Egg Hunt #2

Saturday morning before Easter, we got up bright and early, loaded up the wagon with our Easter basket, and headed for the neighborhood amenities center for our first trip to the annual egg hunt.


The signs posted throughout the neighborhood indicated the egg hunt would begin at 9 am, so we left our house at 8:47 and after a brisk walk we rolled up just in time. The eggs were all there, ripe for the picking.

Zachary eyed them with great anticipation.
At about 9:15, we were informed that the egg hunt would actually start at 9:30. Because a crowd of kids presented with a lawnful of brightly colored eggs loves to wait! So with some time to kill, Zach took to the playscape.
Luckily they had food there, so he decided to grab a croissant and do some mingling.
At least there were lots of cute girls there!
Then he decided to practice his modeling poses.

Finally it was time to hunt the eggs! When the whistle blew, Zach beelined straight for the big green ball, making his daddy proud.
How you doin'?
Okay, back to the eggs...
Egg-hunting has become tiresome!
Coming next - dying our eggs...

Egg Hunt #1

This was Zach's first Easter egg hunt, ever. They had it at his school the Thursday before Easter. It did not take long for him to get the hang of it!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Spring break trip

A week or so ago we took a spring break trip to Port Aransas with Aunt Kathleen and Uncle Jim and the boys, and Jim's brother and his family. We had a really nice time - Zach had a ton of fun playing with his cousins at the beach.

This was the view from the balcony of our room...
Zachary learned how to push the elevator buttons and got lots of practice.

Lounging at the pool...
Taking some air on the balcony of Andrew and Reid's room...
Eating cereal with a big boy bowl and spoon...
Relaxing with Daddy in the room...
Helping Daddy move the luggage, another favorite activity!
It was a little foggy at the beach on Friday, but we still had fun.
The boys made this funny face in the sand.
Zach had fun destroying the sand castles Mommy built. :)
It got a little bit chilly so Zach put on mommy's semi-dry shirt to warm up.
Aunt Kathleen really had the right idea!
Thanks Aunt Debbie for sharing the Cheese Nips!
The big boys all went fishing one day and caught a lot of fish, which they fried up for us on Friday night. We had a ton of good food but Zach loved the fish the best.

While we were there, we got to go visit Grandmother and Granddad too. We are lucky to have such a great family!

Thanks to Georgia and her mom and dad for taking care of Tootie for us!

Happy Easter!

Easter Bunny Phobia

Happy Birthday Andrew!!

Crazy Beachy Babies

New shoes!

We have been noticing that it is hard to get Zach's shoes on lately, so on Sunday we took him to the Striderite at the mall to get him fitted again. It turns out his shoes were a full size too small, and he has gone from the 6 he was wearing to a 7 (still extra wide). The shoe lady suggested a 7 1/2 to give some growing room, so he actually gained a size and a half. He was very excited to wear his new shoes home. Here he is with Daddy getting ready for school on St. Patrick's Day yesterday - shoes!! :)

p.s. - He is holding a piece of raisin toast because he slept through breakfast. We still have not quite adjusted to the time change. He still had a scrap of "yummy toast!" when he got to his room at school, causing a small riot amongst the toddlers. We have learned our lesson.

Shoe hound

Zach loves his shoes. He loves to play with them, and he loves to wear them. Here, he had piled them all in a little pyramid in his window by the front door. He also loves this little window - it is the perfect vantage point for him to scope out the neighborhood.

Abercrombie Baby

People watching

Kite Festival

This past Sunday we went to the Zilker Kite Festival. We parked at my office parking garage and walked over to the park on the Lady Bird Lake hike and bike trail. Zachary had so much fun crossing the bridge, seeing all the dogs and birds and people. He took full advantage of the people watching opportunities at the festival! We spread our blanket and had some hot dogs, and Zachary ran around picking up sticks and making friends. It was the windiest day in a long time!








Kites - the aftermath.

Happy Birthday Uncle Jim!

Dear Uncle Jim,

I really like your funny faces. Thanks again for the awesome birthday brisket. Maybe next year I'll get to go up on the roof with you.

Love, Zachary

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Birthday cupcakes!


And how old are you, Zachary?