Fun at the Hotel

In between the running & walking this weekend, we also had some

fun at the hotel too!

Jake and Hayden's Run

Today, Jake ran the Illinois 1/2 Marathon early this morning!  He did an AWESOME job, and we are so very proud of him!! 
He ran 13.1 miles in 1 hour and 39.5 minutes!!!

After, Jake's run it was Hayden's turn! He ran a 1/2 mile with Jake. Although he was a little hesitent at first, after a motivational pep talk from Daddy, he ended up finishing the run and did a great job!

Family 5k

This weekend, we went to Champaign, Illinois for the Illinois 1/2 marathon.  The night before Jake's run, we walked in a family 5k!  It was a neat experience, that ended at the 50 yard line in Memorial Stadium at University of Illinois!! 

Hayden'isms

Lately, Hayden has become more "verbal" and "demanding".  I swear once he turned 4 he changed into a 14 year old (at times).   However, I must say some of the things he has said lately, do make me laugh!!

-  The other day when Hayden was put into time-out, he said

"Not cool, Mommy!  Not cool!". 

Although, I shouldn't be laughing at that, it did make me chuckle quietly when I left the room! :)

-When Jake leaves for work in the morning, Hayden always says,

"Have a good day, Daddy!  Don't let the work bugs bite!" 

(Jake works on computer "bugs", but Hayden thinks he literally works on bugs.)

- "Mommy, if you don't have a penis, then how do you go pee?" 

(I'm not even going to elaborate on this conversation!)

-One thing that I am not finding funny though, is that lately Hayden has started calling me "Mother" instead of Mommy when he gets mad at me. :(

Happy Easter!!

We enjoyed a wonderful Easter, today!  This morning, Hayden was up bright and early at 6:30am(half excitement, half couldn't stop coughing)!   I made him come into our bed and watch a few cartoons before heading downstairs, just so Daddy could sleep a little longer.  He was very excited to see the neat bike and goodies in his basket!  We all enjoyed helping him look for eggs... that Easter bunny is good at hiding them! :)  We enjoyed some cinnamon rolls and time with the new toys before heading to the zoo for Brunch with the Bunny.  Easter brunch at the zoo is one of my FAVORITE traditions!

The Day Before Easter

Today, we spent the morning coloring eggs for the big day tomorrow!  We tried a few new techniques with stickers and rubber bands that turned out pretty neat!!

Tonight before bed, Hayden wrote the Easter Bunny a letter and drew a cute little pic of Peter Cottontail! :)

 Then he set out his basket, letter, the eggs, and of course yummy carrots for our visitor!!  Hayden was so excited!  I wish I could just bottle it up, because it is such genuine excitement!!

 Jake proved once again, what an AWESOME dad he is!!  After spending some time putting together Hayden's new bike for Easter, he found out it was defective.  He was adamant about Hayden having a bike tomorrow morning, so he went out at 11:30 to Meijer's and Wal-Mart to find a new bike!  After calling me and having me read different reviews about the bicycles(typical Jake :), he came back home at 12:15 and started to assemble the 2nd bike!!  We are very lucky to have such a Caring Dad!!!

Happy Earth Day!

Although it was a yucky, rainy day today, we still managed to find some fun activities to do inside to celebrate Earth Day!!

Dirt, Worms, & Bugs

Earth Day Dinner

Butterfly Pasta, Tree Broccoli, Earth Biscuits, & Dirt Cups

We discussed ways to help our planet and made a pledge as to how we will do that this year! :)

Before bed, we read some Earth Day books in his "box" that he wanted to reuse :)  Love it!!

Easter Puppets & Carrot Cupcake push-ups

Easter Puppets and Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a fun way to

spend the morning! :)

 I LOVE these little push-up contraptions, and the carrot cupcakes turned out SUPER yummy!