First Zoo Trip!

Kevin, Easton, and I packed up the car and headed to the beach for Kevin's birthday/vacation.  While we were there, we decided to take a trip to the Gulf Coast Zoo!  This would be Easton's first trip to the zoo.  He is his Mother's son! He LOVED it!

 They had these cute little wagons for kids to ride in through the zoo.  Easton really liked this!  (That is the only hat we brought so he HAD to wear it!  I think ive finally come to the realization that I am fighting a losing battle....sigh.)

Here is E admiring the Kangaroos!

Since it was the middle of the week there wasnt a ton of people there! It was great.  You could get so close to the animals.  

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 He loved everything about everything, if that makes since.  He loved watching the Capuchin Monkeys run around and wrestle with each other in their exhibit.  He was laughing out loud.

 I think he wanted to take this Donkey home with us!  I probably wouldnt mind... I mean look how cute it is!!

I need more food for the goats!

ADORABLE!

Easton literally wanted to pet and touch every animal he could! 

 Cuteness! These two...

 The animals were soo close! I hardly had to zoom in at all for this picture of these beautiful Tigers!

Kevin and E watching the Tigers.

 E also liked to wave and say, "Hey!" to the animals that he could not touch.  Let me just tell you, it was PRECIOUS!!

 This was the pushiest Goat out of the herd.  He reminded Kevin and I of our dog Logan.  He was pushing other goats out of the way for the little morsels of food.

 Easton and MiMi as we were leaving the zoo.  It was very hot that day. 

 This is probably my favorite picture of the day.  He was saying "Bye Bye" to the Tigers as we were leaving the zoo! 

 He had a ball, as you can tell.  He was out before we got out of the parking lot.  We all, especially Easton, had so much fun this day!  Id say his first trip to the zoo was a major success!! 

Just had to get a picture of his new flip flops! LOVE!

Happy Easter Day 2013!

He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:  'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' LUKE 24:6-7

When Easton woke up I showed him his Easter bucket with all of his goodies. 

Checking everything out. 

 He pulled out everything within a matter of minutes. 

 He kind of got the hang of picking up the eggs from the floor and placing them into his bucket.  But after about 3 eggs, he was over it. 

 Upside down bucket!  Note: the eggs in mid air! haha

 Giving his new stuffed Easter duck a good hug. 
We began this wonderful day visiting at the church that my brother- in-law and sister-in-law are a part of.  It was nice spending Easter morning in church with family.  After church we headed to Jeff and April's house for lunch and Easter egg hunting!   

 Cousins Jake and Easton

 Caroline, Easton and Jake.  Cousins.  Caroline cracks me up! =)

 MiMi and GDaddy with their grand kids! Love this picture!

 Cute little man.  Sneaking a peak at where the Easter eggs were being hidden??

Daddy and Easton figuring out a new toy.

                                    



E loved jumping down the stairs with Daddy!



 This is another one of my favorite pictures!! I love seeing the kids running after the Easter eggs.  They were so excited!  E is just running to run (bc now he can).  He didn't care about getting the eggs.



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 Easton was so dirty from "hunting eggs."  Since it was damp outside, his knees were filthy from falling down.  But he was having so much fun!

 First trip down a slide.  Loved that too!

 I hope that you and your family had a Blessed Easter!  I know we did!!  Happy Easter 2013

This is the day that the Lord hath made.  Let us Rejoice and be glad in it!!  

An Easter Bucket

Last year, E's first Easter, I didn't get him a basket of goodies because he was only about 2 1/2 months old.  I knew he wouldn't get much out of it.  I decided this would be the best year to start with his very own Easter basket. 
I wanted it to be different though.  I really like the idea of an Easter bucket instead of a basket!  I found a bucket on Pinterest that I liked the look of, so I decided that I would try my hand at making E his bucket instead of buying one pre-made.  (I'm sure the pre-made ones would probably look better but nothing beats "homemade" right?) 


My Inspiration!

I went to Hobby Lobby (love this place) to see what they had in the way of buckets.  I was hoping I could find one that was already one solid color.  But that wasn't the case.  I had to settle for this Cars bucket.  I still had paint left over from when we painted Easton's nursery so I decided to use that.  Plus it just so happened to be the same color as my inspiration bucket. 

 I painted the bucket a turquoise blue and the handle a springy yellow.  It took 2-3 coats of paint to cover up Lightening McQueen! ;)

 I had some leftover fabric from E's bookcase, so I cut out an "E" and decided to Mod Podge it to the bucket. 

 I'm kind of new to the world of Mod Podge, but so far I love it!  You can use it for anything!

 Next I needed some white letters for his name.  Since free handing him name with white paint would be out of the question, (who knows what it would turn out like) I headed back to Hobby Lobby and picked up some great foam letters.  They add a little bit of dimension to it.

 Then came polka dots!  I only did the back side of the bucket.  I'm still on the fence about whether I should put them across the front too.  I can always go back and add them. 

 Well here it is! Our finished Easter Bucket!  I had alot of fun making it and it turned out better than I thought it would.  Little man enjoyed it.  However, I think it will be next year before we really grasp the concept of Easter and being able to use the bucket and search for eggs.