Happy Easter!

I find myself anticipating every holiday, outing, and vacation because the twins are at such fun ages. They understand things more everyday and can actually get involved! Troy sometimes has to keep me grounded and remind me that they are still only 2 years old, and I as the mom may be more excited about things then they are, so not to get too dissapointed if they don't react the way I want them to. I still love to watch the look on their faces when doing and trying new things for the first time!

We had about 3 mock easter egg hunts before the actual day. I knew that our little, competitive Rylan would need some practice runs so we wouldn't come game day and have him smack some helpless child over the head with the easter basket because they touched his egg. They both did very well and had a blast gathering eggs. There were only a couple melt downs, and although Rylan did get a bit competitive, he did not smack anyone. We also dyed some eggs for them and they were able to put on stickers. Only 3 eggs ended up cracked during the sticker applications, which I thought was pretty good! We ended the Easter festivities with a wonderful church service, which reminds us of the true and only reason for this season!!

Nana "Rocky" got to come visit us for a few days, and was able to enjoy being with the kiddos. We had a a couple days of wonderful sunshine and spent each second that we could outside! We had a lot of fun with Nana and can't wait to see everyone again in the summer!

Tender heart

I knew my boy had a sweet and tenderness about him from the moment he was born. He would open up his tiny little eyes and peak to see if his sissy was laying right by him and then would lean his head over close to hers and fall back to sleep! His sweetness still melts my heart to this day.

Kamryn cut her finger last night and it was bleeding quite a bit, so she was cuddling with me and crying. Rylan walks over to her, hugs her, and says, "sorry sissy", and gives her a binkie and her blankie.

So today, they were both sick. While cuddled up together watching Toy Story 2, it came to a very sad part. I was trying to hold back the tears (yes i cry during toy story), I look at Rylan and he turns to me with big tears in his eyes. At that time, I wasn't crying because of the movie anymore! Love those moments!

Couldn't resist this picture!

Wrasslin'

Rylan long ago discovered that he likes him some rough-housin'. Unfortunately, the usual target for his fun-loving aggression is his not-so-aggressive sister. This means when Rylan gets the itch to wrestle, the result is usually him laughing and Kamryn screaming (it is mean, but usually it is mom and dad laughing too).

But, every once in a while, Kamryn decides she is ready to participate and not just run for protection. The other day, at a friend's birthday party, she got the upper-hand on Rylan. Although she thought she was really tormenting her brother with her relentless attacks, he was actually loving it and it left him thinking she was fair game for a wrestling match anytime he wants to throw down.

So, Kamryn's plan to put Rylan in his place backfired just a bit, but at least she had a brief moment of glory - and we ended up with some funny pics for the blog (thanks for snapping these, Connie).

And by the way, the nice little wound on Rylan's head is not from his sister and her expert wrestling moves. That would be a self-inflicted wound from slamming his head into the carpet during a fit (a fit he was probably throwing after getting in trouble for trying to wrestle with his sister!).