Is it Fleet Week?

No, it's just Easter with my boys!

Happy Easter and Happy Spring!

Finnegan

Patrick

The Easter Bunny is NOT Funny!

Last year, Gill and I strolled into the mall with our boys perfectly dressed in Easter clothes from Nana and PopPop.  Gingerly, we put the boys on the Easter Bunny's lap and played Peak-a-Boo to get them to smile for the camera.  I don't think they even realized the bunny was there and certainly we not traumatized by it.  

We walked away with 2 happy babies and a great Easter Photo.

This year, the boys have opinions about the bunny, VERY STRONG OPINIONS!  After bringing the boys to the mall by myself (I figured the lines would be shorter on a week day), we waited for 20 minutes to see the Bunny.  Finn tried to escape the Bunny's area twice before it was even our turn to pose.   

Patrick "agreed" to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap if I gave him his snack trap with animal crackers.  Finnegan fought me the whole time and kicked the Bunny's shin right after this picture was taken.

Why do I do it?  Because I can!  Because, as crazy as the morning was, and as unhappy as the visit made the boys, I will always remember it.  I can always look back and say "Yes, we saw the Easter Bunny every year." 

 And, for blackmail of course.... 

just wait until the boys start bringing girls home and I show them these pictures!  ;)

Discovery Place

Our family recently became members of Discover Place.  It is a wonderful children's museum that captures our boys attention every time we visit.  I try to take the boys once a week for a morning at the museum and then we "pop in" to Gill's work to see Daddy.

The boys really enjoy the children's room.  Patrick spends most of his time at the train tables while Finnegan devotes a lot of his energy to the water table.

The boys love to learn and explore together. Their friendship is an amazing thing to witness.  No matter where in the room they are, they are constantly looking for each other and often get stop what they are doing to play together.

Our visit to Discovery Place always ends with a visit to the aquarium.  

Patrick and Finn love to see the "fishies"

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Monkey See, Monkey Do!

For months now I have teased my boys about being monkeys.  Finn hangs from the mantle and soon enough, Patrick is swinging from the chandelier.  Patrick decides not to eat his dinner, and guess what?   Finnegan is not hungry either!

Now, it seems like I am the monkey! A friend of mine has beautifully blogged about her family and their twins for the past 2 years.  Recently, she wrote about how she hoped that one day her children could look back on the blog and see how much they are loved.  She is right, and while I am a few years late in starting, I am now beginning to blog my monkeys!