Easter part II

After the kids found all the eggs at home we went up to Gloucester for brunch. I don't think I can remember the weather ever being this nice on Easter. It was fantastic. This was also the first Easter in Paula and Ricky's amazing new kitchen.

This is Gavin with his Grandma. At 15 months he weighs MORE than my three year old boy!

And his beautiful twin sister Gracie

Jackson just loves to play with kids. He's not shy and just gets right in there. Cousin Perri was his buddy for the day. He followed her everywhere she went. At one point we were worried because we hadn't seen Jackson in a while. Turns out he and Perri were hiding in the garage. And he says her name (and mine...) so cute! It's like Peeri. He is so damn cute!!

Sophia at her first Easter...

When they started the egg hunt I knew Jackson was going to open the eggs to see what was inside of them. And he did. The first one he found he opened immediately, saw there was nothing in it and tossed it to the ground. I got him to go find more though.

Maddie and Cousin Jill jumping rope...

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Easter morning

After the kids went to bed I hid eggs around the house. In the morning we woke up to Jackson standing at our bed holding an egg (I had left some in their room too). So we got up to get Maddie. When I was on my way to the living room I heard little footsteps scampering all over the place. Madison had already been up and was picking up the eggs and running them into the playroom. She had found ALL of them.

Maddie tried to feed Jackson a marshmallow duck.

Impromptu block party

The day before Easter we went down to Chris's parents' house. The weather was unbelievable so all of the adults got chairs, sat in the driveway and drank beers with the neighbors. All of the kids rode bikes and scooters, played ball, and drew with chalk. Mike and Kristen were there too so we even had a pack and play set up in the driveway. It was really classy :-) It was a great day though.

Jackson was so hot that he didn't want his shirt on and by this point he was exhausted so he was just chillin in the driveway.

A potty day!

Today was awesome. Chris came home for lunch and got to talking about
them sitting on their potties. He got them out and they were both
excited to sit. Anytime I ask they run into the other room. So they
both sat there for a while. Jackson kept pushing and his face would
get all red and he'd say, "I peed!!". Neither of us really believed
him because he kept saying it. Eventually maddie didn't want to sit
anymore so she got up and got a diaper on. Then Chris told them that
if they went on the potty that they could have his chocolate Easter
bunny. Jackson said, "I already did!". So we had him stand up and
sure enough there was poop and pee in there!!!!! I was so proud of
him I teared up. We jumped all around and hugged him and gave him a
bite of the bunny. Then I took him in the bathroom so he could flush
the stuff down the toilet. I think he was more excited about that
than the chocolate. Once maddie saw the fuss that was made she said
ahe wanted to try again but had no luck. After Jackson went on the
potty I put him in underwear. About 20 minutes later he said he needed
to go so he pulled down his underwear all by himself, sat on the potty
and peed again!!! After that he just stayed naked because after
dumping the pee and rinsing out the potty he would immediately run
back into the living room and sit on the potty again to squeeze out a
little bit more so he could go dump and clean it again. He must have
done that at least ten times. The whole time he was doing that maddie
was following him in and out of the bathroom. Eventually she said she
needed to go so I took off her diaper and she peed!!! She got to
clean it out, have some chocolate and got to wear underwear. A little
while later she said she needed to go again and sat on the potty
without taking her underwear down! So that was a little messy. I got
her new underwear and a little while later she had an accident in her
room all over the rug and some clothes that were on the floor.
Meanwhile Jackson is still squeezing every bit of pee out of his
bladder he can. Jackson ended up going from 12-6 with no diaper on. I
am so proud of them!!!!!