Easter 2010....Rewind

I have been really bad about blogging and taking pictures lately. My only excuse is that Ian has been sick for about 2 and a half weeks and no one wants to see or hear about a grouchy, snotty noses boy! Thankfully Ian did not share the germs and the rest of us stayed healthy. :) Also, in all my preparations for Ian's birthday, I neglected to write about our great Easter trip to Northern Virginia! Dan had a conference in Singapore for the week after Easter and Emma was out of school, so instead of taking the long plane ride to the far east, I decided to brave it for the shorter (but still long with 2 kids by yourself) flight East to Virginia. We stayed with Nana and B-pa and had a great time visiting friends and family!
On the Saturday before Easter, Emma and Ian got to go to 2 easter egg hunts. The first was being held by our former Sunday school class...

Emma cleaned up at the egg hunt

But she did share a few with Ian
The second egg hunt was at my parent's church. There was a giant inflatable slide as well as games, too.

Emma shared some of her prizes with Ian, too
After the egg hunts, Emma got to color some easter eggs

and have a tea party....

With g-pa

On Easter Sunday, we went to church with Nana and G-pa

Ian all dressed up

Emma in her Easter dress

Emma
After naps, we headed off the lake in my parent's neighborhood to play at the beach. I was not sure how Ian would like the sand and the water....But he Loved it!

Standing with Nana

Testing the water

Sand!

Emma had a great time, too
On Monday, we visited with our friends, the Scotts. Emma got to hold new baby William

She also had a great time playing with her good friend Sydney
We also got to visit one of my friends who had twins in October. We had a great lunch and then some playtime

Emma had a great time playing with the girls and has now asked if she can have a baby sister. I am sorry to tell her that the answer is a definite no :)
We also go to visit with Great Grandma and Aunt Connie and Uncle Brad for a few days, too. We had a wonderful trip! Thank you Nana and G-pa for putting up and entertaining up for the week

Ian's Birthday

We had a great weekend celebrating Ian's first birthday. On Friday morning, Ian got to open a few cards he had received

Then we headed out to meet some friends at a local park and zoo. We had a fun time exploring...So fun that we came home and Ian took a long nap. We headed out to dinner and came back home for a special treat...

Cupcake!

"Are you sure this is for me???"

"Okay! Let me at it!"

Things got a little messy

And Ian could not believe that he was all done!
On Sunday, we had some friends over for a bar-b-que and cake

The big kids picniced outside

While Ian ate his hot dog inside with a friend

Even Baby Hannah got to come celebrate

Ian got excited when he saw....More Cake!

Singing Happy Birthday

A little less messy this time

Yummy!

Time for presents....Ian wanted nothing to do with this mob of present openers. He had a lot of helpers!

One!

It is hard to believe that one year ago today, this little man entered our lives! Happy birthday sweet Ian.

America the Beautiful

Emma has been practicing a very special song the last few weeks for her school's international day! She now knows all the words to America the Beautiful. She goes around singing it to whoever will listen. Here is part of their performance:


and here are some pictures from the morning

Emma was really excited

Talking to the little girl next to her

pointing us out in the audience

Doing some hand motions

Here comes peter cottontail

Emma had a little fun with Ian and some bunny ears

Here

Comes

Peter

Cottontail!

March Birthdays

March seems to be a popular month for birthdays is Emma's circle of friends. We attended 2 birthdays this month and had a great time at each one!
The first one was Emma's friend Kaylie

The kids had a great time playing with balloons

Decorating cupcakes

Admiring her work

and eating!

The birthday girl!
Our second party was for Emma's friend Marissa. This was a gymnastics party at a local gym. The kids were run ragged all over the gym for almost 2 hours! Emma had a great time!

Parachute play

Swinging on the rope

Jumping!

Playing in the foam blocks

The whole group with the birthday girl at the top
Emma now wants to take gymnastics and wants a gymnastic birthday party next year!

What's up with Ian

Ian has had a great month. He is now crawling all over the place

and pulling up on everything.

He also sometimes has the courage to let go!


All this moving around makes for a very tired boy!