Fun Day!

Today Barrick and I finally got out of the house after a couple of days of rain and went with some friends to the National Building Museum in DC. Barrick had so much fun! Give him toys, a big room to run around in, and lots of kids to play with and he is one happy camper.

Here is Barrick playing in the play house and admiring the little boy in the fireman outfit! He just loves big boys, he thinks they are so cool!

Barrick kept climbing out of the window of the playhouse and as you can see he thought it was pretty funny!

He loved these big blocks! He was carrying them around everywhere showing off how big he was that he could lift them!

Here he is with his hard hat on ready to go work!

He loved these puzzles he sat and played with them for a while but then of course was more interested in standing on the table. Silly boy!


Last, we have to brag a little bit which all parents have the right to do, but I was pretty amazed at this. As you all know Barrick is obsessed with balls! As you can see by the picture he loves to collect them in the corner and throws them all day long!! I am not joking he really throws them all day! Last week Scotty and I were playing catch with one of his balls and he thought it was the coolest thing so he wanted to try, so of course we indulged him and it would bounce off his belly and he would laugh, then the last two days he has acutally caught them! It is so funny so we thought we would leave a video so you all could see how amazing we think he is!

Also as you can see at the end he leaves in a hurry due to his snot bubble, everytime he has a runny nose he runs to bathroom to get a tissue. Enjoy!

Caught!

While Scotty was getting Barricks pajamas he came in the office and found this. Yes Barrick is obsessed with anything electronic and he definitely scored here. It is amazing that in a few seconds within his grasp was the computer, i touch, zune, and both of our phones. This is when Scotty caught him, and he knew he was in trouble. Sometimes I wish he wasn't so good at climbing.

For the record I was not home!

Easter Fun!

I had so many pictures I didn't even know where to start! Well as you can see we had a fun filled weekend with family and friends. To start out we had an Easter party and the Neels house and we had so much fun! We had lunch, games, egg hunts and good company, it couldn't have been a more fun afternoon. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Here are the boys after the egg hunt. Braden, Barrick and Caelen.
Here is Barrick riding the dog, he could not get enough of him. Poor thing Barrick wouldn't leave him alone.

Here is Barrick and Braden playing on the stairs, they had a blast together.

Of course we had to have another one. I could not believe Barrick was not afraid, he LOVED him!


Then it was Easter morning and because of lack of time we did not decorate eggs until that morning but Barrick sure had fun!
Here he is coloring his egg.
Here he is with his basket and toys. He really did very well at the Easter egg hunt, after four of them he finally figured it out and just laughed walking around the room finding the eggs. He actually put them in his basket!

Here is another one of Barrick dying the eggs.

Here we are before church we were running late so we didn't get a very good picture.

Here is Barrick trying so hard to look at the camera, but he was tempted by the great outdoors.

Then later that night we got together with some friends and had dinner and an egg hunt. It was a little crazy, it was at our house and we were able to fit 16 adults and 13 kids in our town house! It was snug but it was so fun!
Here is Barrick out playing in the yard.

Here were the kids getting ready for the Easter egg hunt.

Barrick searching for those eggs.

Here we are after the hunt, which was at our neighbors.

Last here is our little boy right before bed. As you can see he had a wonderful day!

Cherry Blossoms

This last weekend we decided to go down to the Cherry Blossom festival in DC and it could not have been a more beautiful day. The best part was being able to get out and be together as a family. It was so fun and it was perfect weather! There were people flying kites, having picnics and just enjoying the spring.

Here are my two boys!

Here we are all together enjoying the blossoms.

Barrick wanted to check out the water fountain at the WWII monument.

Here is my little guy checking out the blossoms close up.

Last, this was after we got home and he was just being so cute and posing for the camera so I had to add a couple of them.

I just love this little boy! This is my favorite face he gives me. The sly smile from the side.

Usuhs Easter Party!

This last week was the annual Easter party that they hold at Scottys school for all of the families. It was such a fun day and Barrick had a blast! We met for lunch then they have an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Barrick loved all of the eggs! Of course he thought the eggs were balls, so he would pick an egg up, grunt and throw it as far as he could. Of course all of the other kids loved that because it meant more eggs for them. It think in the end we ended up with five eggs, oh well we are just glad he had so much fun!

(Sorry the pictures aren't the greatest they were taken with my phone)

Here is Barrick checking out the dirt on his hands. He takes after me in that way, he likes to be clean!

Here is Barrick taking the eggs out of his basket and throwing them.

Here he is in action throwing his eggs, or as Barrick would say "Baa".

Here is our happy boy when we got home after eating a couple of treats from his basket.