Aunt Tona & Wolverine

Three weeks ago Steve went out of town on an all guys trip to southern Utah to go biking, rafting and to do a little male bonding. Per your requests I have included a picture of his hair, which he was to fashion in an unusual way so as not to be done against his will by other adult men attending the trip. We opted for the opposite of a Mohawk which ended up looking a little like one of Lucas' favorite super hero's - Wolverine (note the Wolverine claws). Luckily when he returned home at the end of the 4 days all we had to do to return his hair to normal was finish shaving it.The day before Steve left on his trip my sister Tonia flew into town for a much needed visit. Luckily she was here to see my husband in all is glory. ;) I was so thankful to have company in town to help with the boys and it gave the boys something to do so they didn't sit around the house missing dad all day. Even though the boys are not real fond of shopping we did manage to spend our fare share of time at the local retail stores. We tried to make it as fun as possible for the boys....like the 2 minute carousal ride at the mall that Aunt Tonia got to ride as well. Unfortunately the older we get the less us adults like to spin in circles for fun and Aunt Tona (for those of you who don't know - it's really Aunt Tonia but the boys both call her Tona) ended up with quit a headache. Well duh why did she think I insisted she take the boys and not me?? :)

We saved what was supposed to be the nicest day during her visit to go to Wheeler Farm and have a picnic. Even though it rained off and on the whole day we still managed to walk around and visit all the animals. Landon really enjoyed riding the real pony and Lucas wanted no part of it.

Lucas did enjoy feeding the ducks and geese. Little does he know that his mom is more afraid of them than I am the ponies.

We had such a good time hanging out with Aunt Tona and really hated seeing her go home. Lucas cried off and on the day after she left and kept saying he missed Aunt Tona. While she was here we went for a walk every evening after dinner and for the first week after she left he would not go for a walk because he said it would make him think of Aunt Tona and he did not want to go without her. :( It is hard living away from my family and even more so now that I have kids - but it sure makes the time we do spend together so much more valuable.

It's All In the Performance

Lucas had his Spring Show for Adventure Preschool at the Wheeler Farm a couple of weeks ago. He has never been one to bolt out a song for either one of us, so to see him perform and sing in his school programs is quit a treat for all of us. He takes the whole performance quit seriously.

This year my favorite part was a song where the boys and girls danced as couples. During this performance Lucas was unable to keep from smiling.

Later I learned that it might have been in part because he had a slight crush on his partner Brynn..........

I always hoped my boys would wear a crown........

It's Raining.......

Something I have wanted to get the boys for quit some time was rain boots. I finally found some at Target that didn't have superheros plastered all over them plus they were on sale. That might have been the best $20 I ever spent! The first day the boys wore them non-stop and because they were clean I even let them wear them in the house. Now I wonder if I should have bought them each a back-up pair!! We have had lots of rain this past month and even after the rain stops there is still the mud that before I worried about them playing in and ruining their good shoes. Now that it is getting a bit warmer I love to see them in shorts and rain boots. ;)

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Originally Lucas wanted me to take a picture of him and the Easter Bunny he drew but for some reason each time I look at this picture the first thing I see is someone else's squishy tail. Both boys love drawing on the white board no matter what time of day and we obviously don't have any dress requirements. ;) With all the school papers & artwork Lucas already brings home from preschool it is nice to have the board to doodle on and I feel good about not using so much paper.

Each year on the evening before Easter Sunday we boil the eggs that will soon hold many variations of artwork from the McCormack clan. This year we got to decorate 12 extra eggs that would eventually become the deviled eggs we planned to take with us to the Armstrong's house for Easter dinner.

Lucas liked to have multiple eggs dyeing at the same time while Landon preferred to tie-dye his eggs by drizzling the many different colors on his eggs. Steve and I did manage to unleash some of our artistic talent on a couple of the eggs before Lucas dubbed the rest of the eggs for himself.

Our dyeing kit came with a sheet of teeny tiny stickers that Landon tried so desperately to apply to his eggs. This managed to keep him busy long enough for us to get the mess cleaned up and then some.

I loved watching his chubby little fingers try to get those little stickers off. He would get one undone only to have it stick to himself or the counter which he would then intensely work at getting it off that surface so he could try to get it on his egg which it didn't stick to anyway.......... We are still finding those little stickers everywhere but that's ok because he enjoyed every minute of it.

The fingers of a two year old and a five year old.

Easter morning the boys woke up nice and early and came into mom and dads room around 6:30 a.m. We told them they had to lay in bed with us until the 6 turned into a 7 and believe me it was exactly 7:00 when we rolled out of bed.

Lucas was thrilled to see that the Easter Bunny had brought him a new G.I. Joe and Star Wars character.

Landon was thrilled that the eggs were finally filled with candy and proceeded to have a very nutritious breakfast. He also liked the Grave Digger truck the Easter Bunny brought him.


Sunday evening we headed to Sarah, Matt, Sean & Gracie's house for a delicious Easter dinner. Sarah had made a yummy ham, twice baked potato's, green bean casserole and we brought a salad and deviled eggs. We also had the most delicious chocolate pie for dessert. After dinner we all enjoyed a much needed walk around the block and then played a mean game of soccer.

Some Funny Things We Say

Lately one of Lucas and my favorite things to do is have Landon say certain things that sound a little funny the way he says them. Sticker for example comes out more like "ticker", Grave Digger (a monster truck) sounds more like "Grave Deeeegerr" and our all time favorite exactly sounds more like "esssaccly". Needless to say we are easily amused. :)

On the other hand Lucas has said his fair share of things that have put a grin on my face. Last week while being told that he was going to have a privilege taken away if he kept up the attitude he responded with "I don't care! Boo hiss!" and later when his brother got hurt while trying to hit him Lucas said "I don't have any symphony!". For once I did not have to stop and wonder where he had come up with this stuff. I love that Lucas was so willing to share his ice cream with his brother.

When the boys are getting along I like to just sit back and watch them play together. On this particular day I did not have the heart to make them stop throwing the plastic Easter Eggs in the house. They had a blast throwing those little eggs at each other and everything else in sight. In fact I just found one of those eggs in my plant a couple of days ago. ;)

Caught red handed in the fridge sneaking "caffeine" as Lucas likes to refer to our Diet Coke w/Lime.
and pretty proud of himself.

Landon did not need any help when it came to eating the Easter sugar cookies. He went for frosting and that was it.