end of the hunt and collect their prize. Little Lowell did not really understand this concept and just went from egg to egg opening them and putting them back on the ground! He told me that he thought the Easter bunny took all of the candy.

 He was a little bit braver around the Easter bunny when dad was next to him, and I think he even managed to give him a high five.

 He was very happy about his prize bucket after the hunt, and the treats and prizes in there have kept him busy for days!

 (Little Lowell in the back, keeping an eye on that bunny)

 

Taking a break and enjoying a cake pop.

 

 After the party we packed up our bags and drove over to Tucson to spend Easter with my sister and her family. We woke up early to go to mass and then went to a beautiful brunch.

 The Easter bunny at the brunch walked around with a basket of candy and once Little Lowell discovered this, he and the bunny became fast friends.

 (Roy and Natalie)

 (Elizabeth and Jim)

 (Cousin Bryce)

 (Happy Family)

 (Emily, Bryce and Little Lowell digging through the candy basket)

 (Trying to get LL to stand still to take a picture!)

 When we got home we tried to do one more egg hunt for the boys. At this point I think LL reached his egg hunt breaking point and told me "Mama, No More Egg Hunts!" So Bryce was solo on this one, but he managed fine all on his own.

We had such a fun time with everyone and feel very blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.

Splash Pad

Nursery Update

 We are about 16 weeks away from the arrival of our little girl! With the Easter holiday this was a very busy month, but we were still able to make quite a bit of progress on the nursery.

 Lowell painted the room a very light pink, the color is from Benjamin Moore and called "Pink Cadillac."

 We were very happy to use all of the furniture we saved from Little Lowell's nursery.

 Right now the room is a very pink, but we hope to add some other colors in the room with the artwork, decor, curtains, and etc.

 My mom and I had fun picking out the baby bedding and quilt for the room.  There isn't a set theme for the room, but we are leaning towards more garden and nature decor, and lots of pink of course!

 The bassinet will make its way to our room after the baby is born, but for now will be hanging out in the nursery. The bassinet has actually been used by all of my nieces and nephews (Elizabeth, Bryce, Emily) and Little Lowell.

 We are hoping to add more greens and yellows into the room as well to help coordinate with the quilt.

 My brother-in-law's mother sent us the most beautiful lamp shade for the room and it fits in very nicely.

 Although I would have preferred a chandelier light fixture for the room, Lowell reminded me that we do live in the desert and a fan would be much more practical for the room. We were able to find a vintage looking one that Lowell added a light kit to as well.

 We still have a lot of work to do in the room including adding crown molding, adding artwork, hanging drapes, and organizing the closet. Below are the decorative birdhouses Little Lowell and I painted yesterday to add to the nursery. We had fun painting them, but this morning LL was running around the house saying that the baby needed to share her birdhouses with him!

We had a very busy Easter week and I will get those pictures up shortly.

Birdhouses

Little Lowell and I had fun today working on a project for the nursery. I painted a few decorative birdhouses to hang in the nursery and LL painted a few if his own.