Aunt Emilee's chocolate chip cookies

So my kids love Emilee's chocolate chip cookies. They always say she should open her own store and sell them (you know in all her spare time!). Here are some pics of Jonathan enjoying his own, whole, Aunt Emilee cookie. Doesn't the last shot look like he's just fallen in love???

My Wild Man

So in the last two years I have learned that raising boys is SO DIFFERENT than raising a girl. Or maybe it's just my boy. I'm daily surprised at his antics and what seems to "make sense" in the mind of a two-year old.

Like putting goldfish in his daddy's coffee grinder.

Or dumping the box of drywall plaster all over the garage.  This photo does not do it justice.  It was quite a mess.  (And this happened when he was suppose to be "cleaning" the garage).

He is constantly jumping off things and falling off things (he shouldn't be on in the first place).  This is head injury #1,267 or something like that.  Seriously, we're pretty good at wound closures these days! 

The other day the kids and I were looking for worms and snails in the back yard.  I had my back to Hunter when I heard him saying, "hi bug, hi bug."  I looked over at him and he had this BLACK WIDOW in his hand.  Thank God for his protection.  It was a scary moment. 

But then I catch him at moments like this and I think he's the cutest little guy I ever laid eyes on.  He's full of life and personality.  He loves to give "big hugs" as he says.  He wakes every morning and after nap in a drunken stupor with serious bed-head (which he unfortunately gets from his mama!) and stumbles into the kitchen announcing, "I hungy!"  And then my heart melts and I know in the blink of an eye my little man won't be two anymore.  He won't be putting goldfish in coffee grinders and I'll miss even moments as crazy as these.

LIfe's Little Lessons

I often have Hunter & Anna Kate play and have room time together. They tend to come out for every little thing.  Sometimes I will tell them, "Unless it is an emergency I want you to stay in your room."

Today after meeting Rebecca for our free ice cream at Ben & Jerry's, we left to see this sight across Kingston Pike:

It was a HUGE tree that had fallen and covered all the lanes.  So I told the kids to look out the window.  To which Anna Kate replied, "Whoa, that's a REAL EMERGENCY!"  That will teach her to call a silly whack in the noggin' an emergency! 

More Egg Hunting

We had Easter at the Stanleys. After lunch we had the annual egg hunt.  There are so many kiddos we have to do two hunts.

 

 

I think Kennedy sprinted the whole time.  I kept trying to get her picture but they are all of the side of her face.

 

The proud winner of the older group!

 

 

Reese (aka - Ms. Personality) was so cute during the egg hunt.  She was not going to be left out of the fun!  She crawled all through the grass with the two eggs she found.  

 

Every once in a while she would take a break and raise her eggs for all to see.  They were quite smashed by the end.

 

Rylee...on a mission!

 

Spring Party

We have a tradition were each sister throws a yearly party for all the cousins. Like we don't already have enough parties with all the birthdays but it is a lot of fun. And of course the kids love it. My family is in charge of the Spring Party.It was fun and the weather was great.

Group photo with the mommies

Enjoying a picnic

Just the kids

One With Mimi

Reese Riding in the Dump Truck

Kennedy opening her eggs after the egg hunt

Making a bunny dessert

Peeps riding in cars

More picnic time

A visit with Mimi

 

 

 

Thanks Mimi for coming to visit for so long!  Hopefully Bec can post some pics of the spring party.  We had a great time with you and miss you already!