Water Fun!

We have loved the much warmer weather and took advantage of it on Friday by celebrating Good Friday outside!  Our day started off playing with friends at the park and having a picnic lunch. After a nap, Pierce was really excited to put on a swimsuit and play in the water!  Granted it was a lot of old baby water toys, but he didn't care one bit!

"I wike da Easter Bunny...he's nice!"

This is what Pierce said after we saw him with friends this week. Of course, I talked him up a lot before our visit! He was the first of his friends, he walked right up to him and sat down. With each set of friends after us, it gradually went downhill and totally fell apart with the Patterson's...particularly Grace. I'm lucky I've only got one in situations like this!

We had a very eventful day, after naps we went over to Kate's house for another egg hunt!  Yes, that is #3 so far this week.  There were lots of kids and lots of eggs!!

Eggs!

Pierce was excited for quite a while for us to dye our eggs this year.  Especially, since I got us a Toy Story kit!  And, it was even more exciting when we opened the kit and realized it was 3D, complete with glasses!  He was a big helper putting in the tablets, watching the colors change, and decorating our eggs with Toy Story.  He just doesn't understand why he can't keep them in his room and play with them like the plastic ones!

His 2K classes also had their egg hunt at school on Wednesday. He was VERY excited about taking a basket to school along with some stuffed eggs to hunt. Pierce couldn't wait to get home and check out the loot in his eggs!

Let the Egg Hunts Begin!

Sunday kicked off our first of many egg hunts and Easter activities this week! We had an egg hunt at our church and Pierce did it all including face painting, train rides, an Easter tattoo, snacks, balloon toys,  and of course hunting eggs. No coaching was needed this year and he was really fast! His basket was full in about 2 minutes!

Friends Kate and Jack, I love how girls stop and pose for the camera and boys do not.

Checking out his loot after the hunt.  I think he had at least 2 dozen eggs!

Happy Eastser!!!

Mr. Independent!

Pierce got a new book in the mail this week from his book club, "Otis". We only read it to him twice, but he must have memorized it already. He said he wanted to read to himself before bed the other night, and he got most of the story right!

I had also done some of his laundry and had it stacked up in the living room. I was busy with something else and asked him to take the stacks up to his room and put it in his chair. He said"I did it, Mom!". When I went to check he had completely put away everything in the correct drawers and even got the stack of hangup clothes and crammed them away in a drawer too! Now, I need to teach him to fold the laundry. :)

M and I laugh all the time with the things that Pierce says. His conversations are so funny and sweet (most of the time). He often will tell each of us that we are his best friend. I always say, "goodnight sweet boy" at bedtime, he often says "goodnight sweet grel (girl)" back to me.  Some days he tells me he is going to fly airplanes, then he says he is going to ride the garbage truck. 

Me:  Pierce, you need to clean that up.
P:  I can't, I have to go to work.
Me:  You do?  Where to do you work?
P:  At the post office.
Me:  What do you do at the post office?
P:  Post office work.  Where my car?  I gonna be wate (late).

Hmmm, I wonder where he has heard that?!?!?!

On your mark, Get set, GO!!!

Today was the annual High Country 5K at our church. M and I volunteered again, Pierce had fun with me cheering on the runners along the path. He also got to see firetrucks and policemen which he thought was pretty exciting!

After the 5K, Pierce and his friends participated in the kids mile fun run. Pierce kept saying he was going to be the winner. And, they're off...

I love Carter's game face here!  I don't think Pierce was very serious about the run, just about having a good time!

This outtake picture make me laugh!  Pierce looks totally exhausted and like that was the hardest thing he has ever done.  Ha!  I think he was just scratching his face though...

My Best Bud's Birthday!

I'm pretty sure that Pierce was just as excited about Carter's birthday party as he was for his own. We helped Carter celebrate his 3rd birthday last weekend. I know most people would say that you can't have best friends that young, but those two really love each other. They are even in the same class at school. Recently, they have started fighting like brothers a little bit but they really are sweet friends!

The kids had lots of fun eating cake, playing in the monster truck bounce house, sliding, swinging, and running around!