Happy Easter!

We have had a full and blessed weekend! Our Saturday morning was pretty routine as the guys got up to eat breakfast and I slowly followed much later. This past Saturday marked a milestone for us as Wyatt had his first swimming lesson...maybe I should say Ken and Wyatt had their first swimming lesson. Of course Ken knows how to swim, but this is prime Father and Son bonding. I took a quick photo as they hurried on to their first lesson...Wyatt running down the hall saying, "bye Mama." I wondered how it would go as Wyatt is usually timid about entering the water at first without a bit of coaxing. I am told that he did extremely well as the lesson included: paddling, kicking and splashing...what two-year old wouldn't LOVE that for 30 minutes. He is anxious to go again next week.

After a insanely busy work week for me, I finally invited my family to Easter brunch the day before Easter. Yes, terrible of me...right. They all graciously accepted the invitation. We pulled it all together and it was really nice. Add to it that I missplaced the plastic eggs so Wyatt searched for about 5 eggs this morning till Grandma came to the rescue and had a basket full plus another bag as she and Wyatt's cousin placed them throughout the condo for him to find. He was still finding eggs into the evening. However, putting on his Easter outfit was definitely one of my favorite moments of the day not to mention walking into to church early with the two best looking guys in the world. I promised photos and even included a family shot...hmmm Christmas card? Maybe if I get desperate.

Yes, I got him a blazer. He has worn it twice and more to come. He actually loves it!

A nice smile...what a blessing.


We are all smiling!

The entire trio looking at the camera! Watch out Sears...here we come. LOL.

I like to brag that Wyatt eats his vegetables...but what two-year old likes to eat them frozen? Ours! My Mom had mentioned to me that he wanted one once when she had them out and then he continually requested them. I laughed about it and was just thankful he would eat vegetables no matter warm or cold. Today it happened to me...request after request...why not, right? Especially when a majority or all of his two year old molars are/have broken thru.

Hope you all have a great week! Blessings to all.

A Cut Above the Rest!

Before

After

Can you see the difference? I wish I would have taken his bib off before I took either picture, but the eyes on the "before" and the smile on the "after" was just too good to pass up. We took Wyatt for his spring haircut and I had to document the results. His hair was getting so long and driving me crazy. So, yesterday we headed to the mall to get his haircut. Along with Grandma and Pa we have been talking up the "cut" big time. You know to the point were he is now telling us he needs one. In case you may have forgotten getting a haircut in the past was not - I repeat not one of Wyatt's favorite things. I quickly dreaded the day myself. If you were walking by at the time you would have thought we were torturing him. He would just cry and cry and try to bust out of the taxi or train that I/we had chosen to put him in...because his choice would have been to not go at all. The cartoons that are shown for the children's entertainment were never a factor for him, nor was any toy or food item I tried to use to distract him. Nothing seemed to distract him from this lady touching his head. During his last haircut, I sat with him on my lap and he did remarkably better...tip wear a cape too. I took my own advice and wore a cape this time. We were not the only ones that decided a haircut was the "thing" to do on Saturday so the car, train and horse were all taken by perfectly content children getting their Easter do's. So, not really planning on it I said "he can just sit on my lap." I am HAPPY to report that he did not cry at all! He was entertained by the boy that came to sit next to us in the train that was crying and trying to escape. Ah the good ol' days...not. My heart went out to the stylist and Dad...been there done that and now look at my son I thought to myself. Our stylist asked me about clippers versus scissors and I have always been "pro" clippers especially since Wyatt has not liked the experience and we can go about 3 months between haircuts so it has always been worth it. Although, I do like for them to use scissors on top. This time she threw out an added clipper question to me a "3 or a 4" thinking shorter means we can wait longer to his next cut I quickly chose 3. The clippers numbers is something Ken always mentioned when going to get a haircut and I had never been asked when it came to Wyatt...um, I will take the toddler clipper size please. Well, she started to use the #3 on the side of his head and the amount of hair that came off with it made me wish I could hit undo like I do on my computer. Wow...that was super short! "I went too short" I thought immediately..."he will have no hair." "Does he have the head shape for a crew cut" as I looked to the boys around me who all seemed to be getting them. Since, you can't "undo" hair I had to sit and watch as she continued. I thought "what have I done" as she continued and hair fell the ground. Even the lady cutting said 'he has a lot of hair.' However, as she continued and moved on to cutting the top with scissors I was relieved to see that it was perfectly short. He looked so different Ken and I couldn't believe how much older and adorable he looked and pair it with that he sat on my lap without incident...now this was my child! I mean this was our child! It was actually fun...we cut, we walked, we saw the Easter Bunny (from afar) and rode a little car with the thanks of Daddy's quarters and went home for lunch. A perfect start to a Saturday after Ken's blueberry pancakes of course.

We went to church and celebrated Palm Sunday today and Wyatt is starting to understand why he came home with a real and man-made palm...he loves to wave them. Next week is Easter and I will definitely post a photo of his Easter outfit. I can't wait to see it myself.

Hope you all have a wonderful holy week. Blessings to all.

Watch Out for that Cute Shark!

Sorry, has it been two and half weeks since I have last posted! I have been sick and this cold has been horrendous...I am still not over it, but at least my voice is back. I am just praying that Wyatt won't get it. So far so good. He has a new molar and somewhat of a runny nose but not a cold that I can tell. I am praying that he stays healthy. It is hard to stay your distance from a two-year old that wants to be in your arms at all times. He is now saying "hugs Mama and a kiss." Melt my heart.

Well, let's see what have we done since my last post. We took Wyatt to the restaurant where the train delivers your food. It was a huge hit. Considering it was a Saturday...about the busiest day to go we got seated at the counter quickly and since Wyatt is such a people watcher coupled with the trains running around it was a huge hit.

Last weekend, Ken and I were asked to be on a marriage panel for a pre-marital seminar. Having lost my voice I was nervous to attend but luckily I had enough of a voice to participate. The questions were great and it was fun to recount the days of being newly married and our "growing" pains. It was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be...yet another reminder that I am so blessed to have the husband that I do. One question that we were asked is what is the most surprising thing that you discovered about your spouse. I immediately knew my answer. "How INCREDIBLY thoughtful he is." Not that I didn't know he was thoughtful when we were dating or engaged, but how truly incredibly thoughtful he is on a daily basis or even what an amazing Dad he is to Wyatt...that it continues to surprise me after almost five years of marriage. I don't tell Ken that enough and it was nice to be able to say it to a room full of engaged couples. You really think you know your spouse, well guess what? It can even get better.

We also had lunch with wonderful friends from out-of-town. They were gracious enough to give Wyatt an early Easter basket. In the basket was an adorable personalized shark bath towel that Wyatt adores. I captured a couple of the photos (shown above) right after bath time as he couldn't wait to wear his new shark towel.

Wyatt's latest passion is numbers and seeing them change on the clocks in the kitchen. He will stand and wait for the minutes to pass just to see the numbers change. It can be quite handy when you need to comb his hair. LOL.

This weekend we are to have spring and summer like temperatures...can't wait.