Warriors and Easter Fun

This past weekend our friends, the McCormicks came in town for a visit. We really enjoyed having them here - they're the best. On top of being just plain cool, they also listened to us talk about our kids nonstop the whole weekend, and seemed to enjoy hanging out with the kids, too. : )


On Saturday morning, brave David and Colin ran the Warrior Dash. They had a great time, and actually did it in like 31 minutes or something. It is a 3 mile run plus something like 12 or 15 obstacles. They want Elizabeth and I to run it next year. You get really dirty. And have to run 3 miles. And there is fire, and barbed wire involved. I hope I'm pregnant when that date rolls around : )



Elizabeth did some marathon shopping in Dallas, and I took the boys to swim lessons. Once that was over I brought them all to the doctor - since Charlie woke up early that morning with croup. Poor guy. Turns out he had double ear infections, too. He's getting better. I think. There is a lot of snot. And he wants to be held. A lot .




The boys got home around 2 or 3pm and before that I managed (with Eliz's help) to bake four cookies and "decorate" them - which was tricky since the royal icing should dry over night, and I let mine set for about 45 minutes. So, they were still wet when Colin and David got home.






On Saturday night I baked some more cookies and decorated them on Sunday. We brought them for our Mom's Group Easter Party at Shelley's house. They actually turned out cute, since I let them dry ...
The kids had a blast at the Easter Party! It's always a little tricky trying to fix lunch plates for all four of us when Charlie is on my hip - kept grabbing grapes off of the plate or trying to knock off the chicken nuggets while I was trying to get some salad. Anyway, no one choked and we all ate. It makes me think - how many kids can you have before you can't go anywhere without your husband around to help.