Party—5:00 A.M.

 

It’s Party Time!!!

When: 5:00 A.M.

Where: Mom and Dad’s bed

Who: Two little boys determined to not let their parents sleep

This was our morning.  Kaleb woke up at 5:00a.m. to eat and decided he was not going back to bed.  Being the pancake lover that I am, I decided to make breakfast.  Austin, being the food lover that HE is, must have smelt the deliciousness and came toddling out saying, “Pancakes?…O.K.”  Well, because of all the ruckus we were making, Vance was soon to follow.  After we had breakfast, Vance decided it was far to early to start the day so he went back to bed.  Austin followed, and then so did mom and Kaleb.  Austin and Kaleb were having a grand ol’ time cuddling in bed…mom and dad, not so much!

Party—5:00 A.M.

 

It’s Party Time!!!

When: 5:00 A.M.

Where: Mom and Dad’s bed

Who: Two little boys determined to not let their parents sleep

This was our morning.  Kaleb woke up at 5:00a.m. to eat and decided he was not going back to bed.  Being the pancake lover that I am, I decided to make breakfast.  Austin, being the food lover that HE is, must have smelt the deliciousness and came toddling out saying, “Pancakes?…O.K.”  Well, because of all the ruckus we were making, Vance was soon to follow.  After we had breakfast, Vance decided it was far to early to start the day so he went back to bed.  Austin followed, and then so did mom and Kaleb.  Austin and Kaleb were having a grand ol’ time cuddling in bed…mom and dad, not so much!

Easter Egg Hunt

We had a lot of family in town for Easter this year because of Kaleb’s blessing.  It was so fun to see everyone and spend the holiday together.  My parents came up from Utah with Emily and Annie, along with Gheen and Beth and their boys.  My Grandma and Quinn also came from St. George.  We all met up at Merrit and Mandee’s house in Blackfoot for a BBQ and an Easter egg hunt.  It is not often that there is nice weather on Easter weekend in South Eastern Idaho (or anytime during the months of March and April) but it was a beautifully sunny and warm weekend.  We sat outside on the patio and ate dinner and watched the kids run around their beautiful big yard.  Austin always had so much fun running around with his cousin Maggie. (Maggie is technically my cousin, but she is the closest thing on the Gardner side that Austin has to cousin’s and they are only two weeks apart in age, so we just call them cousins.)  We haven’t seen much of my Uncle Gheen and Aunt Beth and their boys since we moved to Idaho, so it was really fun catching up with them and enjoying the great weather. 

As for the Easter egg hunt…Austin had had a little bit of training.  The Monday before for FHE we wanted to teach Austin how to find Easter eggs so he would be ahead of the game during the actual hunt.  We hid eggs filled with gummy worms all around the house and helped him find them.  This little bit of practice sure paid off.  Austin had so much fun running around picking up eggs.  But he’s no dummy…after he picked up each egg, he would shake it before putting in his basket just to make sure it wasn’t a dud with no candy.  There were over 100 eggs hidden all over the yard, and Austin definitely found his share.  There were a couple of times that Austin and Maggie would see the same egg and race to go get it.  It was kind of cute to see the squabble over the egg that they thought was theirs.

“The Big Kids” searching for eggs

Grandpa Gardner helping Austin find Easter eggs

Aunt Emily helping Austin and Maggie

Vance double checking to make sure there are treat inside the eggs

Daddy’s Little Shadow

There is no denying it…Austin is a daddy’s boy.  He follow’s his dad around everywhere he goes.  I often try to help Austin with something (i.e. going potty, getting dressed, or going to bed) and he quickly replies with “No, Daddy’s turn!”  Vance has usually left for work by the time Austin wakes up in the morning, but on Saturday mornings when he comes into our room he is so excited to see that his dad is there.  He excitedly says, “Oh, hi daddy!” and runs to Vance’s side of the bed.  When Vance is in a different part of the house and Austin can’t find him, he walks around the house yelling, “Daddy, where are you?”  Last Sunday I was getting a kick out of the two of them because Austin would not let his Daddy out of his sight.  I took a few pictures of Austin following Vance around the house.  Vance is always a pretty good sport but you can see by the look on his face in the pictures that he is not always super thrilled to have such a constant shadow.