Easter!

For Easter this year we gathered at Moatsie and Daddy Ron's house.  This will be the last year we celebrate Easter at this house because they are moving in just a few weeks.
We started Easter morning out the right way by having some mini bunny pancakes.  Mom even made dad's waffle into a bunny shape.  She learned this cutting pattern from Moatsie many years ago.  They were so cute I didn't want to eat them.
Audrey helped set the Easter table and put a party favor at each place setting with a name card, too!  We had a great Easter brunch before the egg hunt started. Moatsie had a friend from work who made the 2 Easter cakes we shared for dessert later in the day.  Yummy!  As you can see, Dad wanted one of the cakes all to himself. Please don't worry, he did not, in fact, eat that whole cake.  Before we started the egg hunt we managed to get 1 good shot of 3 out of 4 cousins donning Easter costumes.  Cousin 4 is MIA in this picture because he was trying to start a fire with a magnifying glass and, to be honest, 11 year-olds don't think that duck costumes, bonnets or bunny ears are very cool.  Someday, I hope Wesley will forgive mommy for making him wear the baby duck costume.  In fact, he kinda liked it!  We all found a bunch of Easter eggs on our hunt and Wesley and Moatsie found an egg or two that Wesley could eat while the rest of us found eggs.  The day ended with a great group picture of the grandkids and grandparents.  What a Spring it has been!

First Fridays!

Whenever it works out for everyone's schedule, we try to get together with a small group of the same friends each "First Friday" of the month.  Most recently we got together on Good Friday and had some Good Times. Lots of kids and toys (see above)

 Lots of smiles! (Well, at least one of these faces!) - "But I don't wanna hug Aunt Kimmie . . . She got a moustache!" (That's for you, Kim)

Five Friends For Fun!

Wesley checked out the race car swing in the backyard while . . . .

The Kids enjoyed making Resurrection Rolls with Mrs. April - Everyone was amazed at how that marshmallow disappeared!  What  a perfect Good Friday activity.

Wesley thought the best part was watching Uncle Kenny bounce that ball all night. Pure entertainment, Mom - Pure entertainment! - "Uncle Kenny - do it again!"

As if food, toys, friends and resurrection rolls weren't enough - we died Easter eggs, too! Most of the eggs turned out pretty light in color because, well, let's face it - playing on the swingset is just much more fun than holding an egg in the water in a plastic cup. 

And well . . . . this pic isn't from First Fridays but it's so cute.  It just needed to be included.  In about 3 seconds after this picture, I took that remote control and CLOCKED! Daddy right in the nose.  Ah, good times, Dad, good times.

Flannel Fashionista!

 My mom's cousin Melanie made this blanket for me and I sleep with it every night.  Recently, I decided it would double quite nicely as a dress, so I tied it (with a little help) over my shoulder, added some fabulous shoes and a hat (we MUST accessorize) and VOILA! I was ready for the runway.

All Things Spring!

 We celebrated my brother's first birthday and my Aunt Janet, Grandma, and Grandpa came up for the occasion.  Here I am with Aunt Janet doing one of our favorite things to do together:  ART! I usually like to draw my own thing, but when Aunt Janet is there I like to copy whatever she's making.  We made a lot of rainbows this time.

A Whirlwind Year End!  

It has been a whirlwind few months for the Scamehorn crew. We got to experience a family trip to North Carolina to see the Jones clan for Thanksgiving. There were so many special moments including introducing Wesley to Great Grandma Lois and the entire family. Natalie loved the airplane ride and it was Wesley's first one! He slept all the way, which was a great blessing for mom!



Wesley was spoiled plenty by our resident Baby Whisperer, cousin Alice.



Natalie was really surprised to see all of our family at Downtown Pizza. 

Our cousin Melanie made these fantastic blankets for all of the "little" cousins.
 Natalie uses her every night - they are super warm and fuzzy just like Melanie.

Mom's 90 year-old grandmother ("Great Grandma Lois") got to meet Wesley for the first time on this trip. 
Their eyes are exactly the same color!

One of the best moment's of 2011.  Happy Thanksgiving, indeed!
Over 220 years of life experience in this picture!

The 2 most handsome men around - in one place nonetheless! 
Wesley is Daddy's little turkey to be sure!

 Natalie turns 5!- No sooner had we returned from North Carolina than we were hit with another big milestone:  Natalie's 5th birthday!  She had a Special Agent Oso party with lots of friends, family, cake and presents.  It was the year for Build-A-Bear, too.  She and Daddy Ron took a special trip to Build-A-Bear to spend some birthday bucks on some new outfits for her stuffed cat. 

Here's the cake before it was covered with spittle. :)

Singing Happy Birthday with friends and family around.

Aunt Janet got to come up for my birthday, too!



Moatise and Wesley had a grand time introducing Wesley to the whimsical world of balloons! That's what's got him all smiles in this picture. He's 8 and a half months old here.



Dad and Wesley celebrated Natalie's birthday with lots of giggles and smiles!

Christmas 2011As we waved the birthday crew goodbye, we packed up our bags - well, really our entire minivan and headed south for Wesley's first Christmas.  It was a truly special one. Before we headed south, though, we made a few December memories just the 4 of us.  Wesley took his first outing to pick out a Christmas tree at Lucas Nursery and we headed out for a field trip with Natalie's classmates to Santa's Christmas Tree Farm in Eustis.

At the Funny Farm - oops! I mean the Christmas Tree Farm.

Natalie taking a hayride around the farm with her school friends.



The weather has been so mild that Wesley and mom spend a lot of time just hanging out in the sun on a blanket together.   He's creepin' up on 9-months here!



Here he is at his first story time at the library. He enjoyed it a lot more than the picture truly shows.

Here's Wesley on his first trip to select a Christmas tree.  He really enjoyed it a lot!  He loved feeling the branches and riding in the Bjorn.  He's almost getting too big for that thing!



Here's Moatsie and me enjoying our own story time together. 
She's reading "Too Many Daves" by Dr. Suess, which is one of my favorites.
 It was one of mom's favorites as a kid, too. 
I mostly like it because it has a line that reads, "Oliver, Boliver Butt."