Easter Fun

Easter seems like ages ago, but I never blogged about it.  It was a wonderful day.  We woke up and found baskets, went to church and after church went to my parents house for a yummy dinner and a fun easter egg hunt for the kids.  The kids had a blast and got way too much candy.  :)  It was a great day

Decorating Eggs

After all the kids went to bed we found an "Easter basket" made out of a cup that was colored on and labeled as Pickles Easter Basket.  hahaha  Luckily the Easter Bunny had some hot dogs on hand and that's what was found in her basket the next morning.  :)

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Grandpa's house

Poor Diego had a ton of eggs hidden in these pointy bushes so it scratched him all up.  His arm wasn't quite long enough to grab it without having to get his face all in it.  hahaha

Luca checking to make sure it's his egg.

Alessandro

Mia

The four 5 year olds:  Packer, Luca, Sam, Micah

The three 3 year olds:  Anna, Mia, Cali

Grandma and Grandpa Becker

Grandma Nettesheim

All the kids after the hunt

Beautiful days

The weather has been so mild this year, the kids have been able to play outside a lot.  I love it.  I snapped some pictures of cousins while they were here playing with the boys one day.  Really nothing to tell, I just laugh every time I look at them so I want to post.  I'm so glad we live really close to family because my kids cousins are truly their best friends and I wouldn't want it any other way.  I hope it stays that way through out the rest of their lives!!

 Alessandro 9, Cody 11, Diego 11, Carter13

Mia and Luca getting in on the silliness.  Mia always hams it up for the camera.  :)  They would pick to play with cousins every day also, but if they can't, they are great to play with each other and are great little buddies.  Something I am also very grateful for.  I'm so glad my kids enjoy each other and are really good friends.

 cute cute girl

April Fools

Wow, I am really going back far with needing to catch up!!  A few years ago we did some food pranks on the kids for April Fools day along with other silly pranks Udine came up with.  Ever since, they expect some silliness for the day, so we can't disappoint!!  (In hind sight, I kind of wish we never started because now there is the expectation and I feel like I'm doing it because I have to.  But with that said, we do always have a good time....it's just a lot of extra unnecessary work.)  :)

They started off the day with food coloring in the bottom of their cereal bowl so when milk was poured in it turned blue.  Mia was NOT happy about this.

"Grilled cheese" (pound cake toasted with orange frosting inside) and oranges.  Again, Mia was NOT happy about this.

Jello for juice so it wouldn't come out as they tipped the cup.  This was by far the best one and Mia even liked it.  :)  The older boys knew what was going on after trying to get one sip, but Luca and Mia kept trying and trying to get it.  It was hilarious to watch.

At every meal we had tears from Mia.  She did not like the pranks.  hahaha 

slow poke

Luca cracked me up last night.  We were racing Udine and the older boys home from a soccer game and we got caught behind a slow driver so I said something to the affect "Oh man, we have a slow poke in front of us".  Luca liked the new word he learned and kept talking about the slow poke, but when another lane opened up and a car passed us he said "Hey look!  There's a fast poke!"  hahaha  I couldn't stop laughing.  I love the minds of children. 

On a completely different note, my computer died so I have nothing on it right now which means I can't get caught up on my last month of blogging!  Boo!  All my pictures are gone!  But luckily we are backed up with Mozy, so I just need to wait until we download it back on.  Thank goodness for Mozy!!  Or I would be one unhappy camper right now!!! 

ZZZZ

This made me laugh when I saw the two of them sleeping the same way.  I liked Luca's question when he saw the picture...."Why are we sleeping like that?"  haha I don't know little buddy.  :)

Boys

There are some things I will never understand about boys.  For instance, I usually make Diego and Alessandro walk home from school because it helps get some of their energy out.  It is about 1 mile and the last part is up a long, steep hill.  So it's not the easiest walk.  Anyway, one day they took forever to get home and when they did Alessandro was just exhausted.  So I asked them what took so long and why he was so tired.  To which they both responded that Diego had put as many big rocks in Alessandro's backpack as he could find.  I was about to get angry with Diego until I found out Alessandro wanted him to do it to see if he could walk up the hill that way.  The backpack was so heavy it almost made him tip backwards, but he still wanted to do it!!  Crazy kids!!  There are many things like this that I just shake my head at and conclude that it's a boy thing.  Everything from the endless humor in gross bodily functions or noises, the constant motion and amount of energy they have, the loudness, the constant wrestling, etc, etc.  Even though I shake my head and don't understand and even at times wish that it could be a little quieter in our house, I love it.  Boys will be boys and they are just fun.  Crazy but fun. 

After reading this I don't want to leave Mia out.  I love girls too.  She's very different than the boys, but I love her all the same.  I love to watch her play; whether it's singing to her babies, walking around in her dress up shoes or pretending to cook me something.  She is so independent and I love that even if it means it takes a little longer to get dressed.  She will even change the toilet paper roll by herself!!  I don't think any of my boys have ever done that.  :)  So yes, I love my little girl too.  :)

Advancing in scouts

Alessandro completed the Wolf requirements and has now moved on to the Bear Den.



Udine being a big goof and sticking his belly out to make Alessandro laugh while he pins on the pin.

Being welcomed into the Bear Den by wearing the bear hair.