Easter Dinner

This year, we hosted Easter Dinner. We invited over our good friends Julie and Emerson along with their three kids. I had games planned and great food.  I found an awesome website article that included many Easter game ideas for the kids. Here's the link:  Easter Fun and Menu Ideas. We tried out the Egg and Spoon race, Easter Egg Hunt, and Egg Toss. For Dinner, we had ham, English pea pimento casserole, roasted carrots, jalapeño potatoes, sweet potato casserole, rolls, and deviled eggs. Dessert, we had cherry chip cake, peach cobbler with ice cream, and dirt pudding for the kids. Everything turned out delicious! I used leftover ham to make ham salad sandwiches today.

Dying Easter Eggs

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny!

My college was hosting a Breakfast with the Easter Bunny event this year. I'm glad we went, because it was probably the best Easter Egg Hunt my kids have ever participated in. They also had so many crafts, games, face painting, breakfast, and pictures with the Easter Bunny. The boys even got to sit in a Fire Truck and talk to Fire Fighters which is awesome, because Jamal and Ronde want to be Fire Fighters when they grow up! This event was a great way to kick off Easter weekend.

Ronde's 6th Birthday

 Ronde turned 6 years old this past February. We celebrated it on March 1, because it was a Saturday and he is a Leap Day baby. The plan was to have his party at Chuck E. Cheese, which I reserved. We did a Spiderman theme, although he really wanted Wolverine. (I could not find anything XMen in decorations or cake). They had a basketball game that morning and right after the game, we went to Chuck E. Cheese. Once we got their, it was complete chaos. Chuck E. Cheese was not allowing anyone to come in and were beginning to ask people to leave. They were having plumbing problems and I was out of a party location. I was so upset, I cried! I was so excited for his party and I felt like it was completely ruined. Thankfully, I had some pretty awesome party guests that helped me figure out a new plan. We ended up at McDonalds. I was not thrilled about this location, but the kids had the indoor playhouse to play on and their friends with them so they had a blast anyway.  I will never book another party through Chuck E. Cheese. GattiTown is way better anyways.

Basketball Season

We are big Oklahoma City Thunder fans! It only made sense that we sign our kids up for basketball this year. It was their first time playing for a team. We have a basketball hoop at our house that the boys play with everyday so they already had the concept down. Ronde played for the Warriors and A.J. was on the Celtics. Ronde really excelled at the sport and learned a lot this season. A.J. has a natural talent, but gets a little shy on the court. He's not shy at home and is very competitive. Games were every Saturday morning and the Youth Rec Center took it very seriously by playing intro music and calling each child out by name and to be funny, they would announce a fake height and City/State of where each kid was from. I really enjoyed watching their games and can't wait till the next basketball season.