Easter 2013

Happy Easter!  This morning at church I was so moved by the words and music from this song:

Christ is risen from the dead 

 Trampling over death by death  

Come awake, come awake  

Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead  

We are one with Him again 

Come awake, come awake 

 Come and rise up from the grave

I am so thankful for the hope that we celebrate today. I have been praying all day that God would help me remember this every day! 

 I wish we had a video of Gray's first egg dying experience. Please note the color of his hands. He did not really understand the concept but, rather, enthusiastically and repeatedly grabbed eggs from one color and threw them into another color. It was quite funny and extremely messy!

 Finished product!

 Easter baskets

 We (amazingly) made it to the 8 am service out our church. Guess which child had to be woken up to get there on time? The other was up at 6:30!

 Reading the Easter story with help from the "Easter box" Saylor got at church. I loved this idea!

 Egg hunt time!

 Brunch with some of our home group friends

Trains

Every night when I put Gray to bed, he requests three songs: 1. I like riding on a Choo Choo Train 2. All Aboard the Choo Choo Train 3. (this one varies), sometimes between Jesus loves me, sometimes Old MacDonald, sometimes something from Veggie Tales

Our little guy LOVES trains! We've been asking him what he wants for his birthday, and every time, he says without fail, "choo choo tain!"

These are some pics from last weekend when Matt and Gray rode the Dart to a Mayor's rally. He looks like such a big boy and he had so much fun riding the "train."

A few Gray updates

Our little boy is growing up so fast. Yesterday was his first trip to the dentist, and to me he looks so big in these pictures. He watched Saylor go first, and then just climbed right up in his chair, opened his mouth, and let the Dentist get to work. Sometimes I'm still surprised at how laid back he is. Both kiddos had a great check up. I guess what we lack for in ears we make up for in teeth?

Why is playing with the door stopper so much fun?

Even though our little man is super sweet and laid back, we are definitely approaching the TWO year old stage. Today, he BIT Saylor, TWICE...out of nowhere! 

And here's a little video for your viewing pleasure. This just cracks me up! (Please excuse my annoying speech therapist voice. Good thing I have some ST skills cause my little man might be needing some help with his speech, as you can see).

Catching up and Saylor Says

 Saylor has become VERY into wearing dresses and dresses only. The twirlier, the better. This is a new development for her. Every single morning, she begs to wear her "fancy" dresses. Her dress up dresses are also worn on a daily basis, and sometimes she even asks to sleep in them. I usually just let her. I mean, you've got to pick your battles, right?

A recent quote: "Mommy I love this music! It makes me want to sleep, and dance, and it makes my heart Full of joy!"


She frequently tells me that she's going to have seven babies. I told her that would be a lot of work. She replied: "Yep. I know. I LOT of work, mommy."

Here she is at Wee Wildcats, the program for preschoolers who will feed into kindergarten at our elementary school. She is sitting with her 6th grade reading buddy...so cute!

 With her friend Andrew, listening to a book read by a kindergarten teacher.

 Yesterday, I went to pick up the kids at the gym  and my eyes started scanning the sea of small children for my own. I found them, sitting on the floor cross - legged, facing each other, talking and giggling. Just the two of them. It made my heart so happy to see it! I pray all the time that they will really be good friends, now and as adults. It was so sweet. After we left, I asked Saylor if she and Gray played together the whole time. She said: "Yes mommy. Cause some kids were taking Gray's car and made him cry. But I told him, 'Gray, if that happens again you just come find me and I'll handle it for you.'" Ha!

One day, she was so excited to tell me that she had seen Gray at school. (Apparently this doesn't happen too often). "Mommy, I saw Gray in the hallway and I RIPPED him into my arms and gave him a BIG hug and kiss." (At which point, Gray chimed in: "Yeah, yeah. Sissy, hug!"

One day while we were cuddling: "Mommy, you are so cozy to me."

This morning while she was intently watching the coffee pot brew: "Mommy, coffee is kind of like pee pee." (She's right I guess!)

During a prayer: "Thank you, God, for coming as a Human Bean."  Love it! :)

Oh, how I love these two kids!