I managed to get the cupcakes finished this morning. I had planned on doing it last night, so the kids would be all excited to see them this morning, but I was pretty worn out. Matt managed to entertain them this morning long enough for me to get them done.
Oh I should also mention that Matt had to go on a Peep hunt. Our grocery store was all sold out and the Peeps were a critical component! He managed to save the day. And came back with so many festive colors too!
I had initially planned on having our friends over for an Easter brunch, but cancelled that once I realized the boys were going to be disease vectors. So while I had all these initial plans for Easter baskets and egg hunts, I did approximately none of that.
Luckily my mother-in-law saved the day! She mailed them easter baskets that managed to arrive yesterday. The baskets were Thomas the Train fabric and she shipped them along with everything to put in them. The baskets popped right back up and were stuffed full of goodies. The boys seems pretty excited initially with just the cards! Henry was even trying to read his!
We, of course, made them wait to get their baskets until we had the grandparents on Skype. The two of them are getting better about staying in front of the camera for Skype sessions, but utilizing the table seems to help - especially if they have goodies to go through!
Part of the basket was a set of matching World’s Best Brother shirts, which I thought was too cute! Although Henry seemed much more excited about the fact his crocheted Lamb and Chick were secretly hiding an egg full of candy! Look at the excitement on his face! He was shaking them (because obviously they made a ton of noise) when the egg fell out and the look on his face was just priceless! Thomas commenced to prying his out once he saw the trick.
Henry is still super excited about his. Thomas managed to get his open already and is chowing down on skittles. You can see the lamb cover in his hand - they were pretty adorable. :)
I should also confess I didn’t do their monthly photos this month. Ugh, it was just a rough month. I realized it this morning, but decided that the photos of them on the couch would suffice. Surely when they are grown up, they won’t give me too hard of a time about a missing month…?
Finally, it was cupcake time!
I cut Henry’s up into small pieces for him, but he is obviously way more excited about his fork than his cupcake… Those are *not* my genetics! As you may recall from his second birthday cake, he is obsessed with utensils lately. He’s started fussing at meal time if I don’t give him a fork. He can’t really use it yet, but he tries, then puts it down, picks up some food to eat with his hands, then tries again with the fork. It’s pretty cute, but it has made meal time a bit slower…
Thomas was chowing down on his cupcake when he came across a surprise! He watched me make them, but wasn’t there when I decorated them. I cut out the middle of the cupcake and put a mini cadbury egg and star sprinkles in the center before icing them. He was sooooo excited! He started yelling “Stars! Look, Henry! There’s stars!” It was pretty adorable, well worth the effort. (As a side note, one of the guys I work with was just about as excited as Thomas when he ate one. Ha!)
Thomas gives his seal of approval - a big thumbs up. He can’t quite do them perfectly yet, but he sure tries. :)
And I almost forgot, we had a visit from an Easter animal!
No Easter Bunnies up here in Alaska, but we did get an Easter Moose! I happened to see her across the cul-de-sac and she walked over into our yard and across the driveway. Thomas was super excited and was yelling “Moose! Moose!” Henry didn’t know what was going on, but he followed his brother to the window anyhow.
She didn’t hang around long, but I’m sure the Easter Moose has plenty of kids to go visit! ;) Also I feel the need to point out that these tall elegant creatures look a bit gangly and ridiculous when trying to climb hills. Ha!
I should also point out - we got snow!!! Matt had planned on taking a motorcycle ride with some buddies today and spent all night working on his bike to get it ready. As he was going to bed, he let the dogs out for a potty break and found 3" of snow on the ground! Poor guy can’t catch a break…! Luckily the ski pass is still good, so he did at least get some fun out of the day. Apparently it was some of the best skiing all year. The snow in our yard, however, didn’t even last the full day before it melted.
Crazy Alaskan weather! :)