Teaching Them Young

Easter

So I had over 150 pictures and tons of video it was so hard to pick what I wanted to posted. What can I say my boys are just super cute.

Grandma holding Eggs while Gavin is running and looking for more.

Grandpa helping Brody find eggs, not sure what he is pointing at but it is not an egg.

Gavin had to have help get lots of eggs because I put them up so high.

Brody finding a egg.

Brody always has his mouth open for some reason.

Gavin's final basket of eggs.

The after math of eggs, to see how many you can stuff in your mouth.

Chipmunk cheeks with candy coming out.

Gavin making a mess.

Funny story we went to a party later that night and everyone keep asking what happened to his hands. When people asked Gavin would tell them coloring eggs. But one person he didn't want to tell, I said he was being shy and left it at that. Then this person said, no really how did his hands get that color. I thought it was weird they couldn't figure it out and wondered if everyone else who asked was really in shock of why is hands were that color. I was thinking isn't every kids hands this color the day before Easter.

Gavin's eggs finished.

Brody's finished eggs. Yes all of them are broken. It is ok though last month I had some eggs in the fridge that were three months past due and just hard boiled them so Brody could color and I would feel less bad about throwing them away. So I put a little blue dot so we would know which ones not to eat.

This was a video before we even got the egg die out.

I am going to try and post more video's because they are super cute. But if it takes a long time that's it no video's.

Misc Post of the Parkers

We bought Gavin a bunch bed to eventually share with Brody when he gets bigger. His room is so small even the bunk bed takes over the room. Gavin loves it and played and read books in his bed for hours. I hope the fun of his bed never wears out. Yes, Brody can climb all the way to the top of the ladder. He is a climber, on everything!
I thought this was cute so close to Easter he climbs in all the time and usually falls over trying to get out.Brody is not big into bath time, but loves to get out and run around the house naked in his towel.

This is a before picture of the side of our house. You might be asking why do you post a picture of your side of the house. This is going to be the new area for our garden. We are planning on starting little and if we can actually grow food then expanding.

Chris made me a gate to keep the munchkins out of the garden. It is almost up to my shoulder so I don't think they can climb over we still need to buy a lock for the gate. Great Job Honey!

We have planted Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, watermelon, cantaloupe, peas, and peppers. Tough brother love! No worries Brody can hold his own and give his own tough love.

For example, just climb on someone and squish them.

This is Brody's newest he loves to spin until he can't get up anymore. You also get to watch my everyday chaos.

Easter Pictures

We had Grandma and Grandpa take some Easter pictures for us. I thought the family picture turned out good. The boys were a challenge, Brody cried because well he was not happy and he didn't like the fake grass. Gavin just can't smile normal. These are the best of them. I say they boy's pictures are not worth blowing up to put in the frames. We are going to have to try again.

Gavin doing puzzles.
Gavin and I made a bird house at Home Dept. It is cool the first Saturday of the month the kids have a free project they get to do. So he got a kids home dept apron and every time they finish a project they get a pin for their apron. Gavin hammered the nails and the table. It hangs in the window and has a clear back so you can watch the birds. Will see if one ever comes in.

Gavin's Surgery and Growing Season

Went to the doctor yesterday and we decided that Gavin is going to have surgery. He is having his tonsils removed. He has sleep apnea caused by enlarged tonsils. In addition, whenever he gets any kind of little cold he coughs non-stop and usually throws up in the process. We set the date to be on June 2, 2009 it was going to be next month but we are flying to Washington and they said it didn’t give him enough time to heal. So they decided it would be best to wait until June. The doctor said he will be on liquids the first week and shouldn’t do much of anything until after the second week of healing. I am not sure how I will deal with him for the first two weeks. I guess he will be watching lots of Movies! I had better start collecting some new ones.

I have been excited about gardening thanks to the Plastow’s. So far, I have peas and cucumbers growing. I just planted some peppers and got seeds to plan cantaloupe, watermelon, and tomatoes. Chris is going to build me a fence to keep kids out.

Cucumber and Peas

I am very excited about our fruit trees. Last year we only got 3 lemons. This year the lemons will probably quadruple and we also have grapefruit (in the picture) and oranges. So far we will probably only have around 6 oranges, but the grapefruit we will probably have around 15. Of course if the kids don’t pull them off the tree before they grow. Gavin has already gotten in trouble for picking a fruit (ball) of the tree.

Grapefruit Growing

This plant is over 70 years old down from Craig’s side of the family. They say it is hard to get to flower. I am excited to announce that I have my first set of flowers. My parents are upset because they have the other half of the plant and their half hasn’t flowered yet since being in Arizona. When you see the flowers, they look fake and they feel like velvet. This is one of my favorite plants!

70+ year old plant with my first set of flowers