Easter bunnies and pretty coffee

Ethan is turning in to such a little man. Although he is not talking yet he seems to communicate quite well with his grunts and ''uuhh's."

The thing that is cracking me up the most is his expressions....he is so animated!

Something I loved to do before kids was go out for morning coffee with Dave. We rarely did it and when we did usually just hit the Second Cup drive through. It's funny how after kids doing these mundane simple things takes on a whole new meaning and is accompanied by challenges.

I had this grand vision of us sitting and sipping, talking of dreams and aspirations. 

Who am I kidding!!!

After a few donut holes and a sip of hot (warm) chocolate Ethan kept wiggling and slithering down out of my arms and would run away and make googly eyes at other coffee sippers.

Needless to say we had a few moments of actual conversation and then after chasing kids decided that we should leave the proper sippers in peace and haul our hoodlums back home. 

I smiled but my brain was screaming, Aaaggghhhh!

After coming home I remembered our Easter decorations. Ha, a little late but better than never.

We washed the plastic eggs to prep them for our goodies hunt on Sunday.

Dave picked up little baskets for the kids so now we just have to figure out how to make a scavenger hunt simple enough  for a 1 and 2 year old.

Ethan...this kid! He kept trying to head butt the camera and thought he was hilarious.

I kinda did too and kept snapping.

What do you do to fill space with kids?

I am always at a loss of what to do so we break out the crafts. I am glad that Kaitlyn obliges because I don't know what else we would do all day.

She put the whole bunny picture together all by herself, I didn't interfere even once. Upon completion she marched off to give it to daddy.

He loved it.

I am glad it is Easter. The melt is on and there are grass patches showing every where. Skirt weather and flip flops are just around the corner. 

Not only is this weekend a time to celebrate the death and raising from the dead of our Lord Jesus but also a time to celebrate the new life springing forth out doors.

I love spring!

Last night I got the chance to get dressed up and go out for "pretty coffee".

This was a tradition started by a girlfriend of mine back in E-town around 7 or 8 years ago.

We would get all dressed up and go to a patio or a fancy restaurant and sip a glass of wine or coffee and have fancy food.

I love doing this.

I got dolled up and ready to go. Ethan tried to shoot me with a domino as I got my boots on....he shoot everything with anything. Must be a boy thing. 

Kami picked me up and off we went for some precious rejuvenating girl time.

We sipped and ate and gabbed and then went for a Starbuck's and gabbed some more.

It was so nice to get out without the kids. It is not that I don't want to be around them, but having adult conversation without poopy diapers or little monkey's climbing or running away, aaahh, it was wonderful!

That was a bad run on sentence. Ooops. No time to fix it.

When I came home the kids were still up (it was 11 pm) but within 15 mins were both asleep.

Kaitlyn had left this bunny on the table for me. Auntie TT helped her put it together as a surprise.

I love it!

Happy Easter all!