And Then There Were 2!!!

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Another Sleep Post

Well I was halfway through composing a post about Tate's sleep habits the past couple of weeks.

I then realized I just did this a couple of weeks ago. An almost exact replica.

I obviously need more sleep. :)

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Easter 2013

Tate and I spent a relatively low key Easter weekend together, and it's just what I needed. The rest, recuperation, reflection and refuge of our home.

Thursday his little school had their Easter Egg Hunt and Easter parties. I took Tate in around 8:30 and went home to rest (goodness was I exhausted by then!) then came back to watch his class to their egg hunt. They had pizza for lunch, a rare treat and then cupcakes (I of course had to run to Whole Foods to get a slice of egg free cake for sweet Tate :) )

Good Friday was nice and quiet. We joined Aunt Lindsey for lunch and we just hung out all day!

Saturday morning we slept in! Until 7!! I'm not having Tate nap at home
unless he asks to! :) So he's asleep by 7:30 and stirs around 6:15am, but quickly turns over and sleeps for another hour or so. Ok, so he's done it 3 times, but those 3 times were absolute bliss for me! We ran to the grocery store to prepare for Sunday's dinner where we met another Easter Bunny!! This one had a Texan flair!

We then came home for lunch then headed out to do our favorite weekend activity! Ride the train at the zoo! It was a gorgeous day!!

Sunday morning The Easter Bunny came bright and early! Tate had seen this Pluto at our friend's house on St. Patrick's Day and thankfully shared with me that he'd like one. I in turn shared that tidbit of information with the Easter Bunny.

Tate had fun rummaging in his Easter basket! There were even a few pieces of candy to be found!!

Vincent got in on the action as well. I suppose
I should get him a basket next year!

After breakfast we headed off to church. Early. 45 minutes early. I decided I wanted to go to the big Rite II service in the church itself, not the children's service in the PLC. Our Easter service in the church is just beautiful and I absolutely love it. When the procession starts down the aisle singing "Crown Him with Many Crowns" I'm usually almost in tears of joy. And when we sing "I Am The Bread of Life" during communion I am overcome with emotion; even writing this right now brings me to tears.

The Rite II service is long though on Easter Sunday and packed. And it's not quite child friendly. My friend came with her husband and newly turned 4 year old daughter, and we sat together. The kids were absolutely amazing. No tears, just a few squirms and asking when it was going to be over, but they were great!

Alleluia! Christ is Risen!

There is a huge Egg Hunt on the lawn of the church after this service complete with about 5000 eggs! We headed on over and Tate and H had a blast!

Yep! I even let him have a piece
of candy right away!!

We came home and had some lunch and hung out for a bit, then my entire family joined us for an afternoon of family, love, basketball (March Madness...sigh), playing outside and just joy. I'm so blessed that our family is not splintered like so many other families I hear about all. the. time. We don't all get along all the time; ok that's an understatement, but we're a family. A family that stays together. A family that spends time together. A family that doesn't turn their back on each other. I'm pretty proud of us for the way we stick together.