The Indoctrination...

...has begun...and I'm not talking about Texas A&M...

I have to admit, we're pretty excited!

Easter Weekend

Well, we sure had a fun filled Easter weekend.  It was jam packed with family cookouts, egg dying, egg hunting, water balloon fights, water gun fights and of course, church.  Here are a few pictures from our Easter weekend - enjoy!

Saturday we had both Nanas and Papas over for a little cookout and egg dying.  We always have real eggs (maybe because I love egg salad?) and a few plastic eggs that we stuffed this year with cars and dinosaurs.

As you can see, Will thoroughly enjoyed coloring eggs this year...we tried something a little new - a roller paint set....

And of course, the traditional dipping of eggs with smelly vinegar...

When it was all said and done, Will was a mess...

But the eggs were marvelous!  All lucky 13 of them :)

Sunday morning, we were off to church...isn't he adorable?  This is his very first Polo shirt - I almost couldn't handle the price tag for a 2, yes 2T.  And I practically had to bribe him to wear 'real shorts' as he is so accustomed to wearing gym shorts, or 'soft shorts' on the weekends.  Here he's wearing some 18 month shorts we pulled out of the dresser (will this kid ever put on weight)?  

After church, we opened up our Easter baskets, then the egg hunt was ON!

After the hunt, we snapped some family photos - then it was nap time...

 

Once we were all rested, things got really crazy...

Will got into his Easter toys (water balloons and squirt guns)

Things started really innocently with Will and Billy gently rolling the balloons back and forth...

Before we knew it - Will was throwing them indiscriminately at all of us!

 No one was safe, everyone ran for cover!

Then he moved on to the water guns (I'm not sure if this is a face of anger or his best Easter bunny impersonation, either way, it is adorable!)

And finally, he pulled out all the stops by going to the water hose...

We had a really Happy Easter this year and are so thankful all of the grandparents were here!

Good Times With Nana and Papa

Well, Nana and Papa are winding down their vacation time with us, but we are still going full steam ahead!  We have been really really busy...

Using a dolly as a go cart...

Washing my car...

And of course...going skating!

First we warmed up by walking around offˆ the ice...

Then hit the ice for some practice and fun!

We even went for a little spin :)

Will the Gymnast

So usually, I am the one bragging about my little man...I admit...I do...because I am so proud of him in so many ways!  Well, this time, I have someone else doing the bragging for me...Will's gymnastics coach, Miss Jackie!  Check out the clip below from our session Monday.  He's my little star!  With balance skills like this, he'll be a great figure skater!  Just kidding Papa Dave...he'll be playing hockey, don't worry :)

Our trip to SeaWorld! (warning - this is a long post haha!)

Well, we finally did it .... we packed everyone up Friday afternoon and drove to San Antonio!  As soon as we got into town, we hit the Dinosaur Quest Museum.  It was a huge hit (as could be expected - we are talking about Will after all!).  If you haven't been, and are the parent of a dinosaur lover, I would highly recommend it!  Check out their link:  http://www.dinosaur-quest.com/index.html.  Here are a few pictures of Will in the exhibit!

Friday night we ate at the Rainforest Cafe and stopped by our favorite ice cream shop on The Riverwalk to celebrate Will's birthday with Nana Julie and Papa Dave.  Will ordered a scoop of Birthday Cake ice cream and ate about...eh...one bite as usual (luckily I was there to eat the rest!)

Then we walked over to the Alamo....and visited with some horses that were taking tourists for carriage rides.

Finally, we were off to the hotel...where we had a couple of firsts.

1. Will's first late night out (I don't think he got to bed until after 10pm!)
2. Will's first bath in a hotel tub (ick, I almost didn't allow this!) 
3. Will's first time to sleep in the same bed as ME!  He politely asked if I could sleep with him and if I could hold his hand while we fell asleep....how cute!  

Saturday morning we went to SeaWorld where Will got to see some really cool animals:  Penguins, Sea Lions, Orcas, Sharks, Walruses, Otters and more!  We watched some shows, fed some dolphins and watched some roller coasters go zooming by!  Here are a few of the great pictures (ok, there are a lot of them) of our time spent at SeaWorld.  We can't wait to go back!

Here Will is watching all the sea lions swimming in their big pool...

 

This was probably our favorite show - Will and I liked the walrus the best...  

 

This is Will's reaction as he witnessed his first roller coaster - I dread the day he's tall enough to ride one!

 

Nana Julie and Papa Dave had a ton of fun while we were there...

Perhaps too much fun!

One little happy family :)

Here we are at the Believe Exhibit - you see Shamu in the background?  

This was the show stopper - Will's favorite thing from the whole trip

My favorite part was feeding the dolphins...

And of course we ALL loved the shark exhibit...

We can't wait to go back in the Fall!

 

Busy busy busy!

I know it has been a while since my last post!  Here is what we have been up to lately...

Nana Julie and Papa Dave have arrived!!!  And you know what that means...we will be busy busy busy doing all kinds of cool things while they are here!  The first weekend they were here we wanted to do something really special...so we thought and thought...zoo or aquarium, zoo or aquarium?

We decided to take him to the FABULOUS Houston Aquarium!

Where else can you bring a boy who knows the difference between a Lemon Shark and a Tiger Shark? 

A little boy who knows what a Wobbegong Shark is and that an octopus has eight tentacles? 

A little boy who knows that sharks don't have bones, but are made of cartilage, and so is his nose? 

*You may be wondering why you don't see Billy in these pictures....more on that later! 

Houston weather has been beautiful and windy... perfect for flying kites!  Papa and Nana brought their awesome trick kite from Michigan and Will and Papa did loop-d-loo after loop-d-loo!

Lastly, one of Will's newest activities is gymnastics - he's one of the youngest in his class but sure tries hard!

Three Year Old Checkup

Will had his 3 year old check up this week...I have a few pictures I think represent his metrics pretty well - take a look!

Height:  At 3'2"= 56th percentile, he's pretty long and lanky (still wears shorts that are size 18 months) and they are getting pretty short on him so we may need to have Nana Rosie take in the wastes on some 2Ts...yes 2Ts.

Weight: 27.8lbs = 10th percentile! (I weighed MORE than him when I was 3!)  I PROMISE I feed him!  Going out on a limb here, I know, but I think he might make a pretty good swimmer with a frame like that!

Head: 20 inches, we weren't given a percentile on this - but I estimate it to be perfect.   Check out his noggin below!  :).  There sure is a lot going on in that head of his - just to name a few, he is a huge bookworm, is spelling words as big as "television", tracing his letters and of course is still obsessed with dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes - his dinosaur collection is getting out of control!

All those measurements and metrics aside though, in my opinion, if pediatricians knew anything, they would gauge a child's growth by the size of their smiles - and our kiddo sure has a big one!