Easter in Wausau

This weekend we drove to Wausau to celebrate Easter with my family.  

One of the highlights was meeting my mom's new dog, Lola.  The boys were more than

happy to take her and Bella for a walk, or rather have the dogs take them for a walk.  It was

infuriating at the time, but kind of funny looking back at it now.  They didn't get the concept

that you walk on the sidewalk and the dogs follow you.  They would let the dog walk

wherever it wanted and follow behind it, whether that was all the way into someone's yard

or in the middle of the street.  

My mom lives on the top of a hill at a "T" intersection so we had to cross the street right

away to get to the sidewalk.  Joe started walking in one direction down the middle of the

street and Owen took off in the other, each following their own dog.  Meanwhile I had Miles

strapped to my chest in the Bjorn and was trying to chase both of them down and get them

to the sidewalk.  They didn't realize they could pull the dogs to lead them where they

needed them to go, so I had to do it for them.  I was going crazy, but I'm sure the neighbors

enjoyed the entertainment.  Thankfully for all parties involved, they got the hang of it.

 Other than that, Owen spent a lot of time playing basketball with the older boys.  He loves

basketball and loves his cousins even more.  As soon as Aiden's shirt came off, Owen's

came off right along with it.  He definitely looks up to them and I'm so thankful he has them.

 We rested up,

 so we were all ready to go for "Easter".  We had an egg hunt for the boys,

and as always my mom made sure everyone had plenty of candy to go home with.  The

highlights were the ever popular candy bar filled with all sorts of goodies that we got to load

up our bags with, and the Easter baskets my mom made for the kids.  The baskets

themselves were made out of candy boxes with a Laffy Taffy rope handle.  They were really

cute and creative and the boys loved them!  Thanks for a fun Easter Mom and Larry!