Easter at Grams

We celebrated Easter at Grandma & Pappy Ricks this afternoon. This really worked out well and will make this holiday a lot less stressful. After the church Easter party, we headed to their house for an early dinner. After dinner, we had an egg hunt for the kids. WOW...two egg hunts in one day for these special boys! We had a really great day.

In the last picture, our oldest nephew, Zach, made each boy give him an egg to get in the house. No egg, no entering! He's too much:)

LFUMC Easter Party

We went to our church Easter party this morning. The boys had so much fun! Landon really enjoyed the activity stations this year. He made a butterfly and wreath. Lukas colored a two sided bookmark and made a wreath, too.

The weather was cold and rainy, so they had the egg hunt inside again. A little girl in our church made two special prizes and whoever found the two eggs with a special note had to go and see her after everyone was finished finding the eggs. Lukas found so many eggs that they kept falling out of his basket. He opened his fourth egg and started yelling, "I got a note; I got a note". He found the girl and she gave him a big easter bucket full of all kinds of goodies. He was so excited! Lukas always wins something from the Easter party. He's such a sweet brother and shared his gift with Landon.

We all had a great time!

Tooth #6

This morning while Lukas was eating breakfast, he lost his 6th tooth! It made our morning a little hectic, but we still take the time to capture these milestones. Lukas said to us "I look like a Jack-o-lantern!" before he left for school.

Raingutter Regatta

Tonight was Lukas's Pack Raingutter Regatta. He raced about 5 times and won every time. This year they let the siblings race. Lukas helped Landon race and they won twice. It was a lot of fun!

Hoot, Howls, Hooves & Habitats

From 10am – 3:00 we attended the Cub Scout Winter event at Crooked Creek horse park. What a fun-filled packed day. We got to watch Lukas do sling shot, archery, and sled race. We all got to meet Klif the police dog which was our favorite event of the day. Detective Heider put on an awesome presentation. The boys couldn't stop talking about them all day. We also got to meet wildbirds of Pennsylvania and Lukas will be able to earn his Wild Life Conservation Belt Loop. He just has a report to do to finish that part of the section. Lukas learned about taking care of horses. He got to brush, clean their hooves and measure a miniature horse. He also got his face painted like an indian and made a cute pin, too! It was a little cold, but we really had a great time.

DR. SEUSS

Beloved children's book author Dr. Seuss would have turned 108 today!

It was Dr. Seuss day at Lukas's school and they did all kinds of stuff involving Dr. Seuss. They even had green eggs and ham for lunch. We have many of his books in our library. Landon picked out "Green Eggs and Ham" and wanted Lukas to read it to him.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Goodbye #5

Lukas lost his 5th tooth at school today.

He told us:

"I've never lost a tooth in school before! I was sitting in class and it just plopped out. It happened during math. I raised my hand and my teacher thought I wanted to answer the question. When she called on me, I said my tooth is bleeding. She sent me to the nurse and she got me all cleaned up. They gave me a small envelope to put my tooth in and stapled it shut. I also had a friend in class that lost a tooth a lunch. We were "LUCKY" today!" Hehe...too cute:)

Look, his two front teeth are finally coming through!

Blue & Gold Banquet

This evening, Lukas had his pack Blue & Gold Banquet. The Blue and Gold Banquet is a celebration of the anniversary of Cub Scouting and is named after the symbolic colors of Cub Scouting. It is held in February and is the biggest pageant of the Scouting year. A special committee is formed a few months in advance of the event and plans the meeting. Scouts will be asked to assist in planning the event and participating in the banquet. This event is always a highlight of the boys’ Cub Scout experience. This year, was a huge success. We had about 120 people! We had a pre-opening slideshow with photos of what the boys have been up to this year. The Flag Ceremony was done by the Webelos & Bears, had a wonderful spaghetti dinner followed by awards, rank advancements, beads, belt loops, skits by each Den, and a guest speaker about camp promotions. Lukas earned his Wolf badge and 4 ranking beads! Now, he can work on earning his gold & silver arrow points. Below is a video of the wolves skit "Pack 553 goes ice fishing" They did a great job! There's even a picture of me handing out beads and belt loops to my den. They really are a great group of boys to work with!

Party #2!

We started our day with Sunday School and church. Landon got a little gift from his Sunday School teacher and they even sang "Happy Birthday" to him.

At 2:00, we had "Party #2" at Great Nanny and Pappap's house. We celebrated with cake and ice-cream and spent some quality time with family. There was a house full: Great Nanny, Pappap, Nanny, Pappy Sam, Uncle Clint, Aunt Sandy, Nathan, Aunt Kristy, Jason, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Lee Ann, Ashlynn, David and Ian. He got many more gifts. We let him open a couple up so the kiddos could play. One of the gifts that Aunt Kristy got him was mouse trap, and they all had fun playing that. They just loved playing with the marble maze.

After his party, The boys and I went roller skating with Aunt Kri and Jason. Ben had to go home and go to bed. It was Landon's first time on skates. We tried roller blades first, but he just couldn't get the hang of it. We put him back in the training skates. He did much better with those. It was Lukas's first time wearing the real skates. He took a few hits to the floor, but caught on really quick. Even I put on skates. It has been about 15 years since I went roller skating, but it didn't take long for me to catch the hang of it. We all can't wait to go again with Daddy!

Happy 4th Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday Dear Landon,
Happy Birthday to you!

Happy, Happy Birthday to a very special little boy...
...we can't believe our baby boy is four already.
No matter how old you get, you'll always be our baby!

♥We love you so much ~ MOMMY & DADDY♥