Easter

Happy Easter! This year for Easter we went to church and after naps headed to Andy's parents house for a dinner and Easter egg hunt. It was a lot of fun!

Mommy and Drew coloring eggs on Saturday. Drew did have fun (even thought it doesn't look like it in this picture)

I saw a sign for an Easter Egg hunt at a church here in town, so we made a drop-in.

Here's Drew with his basket. I thought about getting a new one for this year (since this is last years basket) but then I thought where will I store another one? I also just got a basket for Drew. I know I should be fair, but really does Knox know at this age?? He won't know until someone points it out to him one day. So no one tell him please...

Drew with one of his match box cars. He LOVES vehicles of any kind.

Here he is with his bases I found at the dollar store.

Drew and Knox on Easter morning riding their 4 wheeler together. They LOVE this four wheeler. Knox won't use his walker to walk, he leans over the 4-wheeler and pushes this instead. Thanks Mimi!

Happy Birthday to Drew

We had a wonderful time celebrating Drew's 3rd birthday. It's hard for me to believe that my baby is already 3. (and according to Drew he's not my baby, but my big boy). My parents, brother and sister-in-law came into town to help us celebrate. Because Drew is so into cars and trucks we had a car themed party and invited several of our friends. Other than being a little hot, we had a great time.

I've always wanted to decorate a cake, so this year I decided to take a crack at it, and made Drew a racetrack cake. I was really happy with how it turned out. Here's Drew playing with the cardboard racetrack that Uncle Eddie and Papa (my dad) created for the party.

Drew and Knox enjoying one another as usual. They are so sweet.

Here is Drew decorating his car at the "detail shop".

Here is a picture of the "detail shop". We had stickers, foam sheets for license plates, headlights/taillights, etc.

Here's a picture of the cars before the kids decorated them. I spray painted 11 diaper boxes (that I had friends collecting), 11 steering wheels, 44 tires, cut out 44 circles for lights, and then gave my family the privilege of helping assemble them when they got into town. :)

Here is Drew blowing out his candle.

Our family! (and the back of our house)

Mommy and the boys before the party started.

Mommy and Knox

The kids lining up for the car race.

On your mark, get set.....GO

Drew after his race with his medal. (couldn't find trophies)

Drew with some of his friends. We went inside to open presents to try and cool off a little.

Drew with one of his presents, an apron with his name on it, which we've already gotten plenty of use out of since Drew likes to help me in the kitchen.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Of course the boys had matching green shirts for St. Patrick's Day. Why not??

Springtime Tallahassee 5K

This past weekend I ran my first ever 5K. I had a great time, and plan on trying to do some more. There were over 1,000 people who either participated in the 1 mile, 5K, or 10K. When the race began I had to walk a few feet before I could even find room to run. It was challenging to work your way around others, but that just added to the fun. The only "technical" difficulty I had was my shoelace coming untied, and having to stop to tie it. Other than that it was a very smooth run. Andy and I worked on a "race day mix" that we put on his iPod. I had it playing pretty loudly, and during the race I kept wondering if anyone else could hear my music. If so, they probably thought it was a teenage girl behind them, with my Fergie and Eminem and Sir-Mix-a-Lot. Whatever gets you going, right?!

This is a picture of the boys and I before leaving the house that morning.

This is just after crossing the finish line. I found out later that my official time was 25:31, and I came in 3rd out of 65 in my age division, and 33rd out of 405 who ran the 5K.

Here is Drew listening to my iPod right after the race

Mommy and her boys after the race.

Andy dropped me off and the race and then went to his office which was close by. He fed the boys breakfast and then hustled over to the finish line so that they would be there to cheer me on when I crossed the finish line. It was great to see them after I was done.

My friend Tara ran the race as well. It was a lot more fun to meet up with someone before and after, then being there alone. She's planning on doing some more as well.

Universal Studios...

Back in February we headed to Orlando to go to Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure. It was actually a work event for Andy, but when I heard where they were going, I made sure he knew it would be a "family" event as well. Andy's new job has him in charge of House of Representative Republican campaigns for the state of Florida, so this was a fundraiser with legislators, their families, and donors. We had a great time! Drew was really excited and couldn't wait to see the hotel. He still says that was his favorite part. Go figure....

Here's a picture of the Hard Rock Hotel where we stayed. We had a few hours of free time on Saturday, so Drew and Andy did some swimming. It was really cool. There was a great band performing, and it was beautiful weather. We walked back to our hotel for our break time and this was what happened about 30 seconds before getting back. Passed out....

Knox was excited to be in Orlando as well.

The way our day worked is that we were all assigned to "Tour Groups" and our guide would take us to the ride and get us right on. At the most I would say we would wait 1-2 minutes. I don't know how we'll ever go to a theme park any other way again. This is after Andy rode the Hulk (which is in the background). Drew was really upset when he went. I think he was worried about him.

When we arrived the first night we ate at the hotel. It was a great ambiance, but I wouldn't say the same about the food. This was a play area for kids to be, while we waited to eat.

My salad came out in a collander which was a cool presentation, but difficult to eat from. It kept sliding around.

Our bread basket was filled with all kinds of bread. One of our favorites tasted like pretzels.

Drew and mommy on the bed when we got to Orlando

more of the room....this is the bed Drew and I slept on. Andy had the other all to himself.

Drew swimming

That night was a Mardi Gras celebration. It was really neat. They had an area roped off between some of the buildings and catered it for us. We had people walking around passing out beads just for our group, and even a balloon animal "artist" on stilts. You'll see that picture if you scroll down. It's a little dark.

Drew and the beginning of his beads

Us with the Cat in the Hat in Seussland. That was a really fun part of the park for Drew. Lately he has been into Dr. Seuss books so it was fun to ride some of the rides now that he knows some of the stories.

More swimming

Knox just before he took a little nap. I thought he was stay asleep for awhile in my sling, but there was a lot of disruption, so he took about a 20 minute nap, but he never got fussy and did great.

Heading back to the hotel we saw Curious George and had to get a picture with him.

Waiting to head into the Barney show which was a definite highlight for Drew. You aren't supposed to take pictures in the show, and the rule follower that I am listened, but I wish you could have seen his face. He was enamored.