Dinner was delicious this year, and all of us walked away stuffed and happy…. 🙂
Easter Egg Hunt 2013
After breakfast we finally said, “Yes!” we can go out for the egg hunt now. Most of the morning Matty had been running back and forth from the front door to outside by the pool yelling at us that he “found another one!” so out they went. They were sweet enough to pause for me to get a photo, they just look so cute in their outfits!…. 🙂
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Easter Basket Bounty
About 10 minutes to 7, Davy came sneaking down the stairs with Matty close behind to hunt down their Easter Baskets. Davy found his behind the piano and Matty found his behind the love seat. They were super excited with their goodies and then overjoyed when Granny gave them each a basket as well. I was delighted to see that there were Cadbury eggs, where as Andy was very disappointed to discover that there were no jelly beans! Bad oversight on the Bunny’s part.
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Easter Church Service 2013
Off to church we go for Easter Service. This year we decided to go on Saturday night. At the church they were taking family photos and outside they brought in a Food Truck Rally. We loaded up on some BBQ and had a great evening…. 🙂
March 30, 2013
Baseball today. Due to a scheduling error, the boys got to play on the big field.
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March 29, 2013
Mom found a Groupon to Dade City Wild Things, so the boys and I met her there today to go on the walking tour. There were monkeys, birds, panthers, tigers, lions, bears, deer, buffalo, otters…just about anything you would want to see. I also think it was the closest that I have ever been to several of the animals. It was a very neat thing to do with the boys.
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March 27, 2013
After months and months of waiting and counting down….today is registration day for the Marine Corps Marathon! At 12 noon registration went live and over 100,000 people crashed onto their site hoping for one of 30,000 spots. After many website errors, host crashing, and page timeouts around 1:30pm I received confirmation and just before 2pm Kelly did. Whew…. The entire marathon closed in 2 hours and 27 mins. We are so excited to have the two spots and can’t wait to participate in the 3rd largest Marathon in the US and 8th in the World!
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NYC, Spiderman, Matt and Ted
Day 5! Today we headed back into the city to take the boys to see Spiderman on Broadway and to visit with Matt and Ted. Instead of ordering the tickets online, Brandie saw that if you arrived before the box office opened and stood in line you could get $39 seats until they were sold out. Sounds good to us! We hopped off the subway at 42nd, crossed the street to Foxwoods Theaters, and arrived at 11am with the ticket booth opening at noon. Matt and Ted came to meet us in line while we waited. The boys and I wandered around the corner into Times Square so Davy could see the New Year’s Eve ball, Matty helped himself to a vendor hot dog, and Brandie, Ryla, Matt, and Ted ventured off to get us some Starbucks. Before we knew it the line was moving, we purchased our $39 tickets and were super excited to land front row Mezzanine seats.
     
For lunch, we left the touristy areas and walked over to 10th Ave into Hell’s Kitchen to eat at one of Matt and Ted’s favorite Mexican places, Anejo Tequileria. Between the guacamole and the margaritas, lunch was delicious! Across the street was a playground, so we took the kids over to run and burn some energy.Â
While the boys and I headed back to watch the show, Brandie went over to Matt’s to put Ryla down for a nap. The show was FANTASTIC! Matty leans over at one point and says, “Mama! This is the best movie I have ever seen!” So cute. Half way through the second act, Spiderman is running around our level, he leans over to give Matty a high-five and then he fires his web all over us. The boys loved it!
Afterwards, we hopped into a cab and headed downtown to Matt’s apartment. For dinner Matt, Ted, John, Brandie, Ryla, Davy, Matty, and myself ordered some pizza, drank wine and juice, ate homemade rosemary ice cream, cranked up the tunes and had a great time. Brandie and I loved seeing Matt and we loved that he got to spend some time with our babies… 🙂
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Snow Tubing On Hunter Mountain
Day 4! Today, the boys and I headed north to go snow tubing on Hunter Mountain, which is the second highest peak in the Catskill Mountains, NY. The drive was a little less than two hours and super easy! We kept checking the weather and there was a 30% chance of snow with the “feels like” temperature down in the teens. When we pulled into the town there were flurries blowing everywhere, the boys rolled down their windows and stuck out their hands to try and catch them. We arrived around 10:30 with the tubing lanes opening at 11. The boys have been asking us for quite some time when they were going to get to see snow, so this was perfect. It was $20 per person and the three of us tubed for a little over two hours. The boys thought that it was most fun when we went down together. Secretly, I know that it is because I am heavier therefore, we went faster and farther :). We ate lunch at the snack bar and headed back around 1:30.
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Riding the Train, AMNH, Dylan’s Candy Shop
Day 3! Off to NYC we go. The day couldn’t have started any better for the boys…they were getting to ride on the train! We hopped on in Scotch Plains, switched at Newark, unloaded at Penn Station, and then jumped onto the Subway and headed up town.
* I am not sure why all these pictures are so blurry, but something is better than nothing… :)*
On the way to the museum, we decided to go ahead and stop for lunch. We found a really cute burger and milk shake joint, so in we went. Now as we are always a moving circus, it is here that Matty gets himself locked into the bathroom. The restaurant was very small and couldn’t have had more than 10 tables, so when Matty started screaming that he was stuck…the whole place knew it. Somehow, Davy had convinced him that he should lock the door. The lock was a long bar lock that slid to the left to keep the door closed and then to the right to open. Simple enough right??!! Wrong. The lock was to high for Matty to reach, we weren’t sure how he even got it locked to begin with. So now he is kicking the door, screaming, and the owner was trying to figure out how he could body slam the door to get it open. The hinges were on the inside, the door was heavy at least 3 inches thick, there was a door handle and not a knob that could be removed…he was locked in tight. As we were all staring at each other and trying to remain calm, somewhere in Matty’s little mind he finally realized that he too needed to calm down and that we were not able to get him out and he had to do it on his own. The entire process lasted probably ten minutes, but in the end, Matty says, “I got it!” My smart little boy found the toilet brush under the sink and used the handle to reach the lock and slide it open. He amazes me every day. We left a big tip, said “so sorry”, and left as soon as possible.
This trip into the city we decided to take them to the Natural History Museum and to Dylan’s Candy Shop. The museum was huge and amazing. The boys loved looking at the dinosaur bones and seeing the great blue whale hanging from the ceiling. Davy also enjoyed the section on volcanoes and the earth.
We left the museum, hopped into a cab and went to the candy store. This was a complete highlight of the trip for the boys. They wanted their picture taken in front of the world’s largest gumball machine and each got a plastic gummy bear to fill up with whatever candy they wanted. Ryla picked out a large lollipop and a lollipop pillow.
After a long fun-filled day, we hoped back onto the subway, switched to the train, and headed home.
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Mountains! Beach! or Both!... 