project life 2011- weeks 11-15

Next group to share. Then I'll have to get back to taking pictures of them and posting. I'll add it to my list of things to do!

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So happy that Kira's room is done. Should be finishing up Alex's after breakfast. Then I can work on laundry and the rest of the house. It's been suffering due to the concentrated effort on the kids rooms. I must say it does feel good to rid the house of the excess stuff. It will feel even better to donate as much as we have. Hoping to give most of it to the Rec Center Preschool Playgroup. I know the kids would like that as they both enjoyed all the toys that were there.

Off to have something to eat... I'm hungry.

happy easter everyone!

It was a good day here. Although it started rather early thanks to a couple of very excited kiddos. One in particular had to get up and felt the need to wake up her younger and sleeping brother. Gonna be an early night tonight for them!!

Here they are with their baskets before the big egg hunt. Just a little excited to get started.

Kira's basket of goodies from the Easter Bunny.

Alex's basket of goodies.

Kira finding eggs. She was so adorable. She would grab the eggs and turn to me and smile. She was all about the posing with the eggs today. Needless to say, I have a few of her with eggs and huge smiles!!

Alex doing his part to find eggs.

Time to open the eggs!! This years eggs had M&M's, skittles, Hershey chocolate eggs and smarties inside. All the good sugar groups!! The sad part is, they will not eat half of it. I'll be tossing most of it before the end of summer. It's the thought that counts.

Kira checking out the goodies in her basket. She has the pillow pet dog so she thought the mini was cute. Alex got the panda to match his pillow pet.

Here's the cake!! It was nummy. Thank goodness there is still some left for us to enjoy today. And little E.B.?? He is on my scrapping desk here. Saves on the kids fighting over him. I'm such a good mom to save my kids from these issues.

Hope your Easter was a great one and that the Bunny was good to you. Working on some stuff and with the kids on break, hope to get lots done this week. Keep your eyes peeled for the posts!!

easter egg hunt at rec center

oh the joys of having an egg hunt in the pouring rain!! Because of the lovely spring weather we are having today, the games were brought inside. At least the Easter Bunny stayed dry. The rest of us got soaked!! But it was all good.

We were standing in line to get our picture taken with the Easter Bunny and I asked Alex if he wanted his picture taken and he said yes. Then I told him he could stand next to him and he said no. He wanted to sit on his lap!! Talk about happy mommy moment!! He climbed right up and smiled so nicely.

We brought our own peeps to the egg hunt!! LOL Here's my parents trying to keep dry and looking like a couple of peeps. I love it!! It certainly made it easier to spot them cuz you know it's not good to lose the grandparents at the egg hunt. The kiddos would not understand.

Here is Alex before his big hunt. We were hanging under the gazebo waiting his turn. He was so excited him and daddy went out to wait in the rain for his turn.

Here's Kira waiting for her turn. She came out with us to help encourage Alex to do his best and get as many eggs as he could. Which he did. And so did my little miss.

Glad to be home and dry. At least for a few more minutes. I'm heading out to Walmart to pick up our Easter cake. I'll post pictures as it will have E.B. from the Hop movie on it!! woohoo!

hop the movie!

Today was a get out of the house family day. We had to leave early as there was a marathon through our town and streets get closed and traffic is backed up so we were outta here! We went to IHOP for breakfast. Yummy. And I didn't have to clean any dishes. That was the best.

Alex had some money from his birthday so he wanted to pick up another DS game and Kira had some money from her excellent report card to spend as well. She got a DS game too. I was a bit bummed though that now the coupons that Toys R Us sends out are no longer valid on video games. Guess that means I can hit Target and Walmart without feeling guilty. Sometimes their prices are better than Toys R Us. oh well.

Then we sat in the van for a bit waiting to go into the theater. Dave and Alex played Angry Birds on his iPhone and Kira read about her new DS game.

We went into the theater and HAD to take a picture before we went in. The kids had received these great shirts from my friend Mary. She had included a pin for each of them and a plastic egg with a temporary tattoo. So adorable!! Kira wore her pin and tattoo. Alex wore his shirt. He'll have it for awhile!! LOL The E.B.'s are from Build A Bear Workshop and they HAD to go to the movies with us.

Hanging out before the movie!!

Finally found this stand up at the far end of the theater. Glad it was found as it was so cool. This is my new wallpaper for my computer!! I love Easter!!

Anywho... it was a fun movie. The kids laughed. I laughed. Hubby laughed. Good time for all. And discovered there will be a new Winnie the Pooh movie coming out sometime this year. So excited for it!! I love Pooh!!

Off to feed the troops. Early evening for everyone. Major off schedule last week and it shows in their tired eyes.

our busy saturday

After a busy week, what should a family do?? In our case, spend most of the day in the car running errands!! It was all good as we were together and the kids were pretty good at going to different stores and getting in and out of the car. Makes it easier.

Our first stop was to get my little man a haircut! He sure needed one. As adorable as he is with his scruffy trying to turn into curls hair... he is much more handsome all cleaned up with short hair!! I do believe he is a pirate in this picture!! We were waiting for our lunch at Kelly's Roast Beef.

I truly believe I do not push Alex to let us cut his hair at home so we can go to Snip it's in Peabody and then eat at Kelly's. It's good to admit these things. And even better that my faboo hubby let's us!!

Then we hit Pier 1 to pick up a couple of great photo holders that my BFF has at her house. They have theirs in their kitchen/ dining room area and they are wonderful for holding the kids art work and family snap shots. Love it!! I now have two and need to find a place to hang them!! They didn't look that big in the store (or at her house) but they are a bit bigger than I had imagined!! Soon as I get them hung, I'll post a picture of them.

Then to ACMoore to try and find a couple of frames for some of Kira's art work from her Painting Club. I checked online and their ad says that frames were on sale. Yeah... not exactly. The ones that I wanted, were not on sale. And I hadn't printed a coupon as I thought frames were on sale!! It worked out okay since I didn't have to pay Massachusetts tax on them. I'll use my Michaels coupons and get them there. And no tax!!

Then we hit Northshore Mall to go to Build A Bear Workshop. We were in dire need of stuffing two more animals. Now if you have seen my house more importantly, my kids rooms. You know that we really do not need anymore animals in this house!! But E.B. is so stinking cute!!! Don't you agree???

He is from the new movie HOP. I am so looking forward to taking the kids to see it. His face is simply adorable. How could we not get them for the kids? Yup... our house is the proud owner of two of these creatures. We got them the drum sticks to go with him. Alex has become obsessed with drums so he is perfect for him. And heck... Kira is all about the stuffed animals.

After all that fun, we picked up some cake from the Cheesecake Factory and headed to the grocery store. We needed some real food. Then home. It was a good day and glad I have such a wonderful family to spend the time with.

Today will be good as well. We are celebrating Alex's birthday since tomorrow we are busy from morning to night and we don't want to rush his fun. I'm sure once he gets his present, he won't mind celebrating a day early!! He will be the proud owner of a drum set. Yes I have given in and decided he should have it. He is constantly creating his own set out of whatever makes noise around here. I am sure he will be beside himself!! Pictures tomorrow!!

Happy Sunday everyone!!

ps. Hope you enjoy all the links. LOL Not sure why I got so link happy today.