Happy 33rd Birthday to the Mr.

As you know, birthdays are a really big deal around here!  The Mr. did a great job making me feel special on my birthday, so I wanted to return the favor.

Xander and I got up really early to make cinnamon rolls to wake him up (with a candle of course, Xander thinks everything done on a birthday should be done with a candle).  

Then we had a little mini dinner party with my family.  

This picture cracks me up.  The Mr. had just finished a run,  Xander was insisting that we all get on the train, I am yelling all aboard, Evey is crying, and Xander isn't even paying attention... sigh

Everyone has to wear party hats - even if they do say 1st birthday! 

Sadly, I didn't even have enough candles...

Then we discovered that the massive amount of rain we were getting had overworked our sump pump and our back up pump and battery had died, leaving about 3 inches of water throughout our entire basement, so we had to go out to the store and get a new one to replace that. NOT how I wanted the Mr. to have to spend his birthday night.

We made up for it on Saturday though, when we went to Medieval Times (somewhere the Mr. has wanted to see since we moved to the suburbs) and surprised him with a couple of his favorite people!

Evey in her crown princess shirt  

Xander and Grammy exploring

All its cheesiness aside, Medieval Times was a pretty fun place.

Running away with the circus!

We got free tickets to the circus from my sister's school and thought it would be the perfect event to entertain a rowdy 2 year old!

If I would make one complaint about this circus, it would be their complete disregard for timing! We had to wait outside for 30 extra minutes (in the freezing cold) before they opened their doors. Then they started 45 minutes late. We ended up leaving halfway through because it was past bed time and Xander had started just sprawling across us trying to get comfortable.

 Otherwise, it was a really cute show and a fun experience for our family!

Rewind to March

A good friend of mine told me yesterday that I have been MIA.  I don't want to forget about any of the magical experience that have caused us to be MIA, so I will be rewinding a bit so that I have photo documentation of all of our fun!!

Lets start with ... March... well, we really need to rewind to October to make this story complete.  

In October, I talked to all of my cousins about getting together to go bowling for my sisters birthday.  You see, my sister and my husband really enjoy bowling - I, on the other hand, do not, so its a really rare occasion.  We send the date for November 8.  Midway through the day, it was clear to everyone that that date was not going to work (for at least 2 of us), that turned out to be Evey's birth day.

Obviously, life got rather busy in the Barnes household, so we postponed the bowling and to be honest, we forgot about it.

Until March.

And for posterities sake, I should probably mention that when we got to our lanes, we were trying to unpack Evey Belle, get our shoes changed, get 45 things in and out of the diaper bag, all at once.  Xander took that opportunity to run down to a group of people and sprint down their bowling lane, slipping and sliding around.  The Mr. was hot on his heels, but not fast enough to grab him before he was already out on the lane.  While trying to retrieve him, my husband, cartoon style slipped, ie feet out from underneath him, landing on his back (he is ok) onto the middle of this groups lane.  It was quite the scene.  And because everyone was ok, it was really REALLY funny!

Easter 2013 Part 2

If you missed Easter 2013 part one, and are hankering for a little Easter recap, you can find it here.

On Easter morning, we got up to find a very messy Easter bunny had left footprints all over our house!  But it turned out ok, because they were "clues" (some little boy is VERY into Blue's Clues)!

A warning... that video gets really boring at the end (perhaps I will eventually edit it).

We let Xander look at his basket for a little bit, then we packed up and headed to our Easter celebration at church!

After the celebration at church, we came back to our house and I played with the kids while my sis, dad, and the Mr hid eggs.

 Things got wildly out of hand... there were way too many eggs for one small boy.

 Evey Bunny got to play along as well.

After the longest hunt of all time, everyone was ready for a nice snoozer.