Two! Takes 2 and 3

What a great weekend we had in Dodge City!  It was the perfect opportunity to celebrate R's birthday with our family there and also got to attend a fabulous wedding to boot (no western pun intended (oh man, I am my Uncle Doug's niece)).

We woke up Saturday morning to a delicious breakfast of pancakes, eggs, and REAL bacon (we usually get the turkey variety, so this is a definite treat).  R got to blow out candles for the first time this birthday season.  Needless to say, she was.....reluctant.

Then it was present time.  I tell ya, just like Christmas morning.  A highlight of the morning was R receiving this amazing Master Moves Mickey (aka M3).  He's pretty unpredictable as far as what moves he's going to pull out, so she has to make sure she's backed far away from him.  But he's pretty freakin' awesome.  Can you do a one-armed handstand and the windmill?

 

 

We were excited to attend Jaymi & Matt's wedding in Spearville that afternoon.  Man, there's nothing like a good old-fashioned Southwest Kansas small town wedding.  The wedding was short and sweet (and Catholic!), the BBQ supper was delicious, beverages flowed like wine, and the music was perfect.

 

 

 

 

What's a Kansas wedding without Red Solo Cup?

 

 

All in all, one of the best weddings I've attended and the perfect way to begin Jaymi and Matt's life together.  Congratulations you two!!!

 

Sunday brought church, then....wait for it....birthday celebration #3 at Nonny's house!  Still hadn't overcome her candle hesitation.

 

 

And more presents!!!  She insisted Uncle Doug help her.

 

 

Whew.  Would someone have another baby already, someone is getting WAY. TOO. SPOILED. ;)

T-W-O!

R turned two yesterday, wahooo!  Our baby weighs a whopping 32.5 lbs. and is three feet tall!  That is above the 95th percentile, I suppose we would not accept anything less. ;)

I took the day off and the original plan was to attend Daddy's track meet that just so happened to be in Manhattan and finish the afternoon off with her 2-year photos with our friend, Kayla, with Capture Photography.  Then nature decided to ruin both plans by forcing a postponement of each.  Ugh.  Aw well, we still managed to have a splendid day.

It started out with Cake Batter Pancakes that I saw on Pinterest some time ago.  Normally Chad is the pancake-maker in our house, so I managed to impress myself.

A knock on our front door led to us receiving this.  Thank you Nana & Papa, we love M&Ms!

We crashed the Parents as Teachers playgroup then swung by Sonic to get us a Wacky Pack, then home for a nap.  Had to rest up for the rest of the days festivities.

I impatiently waited all day for Chad to get home so we could give her her present.  We can't quite reach the pedals yet, but she's a mad scooter.

We followed this up with the all-too-common birthday dinner at La Fiesta.  Here she received the best gift EVER for a girl who associates the restaurant with the squacking mechanical chicken that lays plastic eggs filled with random cheap toys.  Yes, she received a chicken 'purse' filled with quarters from Ken & Megan.

She still doesn't like the sombrero/singing/whipped cream combination.  Maybe next year?

 

We went home to another birthday present from Grammy & Guy.  This one probably trumps the quarter-filled chicken.  We had a little mishap at first, but it was quickly corrected after this little episode. :)

 

Done celebrating?  You are terribly mistaken!

An Oklahoma Easter

Boy, what a great weekend we had.  By far the best Easter I've had in a long time.  This was the first Easter where R could actually hunt for eggs as last year she wasn't walking yet.  We had three official egg hunts and one unofficial.  With each one we become increasingly more skilled.

The first hunt was the annual Kingfisher Easter Egg Hunt near one of their local schools.  R had just woken up from a nap so between that, the crazy scary Easter bunny on site, and the bagillions of people, she was reluctant.  Let's just say she wasn't quite ready for an egg hunt strategy session.  She was in the 2-4 age group and us adults decided that four-year-olds should not be grouped with 2's and 3's.  They are seasoned veterans by that time.  Maybe we should write a letter to the editor. ;)

Finally worked up the courage, she totaled four eggs in the hunt that was over in 30 seconds.

This was followed by practice runs.  The girl definitely needed it. ;)



We got to go to the Kingfisher golf course where we watched Daddy throw his golf clubs and Papa hit the ball like a pro. :) :) :)

Did I mention it was 80+ degrees?!  Beautiful!

The Easter bunny left eggs for us to pick up Easter morning!!!!

All dressed up in our Easter Sunday best, since it is in fact, the reason for the season.

We had a lunch of ribs, brisket, and all the trimmings (and DESSERTS!) at cousin Debbie and Darrell's where we had our third and final hunt.  Finally got the hang of it.

"Pooped" is definitely what our girls were on the way home.  Hope everyone else had a very Happy Easter!

By popular demand

Just for you GRAMMY!!!!