Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! The Weather actually cooperated on Easter and we were able to spend some time outside! I don't think Luke knew where he was since he's been locked up inside the darkness of winter so far but nevertheless, we got to pretend spring was around for a day. You can see our new grass coming in here, yay!

Luke got to participate when we colored eggs, sort of. He almost doesn't fit in that little chair anymore. Alex was pretty proud of his colored eggs though.

With the weather cooperating, we brought the new (and rapidly growing) chicks out to check out their future habitat. They weren't really sure what to do so they just stayed by our feet most of the time. Alex helped them run (away) a little.

The easter bunny brought Alex a baseball glove which he was pretty excited about. As you can see he has a way to go before he figures out he has to move his arm towards the ball in order to catch it but I think he'll get it. . . eventually.

That's all for now. Hopefully the weather stays this nice for a while but from the looks of it we'll be seeing more rain/maybe snow pretty soon.

Us Country Folk...

So, we got some chickens. Why, you ask? Earwigs. Lots and lots of earwigs. My redneck ranching sisters says "You got bugs? Gotta get some chickens!" So we some chickens to eat them. Let me just say, I assumed that there would be a point where Alex didn't perk up and have to announce every time he heard a chirp. So far I have been proven wrong. You hear a tiny chirp in the back ground, and inevitably, a "mama! I hear da baby chicks! I wanna hold my baby chicks! Mama! There's anudder baby chick!" I just keep telling myself that that is the very reason I got chicks instead of stealing a few chickens from the Romriell Ranch. I wanted them as chicks so they would grow up accustomed to being poked and prodded by a 2 year old, and also so we could train Cami to not eat them. The second part is going to be the hard part. So, up above: Goldie is the gold one (we like obvious) the one with the distinct black lines is Grill (Jeff named him, and because the lines on his head look like a grill, not because of Grilled Chicken) and last but not least we have Baby. Which is funny because if you look at the pic someone definitely put Baby in a corner! Ha... get it?!?! Moving on.... The pic below is Alex sneaking off to poke at the chicks. He has no idea I'm watching him. He pulls the chair over and climbs up and sits there watching them. Cracks me up.
Please please please let me explain this face. You can barely see it, on Alex's leg right behind the chick. Right about where the chicks behind is, yup. Chicken poop. Face explained.
This was right as we got home and were taking them out of the box. He would NOT touch them for a little while as he was completely unsure of what they were all about. But, of course, he got over that REAL fast.
Ahhhh.... my bird dog Cami. She wants to eat 'em. She wants to eat 'em real bad. She'll sit down in the kitchen and just watch their bin, just waiting for one to slip up and escape. She's a good dog so I have faith that by the time they are old enough to put them outside she'll understand they are not dinner.
Oh, important fact! The chickens we got actually lay green, pink and blue eggs! We paid big bucks for the fancy chicks... $3.50 a bird! But apparently this breed of bird started the colored Easter egg trend. As soon as they are old enough to start laying we'll verify and post pics.

Historical Day!!

We got to see the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile!! Let me tell you how awesome that was. We only wished that they gave hot dogs out of it still, but alas they do not. So after we were done we had to go to Hot Diggity Dog and get a 99% grease hot dog with which to satisfy our cravings. Alex thought it was pretty much the greatest thing ever, and at the same time, was a little bit scared of it.
Alex looooooves him some baby Lucas. The only thing he likes more than crawling all over him and kissing his face off is when I take Luke upstairs to 'play' with Alex in his room. My large and in charge baby doesn't seem to realize that he is only 2 months old, thus he sits in a chair like a big boy, and Alex can't keep his grubby little paws off him. He says, over and over, "look mama! Baby Wookus is sitting in in in my, in in my, my chair!"
Jeff thought this pic was awesome. Apparently right before he took it Luke also had his bum in the air and it was adorable. But of course, babies are not good at posing for the camera, so he flopped down right as Jeff took the pic. I still like it because it is an incredibly accurate portrayal of where Alex can be found most times during the day, which is no more than 3 inches away from Luke.
This one is for you Grandma Koch. After we opened the quilt, Alex thought it was the coolest thing ever and had to be wrapped up in it. I told him to smile for the pic and this is what we got, which he thought was hilarious when I showed him the pic.
That's about all I have for now. Life is pretty boring around here, it's just homework, projects and little boys. Jeff is busy putting my basement together this weekend (we decided not to finish it, but just clean it up and make it usable) which is pretty exciting. I can finally get the huge pile of sewing stuff out of the corner by my dinner table! How awesome is that?? Also I decided that I am going to take the summer off from school so I am pretty stoked about that. Jeff does not. That's what he gets for deciding to be a career student.
Side note: there is a little run down house across the street from us that has been for sale for a while now, for about $50K if that gives you any idea how run down it is. Well, it finally sold and since they took down the for sale sign, at least a couple times a day someone drives by, gets out and walks around and looks in the windows, hang out for a little bit then drives away. We are not exactly sure what is going on, or who bought it. However, I would like to describe for you the very first person to perform this act, and he actually went in the house and then took pics outside so we are worried he is the new owner... the house is right across from the big picture window in our living room if you are thinking to yourself that we are crazy neighbors peeping out our blinds at this point. We don't mean to snoop, we just can't help it... anyway... let me describe this guy for you... Who has seen The Wedding Singer? Remember the side kick limo driver? That is pretty much the guy. He is probably 50-ish, polyester suit, Don Johnson hair-do, and (I'm not making this up) was driving an 80's, silver window tint, sparkly purple limo with a big pimpin wing on the back. Where do you even find a car like that?? I'm pretty excited to find out who my new neighbor is. I'll keep you posted.