Saturday's Easter Egg Hunt

Lee was on call at work all of Easter weekend. I made the unwise choice of taking the kids to Bass Pro Shop ALONE on Saturday. I won't make that mistake again.

Poor fellow fell out of the van the other night.

Bailey didn't want any of the offensive plastic eggs in her bag. Every time she got and egg she put it in someone's egg.

First Soccer Game, 4/3/12

Before Brianne's game the kids opened an early Easter present from Grandma and Mr. Steve.

Bailey thinks a present of tissue paper is just awesome.

What would an Easter present be without some peeps?

Wyatt is showing off his sick eyes. It was actually looking better here.

Brianne has never played soccer. They are only allowed to practice a maximum of 4 times. Yikes! That sure isn't enough time for them to understand what is going on. They still have a good time even if they tend to score points for the other team.

Blocking the other teams score

Brianne is always coming home from school saying she is going to have a sleep over with one of the girls in her class. It just happens to be the goalie in this picture. I am glad they ended up on the same team. I don't think she would have liked soccer as much without her friend.

I am just glad they didn't keep score.

Spring Break 2012

Do you know that it had been almost 2 years since we went to Gatlinburg?! We were definitely having withdrawals. After Bailey's helicopter ride to Children's last April we didn't risk being that far away from home.
We left home Sunday, March 25, around 3:30AM. We made very good time and only stopped 2 times. I am so glad we lucked out and got a 3 bedroom cabin for cheaper than the 2. Tyler was still unable to be around the babies so he and Brianne went downstairs and had that area all to themselves. It even had a pool table down there. Lee and Wyatt had the bedroom on the middle level, and Bailey and I took the top bedroom.
Bailey and Wyatt got right down to business tormenting me by going up and down the stairs.

We have WAY too many kids!!

Ahhhhhh thank goodness Tyler had been on the antibiotics long enough that he was able to upstairs.

There is nothing more peaceful than waking up in the mountains.

I bought W & B several musical toys at one of the local stores. The favorite was the harmonica. Yes I know I am crazy. I am always looking for something musical for them play. As I type this Wyatt is walking past me hitting a bucket with a wooden spoon- his version of homemade drums. I think music and stimulation has been key to Bailey's brain development and cognitive catchup.

Socks make the harmonica play better. Bet you didn't know that.

We went to Dollywood a couple of days.

Much to Wyatt and Brianne's dismay, this is the closest they got to riding a roller coaster. There was only one coaster that Brianne was tall enough to ride, and it was having problems so she didn't get to ride. I think one ride on a coaster, and she will stop begging. She rode a water ride with Lee where you go down a 60 ft drop. Lee said she hid her face and told him to let her know when it was over. I remember doing the same when I was little. Now Wyatt is a different story. He is a dare devil, and I think he will love it. He saw one ride swinging over our head, and he kept begging to ride it.

Tyler had to ride by himself on some of the rides. He loved it. He said he wanted to ride the roller coasters by himself. When did my baby get so big? (Wyatt was on the side lines during this ride begging to get in a car himself)

We can now say that Wyatt and Bailey's first amusement ride was the carousel. They liked it. I don't think daddy was going to let them ride anything. He sanitized the horse and he felt better about the situation. LOL We used a whole bottle of sanitizer at Dollywood. I am not exaggerating either.

They seemed to like the piggy ride. Brianne was "helping," but I think she is still young enough that this was fun for her also.

Bailey and the duckies were not friends. When she is upset she will say "Uh Oh" over and over. Poor Bailey kept saying this till they finally stopped the ride. She was crying by the time I got to her. I could hear people telling her that it was ok mommy is coming. This was her last ride.

Bailey sat out on this ride for...

very obvious reasons....

The mandatory "sign" picture
Brianne and Tyler were so excited to go to Gatlinburg. Tyler was so excited that he asked me if we were going to take a picture at the sign. I told him of course, and he yelled yay! I am sure this will not be his response in a couple of years. The big kids look stiff as a board. Don't worry they will get to try again in June.

It didn't take but a couple of minutes of looking over the ledge at the water for me to say "OK let's go." I could just see them tumbling down the side.

My handsome boy

Did I mention Brianne is still at it? Poor Bailey can only stand so much before she runs crying.

We had a great time!! This was our "try it out" trip to Gatlinburg. We will stay longer in June. Wyatt actually slept, which really surprised me. We had to take his nap nanny. Now repeat after me, "you must learn to pick you battles." The nap nanny isn't harming him.