An Easter EGGstravaganza

My mom and I took a whole bunch of kids to an Easter egg hunt.  And, we surprisingly kept up with them the whole time most of the time!

Carter and Charlie's hunt was first.  Carter knew just what to do!  He was an awesome egg hunter!!!

Grace was a great big sister; she helped keep up with Carter's bucket while he knocked other kids down to get to those eggs!

Tripp loved helping Charlie hunt eggs...sweet brothers!

I LOVE this!  How did these kids get so big?  I wonder what those girls are talking about!?!

Next, it was time for the big kids' hunt.

I think the awesome egg hunter ability is genetic!  'Cause she found a TON of eggs too!

They were so proud of themselves!

Checking out the loot!

After cooling down in the shade (the high today was 84), we headed to the petting farm.  This was definitely Lily's favorite part!  She fell in love with this cute little baby goat! 

Carter liked being around the animals, but he was not a big fan of touching them!

Charlie hung out with this hairy pig for a long time!

Even though, he loved the egg hunt and the animals; he really loved this basketball game!  This is where he wanted to be the entire time!

true love!

And, this is where Grace wanted to be!

We visited with the Easter Bunny and then...

 ...it was time to go!

We had an EGGciting day!!!

my first babies

my mom just found my first baby doll and sent it home with us.

now, my first baby can play with my other first baby!

a girl is

innocence playing in the mud,

beauty standing on its head, and

motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

~allan beck~

What A Kick!

We have had some awesome weather lately, so we went to the soccer field at John's school and played a little soccer.  Carter was in heaven...an open field to run in and BALLS galore!

Grace was the goalie...she wanted to use her hands!

John got to share his love with us all.

Grace cannot be outside for more than 5 seconds without taking a water break!  Crazy girl...there was probably a time when she was 18 months old and we were playing outside and I gave her a bottle of water.  Now, that is what HAS to be done EVERY time.

"What a kick!"

He is so in love with soccer right now.  He is constantly kicking a soccer ball or looking for one to kick and he is actually pretty good at it!

Anybody want to play the Jacobs' family in a game of soccer?  We'd love to take you on!

cousins make the BEST friends

During spring break, we had a play date with some of our favorite cousins, the Taylor boys!

Grace and Tripp love each other so much!

And...Steph and I are trying so hard to get these two to love each other so much!  Charlie and Carter actually noticed each other and kinda played together for a minute!

We ❤ our cousins!

Happy Spring

For as the earth brings

forth its bud,

As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,

So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

~Isaiah 61:11~

a sprinkle of spring

While on spring break last week, after I cleaned/picked up, I put a little "spring" out!

...flowers, eggs, bunnies, birds, butterflies, pinwheels...

I LOVE spring!!!

Don't you?

a boy's toys

Carter's favorite toys right now are...

...wooden blocks...

He loves to stack & clap, stack & clap.

...puppies...

He has always loved his puppy lovey, but now he has found another puppy (one for each arm). 

...perfume and nail polish bottles...

He gets these out of my bathroom cabinet ALL the time.  He just carries them around until someone takes them away (He has broken 2 nail polish bottles!)  Check out his hair!  He had just gotten out of the tub.  Curls!  Curls!  Curls!

...a swing...

He is usually happy.  Ha!

...beads and tiaras...

He loves to play in his big sister's room with her toys!

...a cup and a spoon...

He LOVES stirring!

...this microphone stand...

This stand is always taken apart in about 7 pieces.  This is usually the first thing he goes to in Grace's room.

...any and every ball or object that looks like a ball...

Carter's true love right now is a ball!  He is getting really good at kicking his soccer ball.

This boy loves to play and he is getting pretty good at it!

This momma loves this boy and she is getting pretty good at it!

Happy Leprechaun Day!!!

The whole Jacobs family worked together on this leprechaun trap and I think it turned out pretty cute!

We were going to build a ladder out of sticks, but we don't have any sticks (weird, I know).  So, we used the staircase from Grace's dollhouse.  Grace also made the leprechaun a picture (it was just an excuse to use more glitter).

Now, that the trap was set, we decided to invite Kenny, Beth, and Lily over for a dinner/mini St. Patty's Day party.  Grace set the kids' table and was very proud of her design!

On the kids' menu were these super cute leprechaun quesadillas and rainbow fruit kabobs.  I found the idea here.

"It is 'licious!"

Carter had a shamrock quesadilla and he actually ate it and a couple of leprechaun hat quesadillas! SHOCKING!

We had steak and baked potatoes...that's Irish right?  After dinner, we went outside to play.

When we came back inside, Freckles O'Rainbowchaser had come back!

He made messes again!

He played his usual tricks!

Carter was not so sure about how his puppy got up there!

And, what do you know?  We caught Freckles' sock...again!

Lily and Grace were super excited to check the trap and see if we had caught a leprechaun!

Mr. O'Rainbowchaser was not in the trap, but he did leave us some "treasures!"

"WOO-HOO!!!"

Then the kids pretended to be leprechauns...too funny and pretty cute!

Lastly, we had "Magical Shamrock Potion" for 'zert. (Put a scoop of lime sherbet in a glass, pour in some Sprite, and add some rainbow sprinkles!)

We had a fun time and hope you have a Happy Leprechaun Day!!!