A Couple of Cousins

We just finished up a fun week spent with our cousins, Jack, Trey, and my sister, Julie.  They were on spring break this week, so they decided to head to Atlanta to visit.  We found lots of fun things to do throughout the week and I think everyone had a great time. 
They headed over here on Wednesday and arrived mid-afternoon.  That was just enough time for me to have a fun Harrison - Mommy morning, getting registered for Kindergarten!  Each year seems to bring more and more fun as the kids learn how to do new things, but I am just having a hard time believing that he is old enough to go to Kindergarten.  You spend so much time together these first few years and I just wish I could do it all over again!  I know he is ready for Kindergarten, but lord have mercy, this milestone snuck up on me too quickly!  Lance's dad generously agreed to come over to watch Davis so I could have a special morning with Harrison.  It was just a morning of getting the paper work signed and turned in to the school, but I brought Harrison with me so he could get a peek at the school and see how nice the teachers are.  He asked me several times before we walked in if I was going to stay with him the whole time.  I assured him that he would stay with me.  He met a few kids and played with them while I was filling out the forms.  They all got along great and I think that helped relieve any anxiety he was feeling when we walked in.  As soon as we were done, he said, "Mom, that was it?  I thought today was my first day of school!".  He is too funny and he thought he was so big walking through the halls of the school.  Afterward, we went for a special treat at a local cupcake shop.  I think this smiles shows how excited he was about the morning.

I didn't tell Harrison that his cousins were coming, so he was ecstatic when they walked in the door that afternoon!  They played on the play set and in the woods all afternoon and had a great time.

The next day was Davis' class Easter party.  Julie's boys wanted to go to the aquarium that day, so Julie offered to take Harrison with them.  They sent me updates all morning and I think its safe to say that Harrison was over the moon to get to spend the day with his cousins!:

She said he was a good listener and followed all the rules (phew!)

And had fun posing for pictures...especially in front of the stinky otters

While they were busy having fun, Davis and I had fun at his Easter party

Yes!  Twizzlers!

Davis was also my big helper all week getting ready for our Church Easter Egg hunt.  He was very proud of his daddy's sign!

The night ended with unknowingly matching jammies!

The boys requested that we go to "the big park by Aunt Jenny's house", so we lazed around on Friday morning and then packed lunches, and headed to the park.  I looked over at one point and Harrison had found 2 boys and they were trying to teach him how to throw a football.  I tried to get a picture of them putting Harrison's arms in the right position but my camera wouldn't take fast enough.

Davis took notice and then wanted in on the fun

And before long, they had a big game of toss going on.

They were so sweet and spent about an hour playing with the boys.  They were so patient and even gave them all hugs before they left.  I desperately wish they were neighbors!
Julie gets big points for getting some great pictures of the boys throughout the week and the park was no exception.

We went out for mexican that night and Davis buddied up with Aunt Julie

Lance couldn't meet us in time for dinner, so he headed straight home from the office and surprised the boys with a camp fire and smores.
Can you tell they were excited?

Thank you Daddy/Uncle Lance!

The next day was our church's big Easter Egg hunt.  This the was the first year that I co-chaired the event so I was a little stressed making sure everything went smoothly.  Thankfully we had a team of helpers!  Julie and her boys arrived early so she could help out.  Lance's parents graciously came to run after the boys and take Harrison to his baseball game and Lance was put in charge of grilling hotdogs.  I think everything went according to plan except that we underestimated our numbers and didn't get the hotdogs started as early as we should have.  

But overall, I think everyone had fun.

 Davis is not a fan of costumed characters, so he was nowhere to be seen for this one

On your mark, get set....go!

 All was fun...

Until he realized that the eggs were empty...

so he felt the need to not only empty out his basket, but kick and step on the eggs...

 

 I really wish I could have seen him, Julie said that they were crying they were laughing so hard!

I think Davis' favorite part of the day were the bunnies

 Oh that's right, maybe we should actually get a picture together too!

We didn't do a great job of getting pictures today, but it was a nice Easter Sunday.  We went to the early service so we had a very quick Easter egg hunt before rushing out the door.

After church, we headed to the Randolph's for an Easter brunch with family and friends.  It was a nice, relaxing, rainy day.  A nice, calm way to round out the week!  Happy Easter!