Todays Sunset:
Last week was St Patty's Day! This is one of my favorite holiday's. The actual holiday fell on a Monday but we celebrated it on Sunday. Just like last year, you guys had some nice green juice, and green milk. Adam, at first you didn't know what to think about it, but after
you noticed JD and I swigging our drinks you dove right in too. We all wore green at some point throughout the day and dug out some nice Patty's Day hats too! JD, 
you made sure the dogs weren't left out and provided them with nice big green bowls of water!This past weekend was Easter. Mom had plans with Brooke on Friday night so we all went down for the weekend. I left work early and I got to dismiss JD from school for the first time. JD when you saw me standing in the office you ran like a shot towards me and gave me a big hug. On our way back home to get Mom, Ad, and the dogs, you told me about what you learned on that Friday. You were learning about Picasso in Art (you already know more than me), playing dodge ball and climbing the rock wall in gym, and learning about rain forests with Mrs Hill. This week you are planting seeds to grow vegetables and flowers!
Mom took a separate car down to MA since she was going toward Boston and JD, Adam, Brick, Az and I went down in my car. Since it was all boys in the car, I changed the voice on my NAV to a male voice rather than the female voice I have programmed in. Why mess up a good thing? Just kidding..
On our first night at Nana's she set up some fun activities for you guys to take part in. You stuck some sticky, adhesive, decoration things to the window, did some coloring and watched the NCAA tourney with us all. JD and I filled out our tourney brackets just before game time on Thursday. Each and every year since I have filled out a bracket, I have been absolutely awful.
I started doing these brackets in my early teens and I really stink at picking the games. Nana and Grampie also filled out brackets and after the first weekend JD was beating all of us by a landslide. In fact JD, you had only three losses after the first two days! Impressive. Friday night also marked the first time Adam gave a real goodnight kiss to Grampie and Nana. Ad, you don't see them as often as JD did at that age, but we have been going down quite a bit recently. We are hoping that after Grampie's hip gets better, they will be able to make the trip up here too.The next day we woke up and Nana took you guys to the toy store to pick out a favorite toy. Adam chose a truck and JD chose a wallet?? Thats right JD chose a wallet. How do you guys think that went after about a half hour back at Nan's. That's right, the wallet got old quick!
Toward the afternoon Mom arrived and hung out for a while before we all went to Cauf's for some dinner with the Caufields and Lagos'. Adam, you had so much fun playing with Riley's bowling set and
running all around the yard. JD, and Jordan went outside and explored in the woods. After a while we all went for a small little exploration through the woods. We all commented how Adam and Riley have similar coloring, except Adam's hair is a bit longer!The next morning was Easter, which inevitably means the Easter Bunny is to arrive. As I mentioned on the way down, this year I wrote a letter to the good old hopper and asked him to deliver the candy to Nana's. He obliged and you both woke up to hidden Easter eggs all over the house! JD was up at 6:30 and so patient waiting for his sleepy head-bro to wake up at 8:00. JD went in to, "Check on him" and surprise, surprise he magically awoke! You both looked high and low for eggs and found little prizes in each one! I may have found an egg or two myself!
On this day we also played one of my all time favorite games on Nintendo. Duck Hunt! Adam kept walking around saying, "Daddy,
shoot quack, quack?" We must have played the game for a few hours before it finally got tired! Adam, you were pretty close to the TV when shooting, but you got yourself a bird or two!From there we went to Uncle Jeff's in Medfield. Jeff and Cathy put on a crazy spread each year that I was so happy to have been a part of this year. Cathy makes a famous egg plate that is THE BEST breakfast plate around. We had bacon, sausage, and every type of pastry you could imagine. It was great to see the Hart side of the family for this holiday. Jeffery, my cousin, hid eggs for the both of you and Dave and Livy. It was such a thoughtful thing for them to do and you were both happy to search for eggs again. You each got a goodie bag from them and then a giant bag of goodies from Grandma and Grampa too! I felt like it was Christmas all over again. I was bummed that I forgot my camera on this morning!
Then we were back to Nana's with Meg and Greg and their kids and Grammie and Grampie were there too. This was a very relaxing time for all of us. The kids went down to the basement, which was very nice for the
adults. We spoke to G and G about their travels and which places they enjoyed seeing the most. We also got to go outside to play for a while before the cold air creeped back in. JD and Liv spent some nice one on one time with Gram and Gramp that I know they appreciated very much.
Soon after it was time to get home. I was not looking forward to the drive but it only ended up taking about an hour and a half. Adam stayed up and yapped the whole way to keep me company, while JD was conked out by the time we hit Waltham.
The next evening (Monday) we got a surprise visit from one of JD's friends, Regan. She brought buy a heart shaped candy gift for JD! Her mom dropped by and she came running out of the car with the red candy box intact. After your initial embarrassment JD, you told us that she was your girlfriend?? This can't really be starting this early, can it?
