Hoppy Easter!

Here are the boys dying eggs...















We also got these cool "Color Snaps" that are basically Q-tips with dye inside them. You snap off one end and the dye goes into the other and then you can paint your eggs. Here's Andrew's lovely egg:
















Alex made a heart on his...


















And he even wrote his name on his:














Here are the finished products, handpainted by Alex and Andrew:














Here are the regular dyed eggs all decorated with Easter stickers:














The next morning we went on our traditional Easter basket hunt. This year the Easter Bunny left clues for Andrew to find his basket in the dryer and Alex's was in the oven. In Andrew's basket was a Darth Vader shirt, which he loved!

















After baskets, we headed outside for the egg hunt!













And then later that day we headed over to Nana's where the bunny had left eggs there, too!














Here are my boys all decked out in their Easter finery. Many thanks to Grandma Schoenherr for the adorable outfits! They couldn't look more springy!

Boys Birthday Party

We decided to celebrate Alex and Andrew's birthdays together this year since they are getting older and share a lot of the same interests. This year we went to the indoor water playground at the Monon Center in Carmel since they love to swim so much.

Here are some of our friends having some watery fun:

















Here's Alex coming out of the waterslide...














A rare shot of both of them running through the fountains together...


















Andrew and Katie going down the mini-slide together...












Our big six year old and Nick having some fun together...














After everyone dried off and changed into some clothes, it was cake time!
















One of the birthday boys enjoying his Jedi cake...













...and the other birthday boy enjoying his cake!




















Then it was onto presents! By far, the best present opened was the Star Wars Light Sabers, given by Grandpa and Granma Schoenherr. They light up and make the light saber sounds and everything!
















"I shall call her 'Excaliber'..." Ha haha! Andrew was so excited about his green saber!

Of course an epic Jedi duel broke out almost immediately...
















Even the Youngling Sophie got in on the action!

Westfield Easter Egg Hunt!

The Westfield Easter Egg Hunt was held today and the boys had a BALL! Here's Alex before the hunt began--you can sort of see the eggs on the ground behind him...














AND THEY'RE OFF! Here are the kids making their inital dive for the eggs...














It somewhat resembled a swarm of locusts! They had that field bare in less than a minute!




























Andrew and Daddy were in the 3 - 4 year old area (they separate the kids by age) so I wasn't able to get pictures of Andrew hunting but here he is with his swag.


















He was so thrilled to get the candy!

Alex is SIX!

Our Alex turned 6 on the 23rd! He had a little classroom celebration, complete with hat, song and cookies with "6" on them. (Or "9" if you turned it upside down, as one little girl said!)















Back at home, we had a small family celebration with cake and a dinner designed by the birthday boy himself. Everyone got to enjoy hot dogs and mac and cheese--yum!

















He got to open some of his birthday presents. The favorite was the Phineas and Ferb DS game...













...although the Star Wars Lego set came pretty close, too! Notice he still has the hat on--he really liked wearing it! Happy birthday Alex!

Big 10 Tournament

Nick decided to take Alex to cheer on the Boilers during the Big 10 Tournament last weekend.

Here is our little Boilermaker all decked out in this black-and-gold finest:













He was very excited to be at Conseco Fieldhouse--so big!













A little glimpse of the action:













The game was over way past his bedtime so of course our little guy fell asleep on the way home. What a fun night out with dad, though!