Spring Break

Jacob's spring break started off with Easter. The boys had fun doing their egg hunt!

My mom got them little Easter baskets with a few fun little things in there.

                

   
 The light sabers were a big hit!

I won't say it was the best Easter we've ever had. Isaac was a complete whine-o and Jacob was a rascal which was super irritating, but hey, I guess every holiday can't be all Little House on the Prairie, right?

We did have a fun spring break, though. We didn't do anything super spectacular, but it was nice to have a little break in the routine. So here are some pics of the things we did that week. 

Isaac loves playing with his Rescue Bots. 

Here he was telling me aaaallllll about them.

And somehow I was conned into making a bed for them where we tuck them in each night. Sucker!

Jacob's allergies were really bad that week, so we stayed indoors and played lots and lots of games. 

Bad allergies = crabby, naughty, sleepy boy. Jacob fell asleep during a time out one afternoon. 

Another sleepy boy

We did get some outdoor time. Here is Isaac being goofy on the swing. These pictures crack me up!

I love when this tree starts to leaf out - looks like a bunch of tiny hearts. 

One morning, Courtney and I took the kids to Pennypickles Children's Museum in Temecula. They had a blast!

This is a hot air balloon basket - Isaac's fave, for sure! 

The masked hot air balloon driver!

There was lots of scienc-y stuff that was way cool

When you cranked this lever, it made the lights go on!

The music room was a hit, too!

Look how skinny Courtney and I have gotten! This is no trick mirror, folks!
Oh, you got me. It really was. Oh well, a girl can dream, right!

Another favorite was the bug racing

 It was a fun morning that we ended at a cafe that served crepes. I should have taken a picture of how much food these kiddos ate!


More playing outdoors. The boys recently discovered this way to swing.

The boys (especially Jacob) love helping me in the kitchen. Here they were taking the leaves off cilantro and parsley. Love how Isaac is in long pants and long sleeves, yet Jacob is wearing shorts and no shirt.

And here they were shelling fava beans. 

Jacob loves smoothies! Good thing because it is the only way I can get the kid to eat fruit. I made a green smoothie one day and asked if he wanted to try it, thinking he wouldn't because it was green.
He took a big ole swig.....

and decided the rest was his!

 Jacob love, love, LOVES to read. I love, love, LOVE this picture of all my boys cuddling before bedtime while Jacob reads.

Our Super Hero Turns FOUR!!

On March 9, Isaac celebrated his fourth birthday and oh boy, was he excited!

We gave him a couple gifts first thing in the morning. Unfortunately, most of those pics didn't turn out due to camera operator error. Oops (yeah, that was me, but hey, it was early in the morn, okay?).

But, here he is in his new mask and red boots. 

 Spidey to the rescue!

That afternoon he had a few friends over for a super hero party. He really wanted everyone to dress up as super heroes and it was so fun to see all his buddies in costume!

Two of our smallest heroes

 My mom was the real super hero of the day for helping me put all those fruit kabobs together! It took longer than I had planned on and she saved the day by doing it for me.

Don't fall in the lava pit!
This was just one of the activities I set up for the kiddos. I guess I didn't get pics of the rest. Boo. We had pin the star on Captain America's shield and an X-ray vision game. I also didn't get a picture of the favors I handed out (more boo). I made date/almond/cocoa balls and called them Power Balls 'to give you energy the next time you need to Hero Up!'

 The heroes were much more interested in just running around, though. Probably why I did't get pictures of the games. Nobody played them! Ya win some, ya lose some.

Isaac wanted a dance party included in the festivities (he had very specific ideas). We played the theme song to 'Super Hero Squad' and the kids ran around, which is their version of dancing.

 Speaking of very specific ideas....Isaac had a very specific idea for my Scarlet Witch costume and it took me a while to get him to be okay with the fact that I wasn't going to wear a red bathing suit to his party. 'But Scarlet Witch doesn't wear a skirt!!!!' Oh, he was so upset. I explained that everyone could create their costume the way they wanted to. He obviously did! His costume just cracked me up. He's dressed as the Falcon with a paper mask, cardboard wings, red boots and a Superman shirt. He is just too precious!

 Do you think these kids like cupcakes?

 He wanted the Scarlet Witch cupcake.

We all decided we need to hire Paul to entertain our kids. They had so much fun running after that ball!

Fun, fun party!

Last Sunday we had a little party with our family to celebrate not only Isaac's, but also Mike's birthday. 

I spent the day before the party planning for it and things did not exactly go as planned. This is my Facebook post from that evening. 

1 flat tire - check
1 pot of overcooked beans - check
1 pork roast in the trash - check
Meat and cheese on my cheese less veggie burrito - check
Welcome to Patty's Pity Party.
Maybe I'll laugh about this tomorrow :)

I didn't dare laugh on Sunday because the preparations weren't over yet, but the party went off without a hitch and at the end of the day when I asked Isaac if he had fun he said, 'Yes! It was exactly how I wanted it!' So, all the headache of the day before was worth it to hear my little guy say that!

The day was gorgeous! We could not have asked for better weather. 

Isaac helping Boppa try on his Spiderman mask. It's Super Hero day at school next Wednesday and Isaac thought my dad should be Spiderman. 

Isaac LOVED this Transformer card from my parents.

He wanted to pose with it

 And all his gifts
He's saying, 'Walkie Talkies!!!'

'Rescue Bots!!!'

Trying out the walkie talkies. Jacob and Isaac were/are a little shaky on how to operate. Jacob just shouts into it and Isaac pushes the button for every word he speaks.

I can just imagine what Alan was hearing over that walkie talkie!

A super hero cake for the super birthday boys!
Here's another case of specific ideas. Isaac wanted a lemon cake with blueberries and we went back and forth as to how this cake should be - blueberries in the cake or blueberry filling or blueberries on top?? We finally decided on a lemon cake with blueberries baked in the cake, lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream frosting. It was pretty stinkin' good, if I do say so myself!

Happy birthday, Mike and Isaac!!

Catch up

We went to a Valentine's Party with boot camp and as usual, Keri made everything super cute. She even had a little photo booth set up. 

Look how dirty Isaac is! 

A favorite thing to do is play in the front yard. 

It usually involves watering the plants

and sticks!

Alan brought out the Lincoln Logs from his childhood and the boys had a blast playing with them!

One Sunday afternoon it was just gorgeous so we decided to have a pancake picnic

The boys are really into playing baseball these days. 

Not sure Isaac even see to hit the ball, though!

Speaking of not being able to see......

Jacob loves to water the garden!

Today it is rainy and Jacob is getting over strep throat so we are cooped up! 

We made a fort and had lunch in there. 

 This silly cutie turns 4 in just 2 days!