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On Saturday, we celebrated family Easter. Luckily, the weather was good -the rain held off and the sun even came out. We had good food, even better company but most importantly we had fun! Noah brought in a friend to join in the celebration.
The Easter loot! 
Victoria showing off her new walking skills. 
Some cuddling before dinner. 
Victoria decided she only wanted to cuddle w/her Daddy! 
Eli helping Ty with finding his eggs. 
Ty finding another of his chicks. 
Trevor finding his last bunny egg. 
After Eli found his eggs, he helped Ty find all of his eggs. 
Noah's friend had the one missing egg. Those green frogs just blend right into the garden. But everyone pitched in to find that egg. 
Victoria even joined in the egg hunt. 
Lucas looks a little confused about what to do next. 
Where Noah is the little boys are not to far behind. It is so fun to watch all the cousins interacting. 
Everyone wanted to have a seat to watch all the fun.
Everyone grab a seat and get ready for the first annual Egglympics to begin. Andrew and Jen came up with a ton a fun activities in a Minute to Win Easter style. 
Watching 6 boys try to move an Oreo cookie from their forehead to their mouths using only their facial muscles is quite an interesting site.
Unfortunately Lucas wasn't able to get it in a minute but he sure gave it his best! 
Can you win a soda? Just get the hula hoop around the soda bottle. 
But the best event of the day was the "Junk in the Trunk", the boys had a carpi sun like box strapped to their backside filled w/eggs and a hole inside. The boys had one minute to jump, shake, and dance those eggs out.
Eli and Scott had a great time. And at one point, they even got in crab walk style stance to see if that worked. The oldest boys wanted the rule book checked, but I think they were really mad that they didn't think of it first. 
Can you throw the football into the hoop? Jordan got it in the first time! Way to go! 
Trevor and Ty even joined in the fun but they enjoyed their "bubbles" prize more than the games! 
I think the marshmellow shooter was the hit prize of the day! I will have to remember than that the next time! We had a great time and the Egglympics are definately gonna be an Annual event! After the games, the boys just had a great time tossing the football and/or hula hoop around. And in all our excitement I didn't realize that we had forgotten Tovi's bday. But that post will come later.
Eli had a music program this week. The kids learned about autism and how no one is "normal". The kids really enjoyed learning about the autism spectrum and how different kids can communicate in different ways.
Eli was a dinosaur in the museum "exhibit".
Lucas has gotten really into the Harry Potter Lego sets. He is also reading the books! He got "The Burrow" this week and quickly got to work. Eli enjoyed flipping the catapult while Lucas worked.
So, my BFFs are giving me a hard time about the lack of blog updates . . . so I better do this quickly before Easter, Mother's Day and Life gets ahead of me! We have been busy w/birthdays, school, and more. So here are some pics . . . . 
We enjoyed celebrating Trevor's 4th birthday. He was excited for cake and presents! It is so fun when they enjoy the party as much as we do.
I realize that it is nearly St. Patty's day - but here at last are pics from the boys' Valentine's day party! I think the food that Noah had at his party weighed a TON! Eli enjoyed the sundaes and Lucas made a craft and enjoyed treats esp heart shaped ham/cheese sandwiches!
For those of you who remember, in 5th grade Noah studied a "hero" Jonas Salk, well Eli studied Neil Armstrong. He enjoyed studying the famous astronaut. He found it interesting to learn different facts about him ie his daughter died of cancer when she was two. Eli was nervous about speaking in front of such a large audience and he was first to speak- but he did a FABULOUS job!
Noah has been doing a country report all year. His country is Italy. And Friday was his presentation and "Tacky Tourist" day. The above pic is Noah in his "Tacky Tourist" outfit. Not very tacky, right! I can't blame him - I would have been the same way!
Also, Noah had to make a food from his country, so he chose Tiramisu. We found a recipe for an Easy Tiramisu cake and Noah did a great job of making it all by himself.
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And he got a new tag. It's hard to see but it has M&Ms on it. Eli picked it out but is kind of ironic considering Tovi's bday weekend. Hopefully it will serve as a reminder NEVER to leave things down where Tov can get into them!
Noah
Eli
Lucas
The boys opening their baskets. 
And let the egg hunt begin.
And for a special treat after Easter lunch, I got a cake from Baskin Robbins. It was very yummy! I hope everyone had a great Easter.
The Easter loot! 
Victoria showing off her new walking skills. 
Some cuddling before dinner. 
Victoria decided she only wanted to cuddle w/her Daddy! 
Eli helping Ty with finding his eggs. 
Ty finding another of his chicks. 
Trevor finding his last bunny egg. 
After Eli found his eggs, he helped Ty find all of his eggs. 
Noah's friend had the one missing egg. Those green frogs just blend right into the garden. But everyone pitched in to find that egg. 
Victoria even joined in the egg hunt. 
Lucas looks a little confused about what to do next. 
Where Noah is the little boys are not to far behind. It is so fun to watch all the cousins interacting. 
Everyone wanted to have a seat to watch all the fun.
Everyone grab a seat and get ready for the first annual Egglympics to begin. Andrew and Jen came up with a ton a fun activities in a Minute to Win Easter style. 
Watching 6 boys try to move an Oreo cookie from their forehead to their mouths using only their facial muscles is quite an interesting site.
Unfortunately Lucas wasn't able to get it in a minute but he sure gave it his best! 
Can you win a soda? Just get the hula hoop around the soda bottle. 
But the best event of the day was the "Junk in the Trunk", the boys had a carpi sun like box strapped to their backside filled w/eggs and a hole inside. The boys had one minute to jump, shake, and dance those eggs out.
Eli and Scott had a great time. And at one point, they even got in crab walk style stance to see if that worked. The oldest boys wanted the rule book checked, but I think they were really mad that they didn't think of it first. 
Can you throw the football into the hoop? Jordan got it in the first time! Way to go! 
Trevor and Ty even joined in the fun but they enjoyed their "bubbles" prize more than the games! 
I think the marshmellow shooter was the hit prize of the day! I will have to remember than that the next time! We had a great time and the Egglympics are definately gonna be an Annual event! After the games, the boys just had a great time tossing the football and/or hula hoop around. And in all our excitement I didn't realize that we had forgotten Tovi's bday. But that post will come later.
Lucas is also trying to improve his drawing skills. So here are some pics from his sketch book. He is doing a great job!
Have a great Easter weekend!
Eli was a dinosaur in the museum "exhibit".
We enjoyed celebrating Trevor's 4th birthday. He was excited for cake and presents! It is so fun when they enjoy the party as much as we do. 
Lucas has had fun with the above at school. 
Eli had a choir performance. Noah enjoyed that in one of the songs one of his best friends had to propose. He was quite pleased w/his video! 
And lastly our princess had her first birthday! Her biggest thrill was the tissue paper. She wasn't into her birthday castle cake. But she is a princess afterall. My brother also had a birthday, so we had Victoria's party in the afternoon and Fred's in the evening. Well, hopefully I won't be so delayed w/the updates next time. Have a good week! 
