Easter 2012

This year for Easter the "Baby Momma's" decided to do an Easter egg hunt for playgroup. We each brought a dozen eggs, and filled them with different things. Gold fish, fruit snacks, stickers, cheerios, dried fruit. We hid them at the park and then let the kids search them out. They had a blast, and I'm sure we will do it again next year.

 Here is Peter showing me his stash of eggs. After a while I had him help the little kids find more eggs. He was so sweet about helping them.

 Tara brought confetti eggs for the kids to smash. They were a BIG hit.

 Of course my son goes for the candy eggs first!!!

 On Easter morning Peter was surprised with an Easter Basket. It had a new "Lightening McQueen" swim suit, Veggie Tales "Robin Good," and eggs filled with candy, dried fruit and goldfish.

The sweet girls across the street hid Easter eggs in our yard for Peter. It was so sweet, and he LOVED finding them. There's a picture of my BIG belly for you.

 Here's the sweet neighbor girls I was talking about.

 We also did an Easter egg lunch. I put all of this food.............

 .................in these eggs.

 Playing with your food, what more could a kid ask for.

We had a great Easter this year. I look forward to celebrating next year with two children.

An Interview with a 3 year old.

What is your name?

My names Peter Lynnwood Seale

How old are you?

I'm almost 3.

What color is your hair?

It's blonde hair.

What color are your eyes?

Eyes Blue one.

What is your favorite food?

Fruit Snacks

What is your favorite song?

ABC Song.

What is your favorite color?

"BROWN" ( I think it's actually Red)

What is your favorite animal?

Puppy Dog.

What is your favorite book?

The Bible

What do you like to do with Daddy?

I Play baseball with Daddy.

What do you like to do with Mommy?

I play cars with Mommy.

What is your favorite movie?

Robin Merry Men ( Robin Hood and the Merry Men - New Veggie Tales)

Where is your favorite place to go?

Church.

What's your favorite place to eat?

"I don't know." Me: Is it Chick Fil A? Peter: "Oh Yeah, with the slide."

Peter you have grown so much in the last 6 months. And I have done a terrible job with recording it. So here goes:

You went through a stage where everything ended with an "S." For example: "I can do it all by myselfs."

You are a much better eater now, and I can convince you to eat almost anything if it involves some kind of dip. ie. ketchup or ranch.

You are totally potty trained. We were doing pull ups at night and nap, but just this week you've been waking up completely dry all on your own. We didn't even have to talk to you about it. You can also take yourself to the bathroom, which is GREAT!!!

You've been memorizing scripture really well. It melts my heart to hear your little voice quoting God's word. And I hear that you participate really well in the preschool at church.

You boss the dogs around, which is hilarious. I guess you've been listening to me, and will say "Sit down, RIGHT NOW!" Ha.

You pray for the baby every night. And sometimes will put your hand on my belly, and when I ask what you are doing you say, "I'm feeling the baby." You also have your baby conversation down pat. "The baby is coming in the summer. I'm going to pick up the baby, with Mommy and Daddy's help. You have to be gentle with the baby." Can you tell what he has heard from us. Ha!

You just recently got into baseball. We went to one of our friends kids baseball games, and now that's all he talks about. "I will play baseball when I get bigger." He has a little plastic bat that he hits a ball with, or whatever else he can grab. Usually stuffed animals.

You talk about your birthday all the time. He has a lot of friends who have had birthday party's recently, so I guess it's on his mind. We will be doing his at chick fil a, in which he responds, "Oh the one with the new slide, and the cow." Yep he's excited.

Well I'm sure I'll remember more, and I'll just add it to the list when I think about it. 

We Love you Bubba, and can't wait to see what a GREAT Big Brother you are going to be.

Christmas LONG OVERDUE!!!

So Christmas lasted for about a month for us. My parents came into town from the Big AZ (Arizona). We celebrated Christmas with them over the Thanksgiving holiday, it just lined up better for everyone and there work schedules.

We had Thanksgiving at our house with both sets of family. It was awesome.

On Sunday we celebrated Christmas. We went to church, put up the tree, had a really nice dinner and opened presents.

Peter snuggling on the couch with Paw Paw.

Paw Paw and Grand Mom Pedersen.

Paw Paw and Peter playing the ipad.

Grand Mom and Peter reading a story.

Peter on Grand Mom's bed in the morning.

This looks fun!!!

Peter did a great job decorating the tree. All of the ornaments were only 3 feet off the ground. But it was perfect.

After they went home we immediately left for a wedding in Amarillo. Jon was a groomsman and Peter was the ring bearer. My men looked so HANDSOME.

We stayed with one of Jon's old roommates from college Jeff, and his lovely wife Melanie. It was so fun catching up with them. It felt like old times again, only this time we had 2 1/2 year old entertainment. He was a "HAM" the entire weekend. Jeff loves doing photography, so after the wedding we had him snap some pictures of us. They turned out Great!

Family Shot

Peter being Cute....

.....and Silly!!!

Showing off his shoes.

I Love this handsome guy.

Peter and I spent a lot of time together at the wedding since Jon was a groomsman.

By the Christmas tree.

And in the midst of being so busy, I forgot to blog about the fact that I'm pregnant!!! Ha.

No hiding it here.

Here's our newest addition.

Well that's all for now. I'll post more about pregnancy soon!!! hopefully;)

Pumpkin Patch

Peter and the Pumpkin Patch

Every year my friends and I have taken our kids to the pumpkin patch to get a picture of our playgroup. Over the years our group has changed. Friends have moved away and new precious babies have joined our group. This group has been such a blessing, and I am so glad to have them in our lives. This year marks our 3rd annual "Pumpkin Picture."

2009

Obviously Peter was not having a very good time.

2010

This year he loved the pumpkins. He kept calling them balls, and wanted to pick them all up and throw them. Such a boy.

And all of the babies were now walking, so it was hard trying to keep them stationary.

These are the 3 cuties that all live in the same neighbrhood.

Here is a picture of the full group in 2010. (Seven kids) It was definitely interesting trying to get them all to look at the camera.

Oh wait there's 8. Ansley was in front of one of them. Ha!

And here is our enormous group this year 2011.

Most of the babies from 2009 all have siblings now.

I think I've counted 13 little ones. And apparently Whitney did some pretty GOOD singing to get them all to look at the camera. (I wasn't able to be there, but my sweet friend Monica offered to take Peter.)

And she even got some cute pictures of Peter too. I have the best friends!!!

Do you think he likes to get his picture taken. HA!!!

Sidewalk Paint

We made sidewalk chalk paint. We got the recipe here.

Peter really enjoyed it, meaning.........

It kept him busy for 30 minutes.

That's a long time in the life of a toddler.

Painting Texas.

The evidence.

Here's his new "cheesy face." (Sorry it's blurry)

Paint everywhere. Good thing it's just cornstarch/water and food coloring.

Here's another one of my silly boy. (Shirt Hat)