Crawfish!

We had a crawfish boil with some old friends last night and the kiddos enjoyed torturing the poor crawfish and keeping the adults entertained. I never know what to expect with these two but, as usual, they didn't fail to keep us laughing.

First he played with them

Then he cooked them

Then he devoured them

She did the "typical girl" screech when it came to holding the live ones but obviously had no qualms about the ones that had been cooked.

But she's not much of a crawfish fan and went with sausage instead.

Another haircut!

It's amazing to me how haircuts can make my babies look totally different.

Before

After

A few new Seuss additions!

Baby bedding

So my Saturday was spent sewing and constructing Sydney's crib bumpers. Aaron's mom was kind enough to drive down and help me and there is absolutely NO way I could have done it alone. She kept us rolling and did all the cutting and pinning. I did most of the sewing but I'll hardly take the credit for the finished product. We ended up using all the fabrics I bought and the final result is rather busy but I think it will look great once it's all together and in the crib.

Sewing a basting stitch for the ruffles

Close up of the finished ruffles

All done!!

Hibiscus

I just love these flowering plants! They make me think of a remote, tropical place so bright and beautiful! When I was pregnant with Hannah and Aidan, I had this pitiful tiny little hibiscus that sat out front. The day we went for our 20 week ultrasound and discovered we would be the parents of TWO babies that plant had two blooms on it for the first time ever. Definitely one of those "God wink" occurrences and I sure wish I knew what I did with the photos. This year I decided to get a hibiscus tree and I've been trying to protect the poor thing from the crazy winds we've had lately. Sam's had orange, pink and red and although I LOVE pink, I decided to go with orange because they're just so darn pretty. Well imagine my surprise when I walked outside yesterday and saw both orange AND bright pink!!

Bathroom redo Seuss-style!

Since I don't have enough going on right now, I thought I'd throw in redoing the kids/guest bathroom. I loved Pottery Barn Kids' Dr. Seuss stuff but $30 or $40 for a shower curtain just seems a little silly to me. So I took the idea and decided to run with it. I got the shower curtain and a few other things at Target but I'm determined to make as much of the decor as possible.

This past weekend I sewed the ties for the shower curtain rings and painted the polka dot canvas which I'll be added a Dr. Seuss quote to. It's still very much a work in progress but I'm happy with it so far.

Easter weekend

We were blessed to have family visiting this past weekend to join us for Easter festivities. Aaron smoked a DELISH pork shoulder and everyone kept busy with sanding furniture for the nursery, shopping, snocones, jumping on the trampoline, yummy meals, an easter egg hunt and lots of pictures. Saturday morning, we took Hannah and Aidan to a park here in Hutto for the community. They were so overwhelmed by the mass of children running towards them to snatch up candy that they just clung to one another and managed to pick up a few pieces of candy each. I was so thankful I caught these moments on camera because it's one of THE sweetest things I've ever witnessed my children do.

As sweet as it was to witness them stick together in a "tough" situation, it was even more sweet to hear them retell the REAL reason we celebrate on Easter morning. We're pretty open about Santa and the Easter bunny being just for fun/pretend but the kids still enjoy the worldly traditions of eggs, candy and presents. It's so wonderful to see them always come back to Jesus and how important He is.

Easter is also one time of year that I try to coordinate all of us in matching attire. Since the weather was yucky we weren't able to get any great pictures outside but managed a few good ones indoors despite the cruddy lighting.