Thomas's 1st Birthday

We were so lucky to be in town for Thomas Hill's 1st Birthday!   Jamie always has cute themes for the boy's parties and Easter Egg Hunt and party was just perfect for Thomas's Big Day. 

 Stopping to check out the prizes

 Showing off their finds!

 Checking out her eggs!

The Birthday Boy in his Bunny ears!

 Happy Birthday to You!  

While Thomas can't have cake - he got some tastes of icing and I think he loved it : )

 Mallary loved this Easter Bunny and the one at the mall.

 The Hill Family Picture!

 Mallary wanted to keep hanging out with the Easter Bunny

and was willing to share her eggs and treats with him!

A trip to the Zoo!

On Thursday we headed to the Birmingham Zoo with Andrew, Ava and Aunt Elaine. The new Africa section is now open and nice.  We had a beautiful day and afterwards went back to their house to play and to get frozen yogurt.  It was a fun day!

Playdate with Friends

On Wednesday we headed out to Birmingham for the rest of the week.  Our first stop was to spend the day with the Malone's!  We opted for a playdate at their house since Anne Rae was about 8 1/2 months pregnant.  The kids all play so well together and spent hours down in the playroom with no fussing or trouble.  It worked out that it was also Anne Rae's birthday so we celebrated with cupcakes.  She and I stayed up stairs visiting and catching up (and timing her contractions - ha!).

We are also excited because yesterday (April 25th - I backdate the blog to the dates we actually do the stuff!) Jones and Crawford got their new baby sister Charlotte!  Congrats Friends!

Botanical Gardens

On Tuesday of Spring Break we went to the Huntsville Botanical Gardens with our friends Abby and Ashley and we LOVED it!  It was absolutely beautiful with so many things to do and explore.  They have all these great treehouses and we never knew when one would pop up or what fun things would be at it.  My girls both agreed that the flowerpot one was their favorite.  There was a great children's area and butterfly house as well.  We spent well over 3 hours there and still probably didn't see everything

Their favorite treehouse - The flowerpot House!

 

 Looking for the witch at the Wizard of Oz Treehouse

 SeeSaw with Abby.

 They wanted their picture taken with this animal skin

 Crazy faces

 In the giant chair

 Playing in the sunflower maze

 a butterfly seat in the butterfly house

 Beautiful Tulips

 More tulips...I love them and glad we went when they were still in bloom

Picnic in the Park

We kicked Spring Break off with a fun picnic in the park followed by some family softball practice.

 

Opening Day Parade

Gracie had Madison spend the night and the girls and Alan got up early to be at the parade by 8! They had fun decorating the truck, blowing bubbles and riding along. Next was opening ceremonies where they announce all the teams and coaches. We spent the rest of the day getting dance and softball pictures

PACT Program

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and our local agency, PACT hosted a lunch and invited the preschoolers to come out and sing as part of their program. Gracie was so excited to sing their songs to an audience and have a picnic with her classmates.












As a side not to PACT - they hosted a marriage month on Facebook and had a drawing for a Grand Prize of a night away and spa package and I.WON. I never win anything so I was ecstatic. Facebook finally paid off for me and now there is a little less teasing when I am on facebook so Alan ensures he is my guest for that weekend. ha ha ha