Guinea pig

A few weeks ago, Elle decided she needed a new pet...as if we do not have enough going on, right? Well, she and I were just talking about it on the way home from school one day and she was just getting more and more excited as we talked about the little ball it could run around in and its name, etc... Well, after we got home, she ran in--of course to tell her Daddy (because we all know how excited he was going to be about it!) as I finished unpacking the car...about 30 seconds later, she came back out in tears..."he said noooo....." she was saying. I explained to her that she would have to show us that she was ready for something like that as Jason was saying, "I don't care what you show me--you're not getting one of those"--which would prompt another tear burst...

Why must men be so insensitive sometimes??

But the best part is the very next day, Elle and I were driving home from school and Jason called--he said that he and Easton were playing...after we hung up, Elle said, "Maybe they are playing with my guinea pig!" When we walked in, she was so disappointed to see there was no guinea pig..

Seriously that is the innocence of a child!

Easton's new mad pose

Easton has this new mad pose that he does when I do anything that he disapproves of...he will cross his little stubby arms in front of him and frow his little brows at me...it is hilarious! I have not been able to capture a real moment at this point, but I was asking him to do it for me and this is what I got:

Easter egg time!

We spent Saturday before Easter coloring Easter eggs and then hunting them in the backyard...Jason recently killed all of the grass in the backyard in order to start over with new grass...but it is a slow process I guess, because it is sad... and easier to see the eggs without all that grass to get in the way!! But the kids had a great time--even though Easton kept stopping to play baseball every few minutes--I guess Jason was at least encouraged that he will like baseball though! I realized I didn't even get pictures of them in their Sunday clothes--so I will have to dress them back up and do that--they both looked so cute! I will post those pictures soon!

Easton's newest war wound

We got a call from the place Easton stays when I am working that he had fallen into the door when he was running and had a big bump...he is very coordinated, but they said that a teacher stepped in front of him when she didn't see him and couldnt get out of the way fast enough...here is the evidence. I hear it looked a lot worse when it first happened, but he was up and playing within just a few minutes, so we left him there to play. He was proud of when he got home!

Elle trying to fill her Daddy's shoes

Elle sure loves her daddy and I came in the room and she was doing this pose...it is really sad when they are so accustomed to taking pictures that they make up their own poses!!

How Easton is sleeping nowadays...

This is how I found Easton this morning...he has been wearing this hat non-stop recently! Jason was so excited about him wanting to wear hats finally that he ordered him a few ball caps--but he won't have anything to do with them--he just wants to wear this "Snoop Dog" hat as we call it! He likes to sleep with his gun every night --just in case he needs it, and he never sleeps without Snoopy...so he was quite a sight in the morning! He is such a mess!

The whole gun thing is outa control!

Okay, so I gave in and let Jason get Easton a few guns a while back, right? And, I have been feeling like we have been able to discuss the rules of gun safety with him now--like we don't point guns at people, etc... but seriously--it is getting a little out of control. See for yourselves...he will sleep with them, and want to take them everywhere with him. I feel like he has one in his hands at all times!

And, then--this is what happens when he has to leave the gun at home to go somewhere...