Year 4 – Week 24 – Day 1

Yesterday, all three of the boys got haircuts. Bribed with Legos, Brendan let me cut his hair with the clippers and even use the little trimmer on his neck line!
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This is Brendan’s chimp pose. He likes to play this way.
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He is saying, “Mommy, no camera!!”
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Look, he does windows!
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His methods may be a bit unusual…
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Trevor’s doo-wop/metal fusion singing. His tune is catchy.

This is made of cute.

The boys were up EARLY this morning. They were ready to go somewhere!
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Brendan and Trevor went to a farm, E-I-E-I-O

We went to our usual farm festival place for the “Easter Egg Extravaganza” with egg hunt. I had no intention of being involved in the egg madness, but thought it would be fun to spectate.
The bonus was that everyone in attendance was lined up on the starting line for the egg hunt, so we had the rest of the place to ourselves. The boys were able to spend some time in the bouncy house all alone and not get clobbered by older kids.

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The turkeys and roosters were gobbling and crowing constantly at the masses of people. The boys thought it was hilarious.

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I am ashamed of the human race now that I have watched an egg hunt in person. It was seriously all done in about 15 seconds. Trampling, crying, hoarding, pushing.. so sad.
We stayed out of it and watched. A very nice employee came up to us and asked if we were OK and did we get any eggs. He gave the boys a bag full so that they weren’t left out.
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More turkeys
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The rubber duck race has always been a favorite
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Goats!
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Can’t reach?
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What’s going to work? Teamwork!
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Easter bunny photos? Not a chance!! Trevor gave him a fist bump and then hid behind the stroller.
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I couldn’t get them out of the bouncy house.
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Easter bunny is on a potty break, so we could take some pictures
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They are practicing their “Smoldering”
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Yawn! Time to go!
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Year 4 – Week 23 – Day 5

It is with great sadness that we have to say goodbye to my uncle, Robert, who passed away today after a struggle with aortic stenosis leading to heart failure. Our sympathy goes out to those closest to him, especially Letty and Rich.
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The boys and I met some friends at the zoo today to celebrate their spring break. It was in the low 90’s today, but the zoo was still a nice outing.
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Bill was even able to step away from work for a few hours to join us!
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Brendan convinced Josh to carry him around all over the zoo, so they became good buddies.
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Year 4 – Week 23 – Day 3

Long story short: My camera’s memory card was full and cut short the egg opening video. Bill grabbed his little cam and recorded a bit more, but I didn’t have his memory card last night. Here is the “dramatic ending”. 🙂

This project has been “done” for a while now, other than deciding what to do with the lower section. It was meant to be some shelves/cubbies but the boys like getting in there too much!

Brendan gets a real workout on these stairs now. Trevor calls it his restaurant, he likes to pretend to serve food through the window. Brendan loves to play catch on the stairs.
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I can still have my shoe organizer thing because it has been the best way for me to keep track of all of the boys’ clothes.
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