Sunday, April 8, 2012

Critter Barn












On Saturday April 7, we headed out to the Critter Barn with Julie and the kids.  The kids loved seeing all the animals and watching the "running of the sheep." Luke loved petting the bunnies and was so upset when we had to leave them. Joshua thought it was hilarious that there was a goat named "Joshua." He was quite proud that he was the only one who had a goat named after him:)!

After an hour or so of seeing the animals, watching pig tricks, and feeding the crazy looking goats, we went to the park in Drenthe and let the kids play for a long time. It was a beautiful day and they loved every minute of it!

Easter 2012

Easter morning is such a special day and this year was no exception. We started the morning off with “Easter baskets” (aka a few random toys) and then ate a quick breakfast. You both loved your new toys and were so eager to play with them. After taking a little time to check them all out, we headed to church a bit early as I had to coordinate nursery for both services. Luke lucked out in nursery because both Mommy and Daddy stayed with him! Joshua went to little lambs where he was taught that Jesus died on a cross, not on a truck as he had previously thought:)! Daddy and the boys headed to Grandma and Grandpa Kuipers’s house for Sunday dinner while I stayed in nursery during the second service. As soon as I arrived, we had a wonderful Easter feast. The food was great!

As soon as dinner was over, Daddy and Jason took the kids for a walk while the Easter Bunnies (AKA Mommy and Aunt Brenda) hid the eggs. Grandma did such a great job with the eggs and filled them with all sorts of fun things. Joshua's favorite was probably the Pop Rocks egg and Luke loved the egg stuffed with gummy bears (Mommy did too:))!

The Easter bunny also got you both a very cool water gun and you loved playing with it with Eli. 

All in all it was a wonderful day filled with the promise of a Savior, beautiful weather and fun fellowship with family!




















Friday, April 6, 2012

Luke got his first haircut today. Though I wanted it to be as memorable as Joshua's first cut, it wasn't:(. Because his hair took forever to come in, and it came in wavy, we were able to wait this long before his first cut and I think that made me less sentimental about the whole thing.  Easter was coming and I wanted him to have his hair nice and trimmed for the occasion:).

We went to Sun Island in Zeeland and the whole cut lasted about a whole 10 minutes. Luke was HORRIBLE!!! I was going to attempt pictures, but I was so busy pinning the little man down that I didn't have any time to take pics. I even tried to put Mickey on the iPhone and he was still horrible. Though it proved to be a bit traumatic in his little life, the sucker made it all worth it:)! The haircut turned out great and I am very thankful that his hair is curly and will allow us a bit more time between cuts when we have to do it again!