Mother's Day at Groton

Almost every year since I was a child we load the family up and head down to Groton for a spring weekend. The past few years we have been lucky enough to have all of the Range family from Atlanta, Athens, and D.C.- What a great weekend!

While it was VERY hot, we did not skip a beat doing all the usual fun activities.

Soccer on the front lawn

Coloring on the porch,

watching the many gators from the dock,

and taking our daily truck rides to see all the animals. This was the first trip that Ryder really "got it". He loved every second of it all - mostly the riding in an open flatbed truck seeing deer, turtles, snakes, birds and sadly we saw no pigs this year.

He also got had his first experience at fishing. Uncle Jason caught 13 fish on Saturday! (note the sunset- bedtime was 10 pm everynight!)

Henry got to ring the dinner bell while Ryder and I took a break to soak up all the beauty.

We always end the trip with a group picture and hate to say goodbye.

But before we hit Atlanta, we had to stop at the Conyers carnival. Henry had never been to a carnival and could not get enough.

First time on the bumper cars too...

Thanks for a great weekend everyone!

We are exhausted and headed home. See you again next year!

Sunday in the park

Easter

Happy Easter! Ready to get some eggs.

On Saturday morning, we headed to our neighborhood easter egg hunt but first we got to play on the playground

and take a picture of all the kids in the neighborhood. I got so many eggs they were falling out of my basket!

That afternoon we headed to the Capital City Easter egg hunt and we could not figure out how it ended so quickly- there were just too many kids.

Of course we had to top it all off with some ice cream, as if we did not have enough sugar today already!

Reading

"I have got the home depot book, now lets see how to build a playhouse out of wood"

"Ok, now I know how to build the playhouse, let me see how mom is planning on handling my tantrums"

Winter snow

Big Boy Bed!

Last weekend it was time to take down the crib and move into our big boy bed!

Instead of going to Mima's to play Ryder wanted to stay home and help take down the crib. "Daddy - I got this. A drill, no problem"

"Maybe I need a little help with this one"

AH- I am a big boy! All the animals and blankets from the crib moved into the big boy bed to reduce the shock. Going well so far. Sleeping even later actually!

The next day we took advantage of the sun and took Ryder and Henry to PDK. They had so much fun together. I think every time we go, they act like they have never been there.

Had to get some wrestling in for the day.

Henry getting on the swing.

Ryder decided he was a big boy now and can do the big boy swing "all by self" just like Henry.

They grow up way too fast!

Ryder's bedtime routine

Start by eating dinner.

Then get on your favorite tacky PJ's and start tearing the room to pieces. First put a hat around your neck, get football and a round ball to throw at mommy and daddy when they are not looking.

Next, make sure to scream as loud as you can for no reason. It makes it all the more fun.

Then put your race track and all your cars up on the bed. Make sure you ALL of your cars on the bed too.

Take a pause to watch Tiger & Pooh Christmas b/c Christmas never ends.

Then, back to destroying the bedroom. Give everyone a tissue until the box is empty.

Last, play peak-a-boo behind the crib as long as you can until mommy can catch you to put you to bed!

Nite Nite

Potty Trainning

Peek-a-boo, Welcome to 2010! On New Years day off came the diapers, on came the big boy underwear! Ryder was so excited about his new underwear he spent 20 min deciding which pair to put on. "thomas underwear?, no, Buz underwear? No, woody underwear? no, we wear spiderman underwear!"

Once the big boy underwear went on and we were stuck at home for days on end it was time to rearrange the bedroom and make room for all those christmas presents. Bye, bye changing table, hello new library. Ryder has a bit of an obession with the library at school so we made one at home. A fort/library. Mostly it is where all of the animals and books are sleeping.

By day two, after you have run out of paint, glue, paper, plato and rearranged the room. We thought we would take our very first piggy back ride on mommy. 35lbs on a ten min piggy back ride will really cause you some pain.

By day three, when they really get it and will be totally done with diapers, the throw ups and ear infection set in BIG TIME! Trying to potty train in between throwing up and crying from the ear pain we decided to end the potty training for now. You only have so many towels and waterproof items you can use in weekend.

We are back into pull ups for now and will try again another time. At least we got the house organized!