Cool and Clean

Today has been a bit of a stressful one. Thank goodness for the discovery of Mac in the bath with his sun glasses on to make me laugh and temporarily forget how exhausted I am.

My good friend Sarita stopped by for a visit and earned the distinction of being the best house guest ever. We played with the kiddos, visited Hatch farms, ate some Trader Joe's goodies, and had nice long talks which brought me back to the good ol'Wellesley days.


Mac's 3rd birthday started off right with a Thomas filled box from Grammy Nicole.

Next on the Birthday docket was a carnival themed joint party with Mac's best pal Lucy Hawkins.









And finally the fun continued on our family vacation to Galveston, TX to visit with Grandpa Scott, Marcela, Craig and Sean.

Good Times in UT

We took a marathon two week vacation to Utah to visit with Grammy, Grandpa and the occasional trampoline jumping uncle Evan. My mom is a saint to host these crazy boys for two weeks (and their occasionally cranky and tired mother) and though Mac was pretty home sick by the end we took advantage of every activity we could find so we had a lot of fun.

This first pic is pre utah but Ham was looking too cute not to share. The best mother's day gift ever, flowers plus knowing the boys have learned how to weed the backyard. We stopped on the drive down to UT to check out a tractor dealership in ID, surprisingly no staff came out to offer us assistance.

Ah the joys of IKEA!

I was so impressed with the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. It was really kid friendly, entertaining and the ultimate selling point being that both boys were free.

One of several trips to indoor trampoline places. The boys had a lot of fun and got to see their Uncle Evan in all his trampoline flipping glory.

The boys hiding in a cave at the aquarium which was fun but overrun with elementary school kids on their end of the school year trip.

And finally the completely overpriced (8.50 for a one year old!) children's museum at the Gateway Mall. Luckily the boys had a complete blast which softened the blow of shelling out all that cash somewhat.

Hamilton had a hilarious obsession with the corn oil in the fake supermarket and proceeded to clear the shelves of all the bottles.

The dress up area was also a big hit though a bit of a workout for me having to help them change costumes every five seconds.

Easter Week

Our egg masterpieces: Monster eggs and eggs with letters.

Mac smiling before his first day of preschool, alas the smiles faded as we arrived and he discovered I wouldn't be sticking around for the class.

Hamilton was also pretty excited for the trip to preschool which was a small miracle considering his hatred for car rides in general.

The egg hunt at our church was a lot of fun. I feel like I've entered a whole new world attending primary activities for the first time. I came away thinking that it takes quite a women to plan an activity for 90 children.

Hamilton enjoyed picking up a bucket of eggs and then one by one returning them to the grass.

Easter morning with the requisite bed head. Upon discovering his Mater lollipop Mac said, "I'm am so lucky to have this!"

Hamilton with his slicked back church hair. I am sorely deficient in boys hair grooming skills. Poor Mac and Ham either look like they just got out of bed or they're selling used cars.