I’m going to attempt to catch up from a couple of months of blog posts that I haven’t had the time or taken the time to complete. Each year once spring starts to arrive it seems most things get put on hold! I constantly tell myself I’m going to get caught up and stay up to date with the blog but then at the end of the day I’m beat and don’t have the energy or mental frame of mind to spend more time on a computer!

Though Reid doesn’t look super happy here – he regularly gets held by his big brother and most times he likes it. There are certainly times he wants nothing to do with Griffin holding him, but other times Griffin takes him and walks around with him and he just giggles. It’s sweet to watch and Griffin adores being able to pick him up and love on him.
This week was Griffin’s spring break from NPCA and I was rather bummed that I was working all week. But as fate would have it, Debbie called off sick one day so I decided to stay home and have a fun day with the boys and I’m super glad I did. Finn and I went to the store for baking supplies and white eggs (as we always have brown) so we could dye easter eggs and making frosted sugar cookies. He had a great time getting his hands all colored and taste-testing the batter and frosting 🙂  And I enjoyed having a fun play time with him and having some coffee from my new bunny mug that Finn picked out for me.  Griffin is really in to feeding Reid. Pretty much anything to do with Reid. Some of it is so that he can get attention too, but, honestly he just loves to help and do things for Reid.  The beginnings of Finn’s basketball hoop were installed this week and a few days later the rest was set up. This boy is going to spend a ton of time (as if it could get more?) outside. He’s pretty stoked to be able to shoot hoops at any time and to be able to raise and lower the hoop by himself. We’ve been having fun playing 2 on 1 (typically boys against momma). We have a lot of fun and spend lots of time giggling.  Griffin and Reid had an adventure day this week with Debbie to COSI where they explored a lot of exhibits, painted, played with colors and enjoyed a nice lunch.  The end of the week Grandma and Grandpa Armstrong came to help watch the boys for a couple of days on Thursday and Friday while Debbie helped her mom recover after back surgery. They had lots of fun showing Grandma and Grandpa all their new tricks and skills.  Griffin has still been enjoying several of his new birthday toys and gifts,  including these dinosaur eggs that soak in water and then he digs for the dinosaur fossil located inside.
We headed up to Grandma and Grandpa Beilstein’s for Easter which included an Easter-egg hunt with the cousins, some time on the mule, and a quick stint at covering the greenhouse. Sadly  we never got it done in early winter so are doing things in reverse order this year and are covering in spring! 
Amy took some great Easter photos after church on Sunday. Thankful to have these, she got some good ones!

And here are a couple videos of Reid showcasing his drumming skills and Finn shooting hoops.