The Jumpy Place

We have so many fun things for the kids to do here in New Braunfels. We are very fortunate. Today we are spending time at The Jumpy Place. We met our K16 friends (the ones who are Remington's age and will be starting school in 2016) here this morning. We all brought lunches, and us moms were able to socialize while the kids played. Our friends have left for naps and/errands, but the boys and I are still here as Baylor fell asleep in the Ergo a while ago. We will stay until he wakes up so we don't interrupt his nap. It's also nice to have a moment to myself!

And just when I thought I had a moment to myself...

Happy Easter

I hope you all had a happy Easter. Ours was nice but busy. It was a whole weekend's worth of activities plus a couple play dates with our friends the week before. 

We had a party with our mom's group with a potluck lunch, egg hunting, crafts, and playing. We also had an egg hunt lunch with friends where each kid brought eggs filled with food items. The moms signed up for the food ahead of time to make sure we had a balanced lunch (we brought carrots). One mom hid the eggs, the kids got to find them, and then we sat down to open our eggs and eat lunch. 

The older boys and I dyed eggs Thursday evening. We made Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle eggs.  Very cool!

We spent Good Friday with my dad, Joyce, and Kate. They came up to visit us. We went to lunch, visited the Easter bunny at 2tarts (our favorite bakery), and played and egg hunted at the house. 

We drove in to Yoakum on Saturday for Easter with the Wyatts. We made a quick detour to Gruene on the way as the Easter bunny was visiting our favorite bookstore and I had told the owner, an acquaintance of mine, that we would attend. At the time, it seemed a bit repetitive since we had just seen a bunny the previous day, but the boys were excited. And I am so glad that we did - Dustin was able to get a great picture of all three boys smiling on the bunny's lap. So it was well worth it. We then drove to DeDe's house. Dustin's parents, Terry and Andy, DeDe, and Granny Ehlers were there. We had lunch, the boys got to hunt a few eggs, and we also were able to visit my Granny Hahn that day. 

Then on Sunday, we drove into Yoakum again for our final Easter celebration. We spent the afternoon at Grandma and Grandpa's house dying eggs, eating lunch, playing with cousins, and hunting eggs. It was fun and we had a good turnout. Our on way home that afternoon, we swung by The River Place. I had packed swimsuits for the kids so they changed into that and we all put our Crocs on. The boys splashed in the water while Baylor and I watched and Dustin fished. 

It was a really busy weekend, but it's nice to see and spend time with family. It's funny how the kids perceive it though, as Southern asked if the following day would still be Easter. In his eyes, Easter lasted longer than just one day. We spent a few days celebrating so it was tricky to try to explain the whys and how's and that "Easter Sunday" is really only that one Sunday. We are just very blessed to have so many people in our lives that we can't fit seeing them all into just one day. 

Regional Golf Trip

The kids and I were alone last week while Dustin took the boys golf team on an overnight trip for district. It happened to be on a Monday night, and Mondays are usually hard for me anyway because of Southern's late evening religion class throwing our schedules off. It was even harder as a single parent of these three little guys. So when Dustin announced that one high school boy was advancing to regionals and they would be gone two nights this week, I decided that we should tag along! And it just so happened that the assistant coach was unable to attend so we didn't even have to rent an extra hotel room! We had fun. It was hard being in the cramped hotel room alone with the boys trying to keep them occupied, so we spent most of our days while Dustin was at the golf course out on the town exploring Kerrville. 

We visited the local library, explored the nature center, walked along the river, threw rocks into the water, helped a local naturalist plant wildflower seeds, watched wildlife, ran and walked a lot, went out to eat, visited three different playgrounds, and on our last day there we even visited Daddy at the golf course and Southern and Remington rode along in the cart for the last few holes. And on the way home, we stopped to go fishing. Unfortunately the weather prevented us from going swimming so Southern has requested that we return to that hotel one day to try out the pool. 

Southern Turns 5

Southern Jeffrey Wyatt is now a 5 year old!

At 5 years old, Southern wears size 5/6 clothing, size youth medium socks, and size 12 shoes. He weighs 51 lbs and is 4 feet 2 inches tall (taller than Dustin was at his age). He knows all of his colors, numbers, and ABCs and has a good grasp of animal species knowledge. He can spell his first and last name as well as write them. He likes to draw, write, and color. He loves looking at books but can only read a few words. He knows his hometown but is still working on memorizing our address.

Southern requested macaroni and cheese for his birthday lunch, so we hit the New Braunfels Smokehouse's drive-thru on our way to the park.

Southern after religion class on his birthday. We had Transformer and Decepticon cupcakes for the whole class. (Also pictured is Ambroze, one of Southern's favorite friends)

Southern at Mamacita's on the evening of his birthday

Easter egg hunting as a 5 year old!

Remington, Elise, and Southern working on Easter egg crafts at Cypress Bend Park

Ironman

Southern's 5th Birthday Interview


1. What are some things you like to do?
Play with Transformers Prime, shoot spiderwebs, shoot Spiderman guns


2. What sports do you like?
Tennis, soccer, and that’s all


3. What things do you like to do around the house?
Wear Spiderman costumes, watch Care Bear movies, play with Baylor


4. What are some of your favorite foods?
Macaroni and cheese, cake, marshmallows, corn on the cob, and cookies


5. What do you like to wear?
Spiderman shirts


6. What's your favorite color?
Grey


7. Where are some of your favorite places to go?
Grammy’s house, Target, and that’s all


8. What makes you sad?
When I don’t get to look at my list


9. What do you do when you are sad?
I don’t know


10. What makes you happy?
When I get Transformers Prime toys so fast


11. What do you do when you are happy?
Jump and say “I have the best toys ever!”


12. Who is your best friend?
Elise


13. What is your favorite movie and TV show?
Care Bears


14. What are your favorite books?
Care Bears, Transformers Prime, Spiderman, and that’s all

Bananas

Now that all three boys can eat bananas, we are going through them quickly. In fact, we went through five so far just today!

Golfsmith

We had never been to a Golfsmith store before last week. As the boys and I accompanied Dustin on his shopping trip there, we found ways to entertain ourselves. The large wall of "puppets" kept us busy for awhile. 

And of course the putting green was super fun. 

(You'll have to excuse the blurriness as these were taken on my phone)

The boys and I each left with cool Titleist visors to match Daddy's golf hats.