Easter Festivities

Easter weekend was a busy time for us.  Saturday started with a pancake breakfast, which the kids thoroughly enjoyed! Once we were done eating, we went to the park on base for an Easter parade, complete with goodies for the kids and the Easter bunny made an appearance at the end. From that distance Sheila actually liked him!

Showing off their baskets before the parade starts

He's over there!!

After the parade the kids got to participate in an Easter egg hunt. Unfortunately for us, Jakob & Sheila were in two different age categories and we only had the one camera :(   We decided that I would go with Sheila take a few pictures of her and then she & I would run over to catch a picture or two of Jake finding an egg.  Well...that would have worked if a) we knew where in the world Jakob and Jason had been standing and b) if Jakob had actually gotten any eggs!  You see, we told him that he wanted to watch for the special 'golden eggs' not knowing that to his 5 year old ears that meant "only get the golden eggs, don't pick up the ones right in front of you!"  Oops!!!!  Luckily, Sheila didn't know any better, so I just took a couple of hers and hid them nearby for Jake to find.  He was still sad for a moment, but was over it when he realized there was candy in the eggs.

Once she figured out what to do, she really liked
getting the eggs in her basket!

Still able to smile after the hunt!

Jason had one of the Sr Airmen helping out take a picture of us.  I was impressed that he got everyone to look and smile in only two attempts!

The kids didn't want to wait in line to see the Easter bunny so we played around instead!

There were kayak's out so the kids jumped in so we could show Aunt Tammy, Uncle Chris, & Uncle Neil that they are ready to go!!

 The kids always love to play at the playground. This was one of the first times that I actually had my camera with me, so I was excited too!



Easter Sunday brought baskets with a few goodies, church (which we almost lasted the whole time without crying) and a dinner with some of Jason's classmates.  Overall it was a wonderful day, with lovely people and gorgeous weather.

Excited for his new movies

She is no longer my daughter...
she liked the Peeps!!

Doesn't everyone have Easter dinner by the pool?

Sheila was yelling at her Daddy to bring her "more!!"

Yummy... Crawfish!

The base had a crawfish boil last weekend and one of Jason's classmates was participating so we went too.  It was pretty boring at first, but once the crawfish were handed out, we had more fun. Jake loved picking them up and watching them crawl around. He watched with great interest while Jason's friend put the bucket in the boiling water and didn't even cry when it happened.

Jake with one of his new "friends"

Sheila thought she needed to touch them too!

After they cooked, Jason's friends dad was able to get Jake to try one.  He decided he liked it, but was sad because it was his friend!  They even got Jason to try some too.  I tried it, but we couldn't get Sheila on board with the eating of the crawfish.  Oh well, maybe next time!

YUM

This is Sheila's "I don't think so mom!" face.

I think that Jason was really trying to figure out a way to not try it here!

Jakob's favorite part of the day was when he finally got to play corn hole.  The boards were set up right in front of our cooking area, but we kept telling him they were for the adults. Finally, some of "our people" decided to play, so Jake jumped at the chance to join in on the fun!

Fire Station Museum

A couple of weekends ago we found a local fire station museum that was free to visit.  Jake had a blast and Sheila was excited to get a pink fire fighter hat :)  We all liked all of the old fire hats, but Jakob's favorite part was the small fire truck he could get in and pretend to drive!  Overall, it was a fun hour that only cost us a couple of dollars as a donation.

Sheila showing off her new hat!

Standing in front of the old FORD firetruck-see that Dad, it's a ford :)

The best picture I could get of the 3 of them by the kiddie fire truck.

Jakob did NOT want his picture taken by the fireman statue!

We didn't get many pictures of Sheila, because she won't stand still, but here is one of her almost smiling by the firetruck.

Jake to the rescue!!

Mississippi Fun

So...it's obviously been while, but we thought this would be the best way to share our Mississippi adventures with family and friends! I'll try to update weekly with pictures. Enjoy :)