Easter Egg Hunt

Since I work on Saturday and Sunday night, Easter is usually cut pretty slim for us as a holiday. Thankfully, Hutto has an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday morning so I can be part of the boys in their egg hunting endeavors.

This year, Kayla, Dustin, and Jackson joined us. The boys LOADED up on candy (which I took 99% to work and gave away).

Jackson had no problem getting to the egg hunt. He kept yelling "Candy Candy Candy". And he was not such a big fan of the humans dressed up as extra large animals. I can't say that I blame him... something about a 6 foot rabbit with an extra large head can be pretty intimidating. Especially if you are only 2 feet tall!

Lately Owen has been obsessed with making strange and wierd faces. Here he is posing as a monkey. I of course tell him-- the standard motherly phrase-- Your face will get stuck like that, you better stop it.

Owen lost a tooth at school

Owen's 2 front teeth have been growing in and the teeth next to those huge rabbit chompers have been loose. Well, he lost it at school today, and couldn't be more proud. The school puts the tooth in a small treasure chest, and Owen gets to bring it home in the little chest. Owen asked me if I got up in the middle of the night and drove to the store to buy a toy acting as the tooth fairy. And when I asked him what HE believed, he said no, that he thought the tooth fair was a girl and she was able to deliver toys when he lost a tooth. I love the innocence of it all. I hope he never grows up!

Rockport for the weekend

I had a Saturday night off so Robert could hang out with his brother David while he was in town for his bachelor party (which was 1 week long, but that is another story).

Anyway, I decided to take the boys down to Rockport to visit my grandpa and brother. My dad was also down there for the weekend, so we all got to have a little fun.

Papa attempted to do a little pier fishing with Truett one evening. Well, it was definitely fishing ADD style. Truett would cast his reel, then immediately say "well, the fish aren't here, let's move to another spot". And that is what Truett did. He moved back and forth and up and down the pier for about 30minutes and then he was done fishing...and of course did not ever catch one fish.

We hung out at Rockport beach and Jeff took us for a boat ride in his new boat. The boys enjoyed driving the boat, but once we went out in the bay and the water got a little rough, Truett was scared and squeezing my arm so tight I lost feeling in my fingers.

But we got to dig in the sand, build some sand castles, fly a kite and attempt to ride the waves a little, although the waves at Rockport Beach are quite small. It was still fun hanging out at the beach.

Truett and Owen picked some wild flowers when we went exploring around Grandpa's house. Truett has been obsessed with not touching bluebonnets since I told him it was against the law. He is so upset about the fact that an animal might mess up some bluebonnets and get in trouble with the police. I had a lot of explaining to do with that one!

Grandpa got a lesson in the PSP from Truett. Since he is 85 years old, I am sure he has seen some technology advances in his time!

Mutton Bustin' and The Star of Texas Rodeo

This year, at the Austin Rodeo, I signed up Truett to ride the sheep (better known as mutton bustin'). In the past, when Owen did this event, I had signed him up in the "mutton bustin' mania" which was held in the show barn, and there would be about 50 kids riding sheep. Well this time, I signed Truett up to ride during the actual night-time rodeo, where there was about 9 kids riding sheep during the ACTUAL rodeo. And much to my surprise, Truett won! I'm not exactly sure how the judges "score" this event, but Truett received the highest score and won a shiny belt buckle as the prize!

Truett held onto the sheep all the way across the arena, until the sheep basically rolled over to get Truett off. And in that process, Truett was scared, hurt, and crying and the rodeo clown carried him back down to the shoots. Well, all of that was forgotten once Truett one the belt buckle. He was walking around that rodeo like he had won a gold medal at the Olympics; shaking everyone's hand, flirting with the girls. It was a fun evening and fun to watch. Big brother Owen even did a good job of congratulating his brother.

Prior to the rodeo, the boys took in some carnival rides, rode a mechanical bull (which Truett said was fake and nothing but some tubes and wires), and of course Robert had to ride the rides too.

It was a good time, but expensive. We paid $5 for a box of popcorn! And the wrist bands to ride those silly rides was 25 BUCKS! But I suppose that highway robbery was worth it, because Truett was the champion of the night, and we all had a really good time. Truett even tried cotton candy for the first time, and he was in heaven and described it as something special that melts on your tongue.

I was so excited as I filmed this that I was screaming like a crazy person. Sorry for the noise... I was a proud mama!