Easter House

Owen LOVED decorating a gingerbread house for Christmas, even though he made me do most of the actual decorating...so, I saw an Easter bunny house decorating kit in the store the week before Easter and bought it, with plans to decorate it with Owen some time that week during Eric's nap. :)

We just got around to it today. . . better late than never!

Owen is a stickler for following directions, so the "path" and "flowers" were very important to him because they were in the picture on the box. I was a little worried when he kept talking about them that he would be upset that we didn't have fake grass to put down around them (the professionals on the box cover did, of course!), but he took it pretty well.

Except for candy placement, these are the only parts he was actively involved in! In the picture below he is "walking the path." He wanted to make sure that I included that picture in the blog so everyone could see it. ;-P

funny clothes

Back when Owen was born, Shea made a lot of jokes about the plain white Gerber onesies being "wife-beaters." His explanation of this term was that in movies, men who beat their wives often did it while wearing only their white undershirt, which was usually the sleeveless kind to show off their arm muscles. He says this is a common term, although I had never heard it before Shea...

Apparently neither had one of our friends, who thought it was hilarious! So funny, in fact, that she gave us a sleeveless version of the Gerber onesie (she could only find it in blue) at my baby shower for Eric.

When Eric was a little baby, it was really just cute on him, no hint of the "wife-beater" style, but now that he is a little bigger and I paired it with regular pajama pants last night because of the between weather. . . well, you can see the movie image a little, right???

:)

Easter - part 2

We took a weekend trip to visit Owen and Eric's cousins Bryce and Mia for the Easter holiday. Their cousin Tabitha was able to make the trip, too, so we got all of the cousins on that side together for the holiday! :) Owen and Eric had a great time visiting, playing, and finding eggs filled with candy, of course!

Easter - part 1

We did a small Easter Egg hunt today with Paddy and Parker at our house. Eric was napping for the actual hunt, but we did get him to pose for a picture with everyone after the hunt.

Eric's first haircut

Eric's hair is a little different than Owen's hair. . .

. . . at not quite 14 months, it is already a bit stringy, and has been growing into quite a mullet over the last several months, whereas Owen's hair at 18 months was still pretty manageable and pretty even all around.

We tried to wait until Eric was 18 months old so he could do his first haircut at the same age his brother did, but Eric kept smushing food into his hair, making the stringiness and mullet look more noticeable instead of less. ;-P

So, here are the pictures of his first haircut, done today by a professional to make sure that I didn't accidentally overcut, especially since his hair is pretty fine as well. :)

Post haircut:

I am also posting the pictures of Owen's first haircut at the bottom of this posting so you can compare. I didn't really think Owen and Eric looked that much alike when Eric was first born, but they do seem to be growing closer in looks as Eric ages!

Owen's pre-haircut images (18 months old):

Owen's post-haircut images:

Day 2 of SNOW!

I measured a few different areas of the snow that fell yesterday -- here is the deepest area that I measured. The snow ranged from 7 to almost 10 inches deep throughout the yard. Wow!

This morning, Owen and I made a real snowman in the back yard. Here are some Owen-style poses with Mr. Snowman.

Finally, Eric did make it out for a little while today, and was a little happier to be out there. :) I think that his unhappiness yesterday was more about not being used to the snowsuit that keeps him mostly immobile, rather than the cold or snow.