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Easter

A very busy Easter week/weekend!  We started off by dying eggs which was a big hit.  The bonus is that the kids actually like to eat the hardboiled eggs too!  

This is Easter morning, after opening Easter baskets and getting ready for the egg hunt before church.  It was really cute how much they enjoyed the hunt.  

This is them laying out all of their goodies!  

Getting ready for church.  Cooper of course put up a HUGE fight to wear his button up shirt, but finally the parents won!  Isabel LOVED getting into her Easter dress and looked adorable!  Thanks to Grammy and Gramps for the beautiful dress! 

The next picture is Isabel at the second egg hunt of the day at her friend Elle's first birthday party (rescheduled from the day before).  It was a great party, lots of fun.  Cooper didn't make it though as he was golfing with Dad and Gogo.  They had a blast and of course, Cooper had to be dragged off the course kicking and screaming.  Golf is definitely one of the few things that Cooper's had unwavering interest in.

The below pictures are of the Easter egg hunt #3, 4, 5, 6 at Sue and Crock's house for the family dinner that afternoon.  It was unbelievable how much the kids enjoyed the hunts.  They made us hide them 4 times!  The eggs were empty after the first round, but they didn't care in the least!  Very fun, and very tiring day!

This is Isabel's second outfit of the day.  I love that she loves to get dressed up!  Thanks Aunt Casey for the adorable dress!  

Our little hopping bunnies! 

Cooper's Fourth Birthday

The birthday festivities started the night before as we made cupcakes for school.  Cooper really enjoyed this.  He mixed the different colored frostings and loved putting on the sprinkles on.  He really likes to do most cooking/baking activities.  Isabel isn't as interested yet, but she did like to help with the sprinkles.  

Cupcakes for school

The Birthday Boy!!!!

A new spiderman bicycle.  We at least got a "a new spiderman bicycle!  Thanks!" out of him before the balloons quickly became the favorite gift of the day.  They provided hours of entertainment.  Needless the say the bike is still in the garage unridden.   Let's just say Cooper doesn't like to try new things unless it's on his terms and his decision.  So we'll see...this bike may end up fitting Isabel before Cooper even tries it!  

We had a pizza party that night with (most of) the Leggetts, Roys, and Sargents.  All of the Viriginia relatives and Grumma and Grampa Gogo were greatly missed!  Cooper was a great sport as he tolerated Isabel starting to open most of his gifts before he did (notice the little hand grabbing away)!

I think the funniest part of the whole birthday process was then morning after when Cooper came up to me crying saying "Can I be 3 again?"  I asked why and he said "I don't like being 4!"  Like I said before, Cooper's not much for new things.  He likes his comfort zone!  We'll see if he decides he likes being 4 before he turns 5! 

Too Cool for School

A big thanks to Aunt Casey and Grammy for coming up to visit and help out the last 2 weeks!  We loved the visits!

Winter Randoms

Making a snow tunnel at Gramma Net's house. 

Having hot chocolate after making the snow tunnel!  With marshmallows! 

Well, it seems that winter is not ready to leave us in the least.  So I figured I would use this time to post some random pictures from the last 2 months.  We've had a lot of time to play outside.  However, with my expanding belly and dwindling energy levels, my motivation to play with the kids outside is quickly diminishing.   Here's to hoping for the ground hog's prediction of early spring to come true!

No more "Paci"!!!

We had a monumental moment this past Monday.  It was President's Day so Isabel and I had the day off, but Cooper still had school.  It was a nice girl bonding day for us!  We've been a little concerned in the recent past that Isabel has seemed to be more and more attached to her pacifier.  Cooper got rid of his on his own at about 6 months of age as he found his thumb, but Isabel has had to have her pacifier for naps and bedtime for most of her young life.  We decided to try to get rid of the pacifier sooner rather than later so for some reason I felt a sudden urge to start this process.  We had a nice shopping trip in Burlington with Gumma, and decided that Isabel could get a Dora doll (she's currently obsessed with Dora), to sleep with in  substitution for her pacifier.  While in the store as I described our new plan, Isabel started to cry and ask for her pacifier.  It didn't last for long, but I certainly had my doubts.  But I was not going to give up easily, so when we got home, I explained things again and we seemed to have a break through moment when Isabel got on board with the plan.  

I'm happy to report that this has been a remarkably easy transition for us.  Isabel has only once asked for her pacifier but was easily distracted.  She truly is getting to be a big girl which makes her mommy a little sad.  She loves to call herself "Big Girl" now.  If only we can convince her that big girls go pee and poop in the potty, then we'll be all set!  

Quinn Family Band