An Eggciting Day!

Easter treats were ready for the boys to find at breakfast!

Paw Patrol Bucket: Bunny fruit snacks, chocolate bunnies, stretchy dinos, lightsaber glowstick, bubble gun and a new "Blaze" DVD!

Star Wars Bucket: same stuff except "Alvin and the Chipmunks 2"

Ready to hunt for some eggs!

"Traditional" Easter dinner: Brisket, kugel (with a new pretzel topping!) and cinnamon jello

When Mommy and Daddy make you eat dinner at 4:15, so they are finished and cleaned up before the big game starts, you score a movie and snacks before bed!

Very Valentine-y

All the fixings to make Valentine's treats for school!

A little Starbucks pick me up for the teachers on the day of sugar highs for the children ;)

Cute bags with special pictures!

I had never heard of Valentine boxes!  Apparently, it's a big "thing!"  Jackson had an assignment to make one to bring to school to collect Valentine's, and after some time on Pinterest, we settled on this basketball box!

Mini strawberry cupcakes for Jackson's class :)

Checking out the Valentine treats

Graham checking out his

Yummy chocolates, Cupid Corn, and a new Star Wars car

A box of chocolates just for Graham, Cupid Corn and a Blaze truck!

Jackson LOVES watching our Amaryllis flowers grown each winter!

Guess how much Graham wanted to take this picture?  I cannot get over his face!!!

We took Daddy to the new library to play and hang out before going out to dinner for our traditional Qdoba Valentine dinner!

A MUCH happier photo shoot!

Check out our cute Valentine's Day shirts!

Brothers :)

First Day Hike and Wizard of Oz Playground

It was a wee bit painful to get up and going so early on January 1st after staying up late, BUT, we did it and got out to participate in First Day Hikes!  First Day Hikes is an initiative led by State Parks to encourage people to get outside!  We went to Mason Neck State Park for our hike and had a great time!  The weather continues to be strangely pleasant...!  

After we finished our hike in Mason Neck, we went to a couple of other parks to find caches and play on the playgrounds :)

For our last day of Winter Break, we took a really fun adventure to Watkins Regional Park that features a Wizard of Oz themed playground!  It was amazing!  We worked it out for Jackson to watch the movie before we went :)

Scarecrow pointing conflicting directions

Ruby Slippers sticking out from the house

Flying Monkeys climbing ropes

Emerald City play structure

The Emerald City even had a firepole for Graham!

Munchkinland Climbing

Graham was proud of himself for climbing on top, but he was also very unsure of his balance!

Ruby Slipper Slide!!!

Broomstick Bench

We brought a picnic lunch, which we enjoyed at the picnic tables in the nice weather.  Josh and Jackson went off to find a cache while Graham and I finished eating.  After we played some more, we walked to the nearby nature center and visited lots of animals!  It was a great little break from the playground, and we especially enjoyed the decorations on this beautiful tree!  We played for a while longer on the playground before heading home.  What a fun discovery!