An Easter Vacay

We spent spring break and Easter weekend on a mini vacay to the grandparents house. More of a vacay for me. Having a few extra hands to help with kiddos is always nice! Especially lately...because if you didn't know, I'm exceptionally pregnant these days.

We spent the week playing in the parks and visiting friends. We took a road trip to the NICU and I totally forgot to take pictures. Duh. But this was the first time we've visited that the kids actually talked to the doctors and nurses which was nice seeing them interact. We baked Easter cookies and obviously had to color some eggs.

It went much better cleaner then it has in the past so I have high hopes for our future in egg coloring.

Easter morning I wanted to take pictures of the kids baskets but a certain little girl found them before I had the chance. Note to self: Next year, take pictures the night before. We went very minimal on the candy and got the kids each 1 new toy. Amelia got a fun Easter hat and purse because, well, she's a girl, and it's fun.

They had some bubbles and small trinkets in their baskets too which were obviously overshadowed by their big gifts.

The gifts, in case you are looking for ideas.
Ferry Boat/Green Toys     Rocket/Green Toys       Princess Chest/Melissa and Doug

We managed to clean everyone up for church and brunch with the family.

The Easter baskets obviously had to be in the picture. They were big hits.

After brunch the kids looked for Easter eggs.

 Then we took a walk around my parents house and rode bikes for the rest of the afternoon since it was the warmest and prettiest day of our entire trip.

The kids all had a blast visiting and enjoying their Easter treats. We came home the day after Easter and we've been back to school and life this week. It's was nice to get away for a few days though before Baby 4 makes her grand appearance in a few weeks! Yikes! We are 1 month away today from FULL TERM! Eeeek! I'm excited to hit 37 weeks and breathe a long sigh of relief. But then I'll just be worried about the delivery. Until I have a nice healthy baby in my arms, I will probably be a little anxious....so don't mind me if I seem a bit nutso if you see me around town anytime soon ;)

Hope everyone is having or had a great spring break and enjoyed their weekend, whether they celebrated Easter, Passover, or just a nice relaxing weekend :)

Monday Funday

Why does Sunday get to have all the fun? We're on spring break over here so we're going to have a fun day! Hope your Monday is going well too!

Last week we had stomach bug madness. The kids luckily, got sick and bounced back like nothing even happened. Quite literally. Ben got sick walking down the steps and went in the kitchen and ate a big bowl of applesauce. Clearly, he was quite ill. But preggers me got the sickest. Figures. I survived though and without a trip to labor and delivery! Win! I was nervous dehydration this far along would go bad quickly but I chugged the liquids as much as I could and managed to not get dehydrated enough to go to the hospital. I'll thank my many puking days with the twins for how to handle staying hydrated during pregnancy and nausea.

So this week we are enjoying our spring break! Relaxing a bit. Sleeping in...just kidding...my kids don't sleep in.

We took the week off of therapy for Jackson too so it's nice to get a break from appointments. We're getting in a few Easter events, especially the mandatory bunny visit. It went about as well as last year. I'm hiding in the back, holding the boys, since they wouldn't get close to the bunny. A enjoyed seeing the bunny though.

They also had a "practice" area for the kids who were scared of the bunny and we ended up with a super cute spring picture of the 3 kids from that. So, overall, we'll call it a win.

The mall also has a holiday themed train ride. Guess which activity the boys preferred...

2 rides on the train. Obviously necessary.

Hope you have a good week! If you're looking for a fun activity to do this week, here's a fun natural easter egg dye craft! Enjoy ;)