Pre-Easter fun 2013

Easter and Spring time are always fun around here. The weather is usually nice, there are tons of activities and plenty of candy. We went to the George Bush Library Easter egg hunt in College Station. I was so excited to take the kids there. Of course we were traveling, I the weather literally changed over night. I'm sure if I had checked the weather I would have know, but I digress. Oh and Maddie is in a "party/princess dress" kick and only wants to wear dresses. We got there at 9am and it was chilly and misting. The kids didn't seem to mind really, but I was cold (no jacket either). They played a few games, won prizes, ate popcorn and hunted for eggs. I was thankful my parents came to help me with the kids since they were split up by age. I took Maddie to her hunt. She was so cute, she would see them and squeal. But she wasn't eager to put it in her basket. She's gotten better though!

Popcorn!

Anxiously awaiting the Easter egg hunt!

Happy boy ready for his Easter egg hunt!

2 peas in a pod!

Take 1

Take 2

The kids had a hunt at their school too. They both came home with extra goodies from their friends and teachers too. I didn't do anything this time around, MOTY! They enjoyed it though. I had to make sure and go through Max's candy. He got several snickers and butterfingers, that I had to take out. He loves hershey kisses though, so that made up for it!

Today we had our third egg hunt with our playgroup. I almost thought we weren't going to be able to make it, but luckily we were just a little late. Kids had a good time. Max was a pro and got alot of eggs. Maddie did better than her first try. She seems to only want to get her favorite color or something. Little diva! Happy Easter everyone! Tomorrow we'll enjoy a family day and we are expecting family to celebrate at our house this weekend.

NW Moms and Tots  Egg hunt

A day at the park

These pictures are from a walk at the park. Spring Break had great weather, so we took advantage if being outside. Our walk was fun. Max rode his bike and Maddie rode a tricycle that we help push. They loved feeding the ducks and spitting turtles in the pond. We even took Tyson so we got in the water too. Both kids picked flowers for me. So sweet! Maddie placed them in my hair so I could look like Rapunzel. Sweet girl!

THEME OF THE MONTH: Kids dressing themselves
Maddie prefers to dress like a princess and wear her "dancing slippers"

Max is actually doing a great job of dressing himself. He does like to combine shirts and boots, which is cute.

Allergy update

Today I took my sweet boy for a four year old follow up on his food allergies. I went in today hoping that maybe he had outgrown his peanut allergy. He has no desire to eat a peanut or peanut butter, but still. He was hesitant about going to the doctor, he said he didn't want shots. (We still haven't gone for our 4 year old shots!) But we went and Dr. Zambrano was nice as always and Max cooperated. Then the nurse came in withe the prick sticks, yikes! I let Max sit straddled on my lap as they did a series of pricks on his back of different tree nuts. It was terrible, he hated it. I felt horrible, but I did my best to keep him still and calm. I failed! When they were done we waited to see the reaction. At first I didn't see much of a reaction, but then the bumps started to show. A few test spots had satellite bumps too. He was really uncomfortable and itchy. His reactions were so bad he was breaking out in hives on his stomach and arms. I asked for help and if we could give him an antihistamine sooner. They explained that it need to run its course for NINE more minutes. Longest 9 minutes ever!!

Long story short, they measured their readings and it showed that he is severely allergic to peanuts, pecans, pistachios and cashews. He was not allergic to almonds, hazelnuts or walnuts. Dr. Zambrano said to avoid nuts if at all possible due to cross contamination. Having a child with severe food allergies is hard, but I know we will get through it. The rest of the day he picked what he wanted to do and was much happier. On the menu: the park, chick fil a and playing with his friends. :)

And he got a pretty cool toy harmonica for enduring the prick test.