So The Big Tris turned 3 this month. I thought we lucked out because he was such a pleasant 2 year old, but NOW is terrible are coming out! He's still my handsome, lovable, little man.

 This was his shocked face that I caught at a weird timing.

 And this is of course his favorite camera pose.

 And these are his special sprinkle pancakes!

 I had a blast making this cake, got ideas from pinterest and added my own creativity of course. Thomas the Train is Tristan's favorite right now, he nearly screamed when he saw the cake, but after a few minutes of studying it, he actually got mad at me for putting his trains on it and getting them covered in frosting!

 We took him to John's Incredible for dinner, but the best part is yet to come! We skipped a big party this year so we can take the kids to LegoLand next month as soon as dad gets off for summer!

The Saturday after his birthday, we had a big family picnic at the park. I didn't get pictures of his gifts because we ended up video taping instead, but we bought Tristan a big Thomas the Train track and I have never seen him so gitty! Mom & Quin got him his Leappad, which he was super excited about too.

Keeping Track of Everyday

I have to start documenting Ryan Emma's creativity. In the 20 minutes it took me to make dinner one day, she put this "ladder" together to climb into the tree. She made steps by tying rope between two of the planks, and she even put on her climbing shoes and climbing gloves. She constantly amazes me

 Right before his birthday Tristan caught a horrible stomach virus that I will never forget. We had him in ER twice over the 6 days of vomiting.

 April 26th I took the kids to Grampa Norms grave side. I remember my Dad taking me to his mom's who passed when I was a few months old just like Ryan Emma and her Grandpa. I always loved to see her name printed on the stone and traced the letters with my fingers daydreaming of what she might have been like and wishing I could meet her. I want to kids to have this experience to somehow.

 My growing girl.

 Ryan Emma has been playing with my camera a lot lately.

 She loves to dress herself these days!

Easter

We had a fun Easter week long celebration. We added some new traditions this year which were making Resurrection rolls for FHE, and an Easter play put on by the kids on Sunday night. We ended up going to 4 egg hunts and getting way too much candy!

 Masks from Grandma C.

 The bunny made a surprise visit the Monday before Easter and dropped off some "Magic Jelly Beans", we planted them in this pot and on Easter morning they bloomed into Peeps Pops!

Each year the Bunny hides clues to follow to find their hidden Easter Baskets.

 Getting Goofy

 Sorting the loot!

 This will definitely be a new tradition, I put glow sticks in these see through eggs and we had an egg hunt in the house. The kids couldn't get enough and we ended up going about 6 rounds, I couldn't get enough pictures!

 The kids put on an Easter play about Our Savior, Ryan Emma did a great job, telling all from memory!

Tristan combined the true meaning of Easter and the legend, hahaha!