Puppet Show

Now that we're back in town, we hit up the local gardens for their annual puppet show/picnic lunch on Wednesday. The kids had fun climbing the huge trees before the show started.

How high are we?

I love this one!

Monday Fun

Anna finally woke up Monday morning refreshed and ready to go, even though she still looks a little dazed here.

We played around the house in the morning, which was just enough time for Anna to put all her "babies" to bed.

Later, we headed out to bounce at Monkey Joe's and everyone had a blast. It's super hard to get pics of the other kids, though, so most of them are just of Sam.

Even Granny peeked in on the action!

My sweet chunk!

Easter Sunday

Sunday proved to be a busy day spending time with family and friends. We had a nice time visiting with both sets of grandparents, as well as Beverly and Jim.

Before church, the kids checked out their Easter goodies.

After church, the kids played outside to pass the time until our yummy lunch was ready.

Beverly and Jim came over after lunch and passed out even more gifts.

Anna played so hard that she eventually fell asleep in Grandy's lap around 5:00pm and didn't wake up until almost 7:00 the next morning. Tired girl!

Another long-time friend, Allison, came over to visit with her girls and we tried to get a group picture with London and Sydney (minus the sleeping Anna, of course).

More "official" Easter pictures coming later . . . .

Saturday with Friends

After the party at our house Friday, we hit the road and headed to the Upstate for the next several days. Saturday morning I got to visit with two of my oldest friends and it was so good to see them (and their children).

Carly and sweet Davis

Audrey (otherwise known as mini-Lauren!)

Two sleepy babes

We tried to get a group shot - ha!

Sweet Friends
(Lauren and I had crabby babies at this point and we couldn't put them down.)

Later that afternoon, we enjoyed playing outside.

This is how Sam crawls when he's outside - it's hilarious!

Cute boy with LOTS of drool!

MOMS Club Spring Fling

Next up: our MOMS Club Spring Fling - at my house. We ended up with 20 moms, 30 kids, one uncle and one daddy at our house last Friday. It was so chaotic and so much fun! Between lunch, crafts, and the big egg hunt, I was too busy playing hostess to take many pictures, but I did get a few funny ones.

What's wrong with this picture?
Emma is pulling the two boys in the wagon - she's a tough girl!

Anna desperately wanted to wear the bunny ears she made, but they were just a little big.

Checking out their loot.

Preschool Easter Party

I have so many pictures from this past (very busy) week, so stay tuned for lots of updates. I was going to do one big post, but I'm not patient enough, so there will be several small ones. First up: Jack's Easter party at school. I was one of the "Party Moms" and made bunny rabbit cookies for everyone. They were supposed to have whiskers but I was just too exhausted to mess with that!

Group picture - they are such a cute group!

Happy Easter

Love,

The McCravys

What Sam has been up to lately . . .

Climbing the stairs . . .

while waving "bye-bye."

Go Blue Devils!

Daddy and his Duke girl proudly supporting their team.

Just Because

These Babies of Mine

Spring Saturday

Saturday was such a beautiful day (and a big tease since it's freezing today). We love playing outside and spent a good portion of Saturday in our favorite room in the house - our backyard!

Daddy's Helper

Jack helped Daddy pressure wash the sidewalk Sunday afternoon and he actually did a fairly good job! Marshall also got him to vacuum out the car and said Jack did so well that he will never vacuum his own car again. We will see about that one!

10 Months

The babe is 10 months old today. I can't believe it!

Some tidbits about our guy:

- Down to 19 lbs - that stomach bug that hit him 3 times was a doozie!
- Only eats "real" food, with the exception of a jar of fruit I still mix in his oatmeal for breakfast.
- Texture seems to be a big deal to him. He does not like cold or slimy things (i.e. a lot of fruits).
- Nurses twice and gets two formula bottles a day.
- Still has 6 teeth, but has recently started drooling like crazy again so maybe more are on the way.
- Naps and nights are still about the same. Sometimes he still wakes between 5:30 - 6:30 and I just feed him and put him back to bed. Although he seems to be sleeping longer in the mornings since I started giving him a formula bottle right before bed. Hopefully we're onto something!
- Crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything but has only cruised a couple steps.
- Can climb stairs if something he really wants is at the top. :)
- Loves, loves, loves his brother and sister when they are trying to make him laugh and his daddy always makes him giggle.
- Says "ma ma" and "da da" and I'm pretty sure other things, but I really can't tell you what they are. You would think I would be more aware of that!
- Sometimes tries to sign "more" but not at all consistent with it yet.
- Gets into everything! See . . .