Boys Will Be Boys

Spring is supposed to mean sun and um planting and flowers and ….cold, icky, winter like rain?

I know I shouldn’t complain about our weather because it’s been a wonderful mild Oregon winter BUT we were getting used to the sun and beautiful weather then BAM here comes the cold wintery rain.  We are talking rain that comes down sideways and then pelts you like ice hitting your legs brrrrrr.

I just want it to warm up some so I can finally work on the gardens and get them ready for planting.  We are adding another garden bed to the backyard and it’s going to be our early season bed because our other cedar bed doesn’t get the full sun we need for early veggies.  But we need to get some decent weather to get back there and cut back the weed fabric and build up the bed a bit with some more soil, plus we need to add more soil to the cedar bed & my herb garden bed.  Oh the dreams of fresh veggies…if this cold snap would go away and let me get to work!

Besides the thoughts of Spring and gardens, we are in the midst of our birthday season.  Braysen’s was March 23rd and he’s now 4!  Hard to believe that 4 years has gone by so quickly.  It’s one of those things people always says “the time goes by fast when you have kids, enjoy every moment.”  Understatement I say, time seriously FLIES!

We have this digital photo frame up on the counter and it cycles through all these cute baby pics of the boys, even their ultrasound pics and I can’t figure out where time went that I now have a daredevil toddler on my hands and a smart funny preschooler entertaining us.

I need to start planning Merrick’s 2nd birthday party.  We are keeping the parties small this year, family & friends really.  It takes away some of that chaos that comes when I plan these huge party blowouts haha.  I just can’t seem to 1/2 ass it.  I just like to throw parties and I spend hours looking at decorations, finding the right theme, deciding on food …I just can’t help it!  I’m a planner!  It’s in my nature.

We just had a nice Easter, despite Merrick throwing up all over me on the day of our neighborhood egg hunt.  I still took Braysen out but Merrick had to miss out on the festivities. It’s funny how you get puked up on when you have kids and you just take the shirt off, put on a new one, grab a steam cleaner and then go about your day until you have to rinse/repeat hehe.  I am always the one thrown up on though, it’s a mom thing I guess!

Luckily Merrick was over his little tummy bug and we had the in-laws over for a wonderful yummy Easter brunch.  I made this sausage egg breakfast quiche, a yogurt & fruit salad and then I made some yummy donut recipe for dessert.  Hank and Pat brought over the ham (which we are still eating haha)  and they picked up our “honey bunny” from our fave bakery (Great Harvest Bread).  The honey bunny bread is becoming a yearly thing for us to get since it’s so cute, shaped like a bunny and perfect for Easter brunch.   The boys of course got some fun stuff from the Easter Bunny in their baskets.

This weekend is full – a birthday party for our neighbors little girl and then we are having friends over that evening for dinner.  Sunday – the boys are being watched so we can head out to look at new couches and redeem my Gymbucks. Hopefully the pickings aren’t too slim for clothes..they both need summer clothes like no other!!!

Well ~ I probably should be productive so I’ll try to post again soon.  I find our schedule to completely exhaust me lately.  Patrick let me take a nap yesterday afternoon, bless his heart.  I slept for like 2 hours or  so and still felt tired.  I’ve just been drained and running out of steam with all that comes with our crazy family schedule!

*I really need to figure out what I did to make my paragraph spacing so close together, it’s driving me nuts!!!*