Bunny Visit and Easter Recap

Have you ever noticed that the year goes by in a blur of one holiday celebration mixed into the next so there's always something to look forward to and something to be excited about it? I didn't really appreciate this until this year with the toddlers being so excited about EVERYTHING! They even like silly bunny shapes made out of cheese. We started Easter off with a visit from some bunnies thanks to Brooke, one of the boys' babysitters. We talked about it for the week before the visit. When the day finally came, the boys knew something was up.
Here they are when the cage got set up:


What does Brooke have in the box?
Bunnies!
Goober was ecstatic...usually he is a little more hesitant around animals. He was all over these bunnies though.Feeding the bunnies some treats.

Bean in the cage:
Goober in the cage:




Goober playing show and tell with the bunnies. He brought them a book and their life-size daschund toy. I think Dashy scared the bunnies.No don't go!

Bye bye Brooke and bunnies:
Great Auntie Pearl and my cousin L also stopped in for a visit over Easter weekend. We didn't get many pictures but we did manage to get one of L with her hands full.And we got pictures of the boys in the awesome Olympic towels Great Auntie Pearl brought. Thanks a ton-here's Miga!
And Quatchi....

We continued the festivities with a trip to the zoo with Grandma and Grandpa J for their Bunny Bounce. It was freezing cold so we had a short hunt but it was so neat to see the boys hunt for eggs with other toddlers.


One of the best things about twins is that there is plenty of toddler to go around when people visit. Grandpa J looks more comfortable in this photo


than in this one where Goober is trying to rip his face off...er I mean hug his head nicely and help Grandpa smile.
Group shot with the Easter Bunny. I always pictured him a little plumper with all those candy filled eggs he leaves. There were no tears though so maybe there is hope for Santa this year.
We wrapped our Easter weekend up with a visit from the Easter Bunny on Sunday morning. The boys were quite adept at finding eggs at this point and this year the Easter Bunny snuck some m and m's in with the bunny ohs and other healthy treats. YUM! We also had a lovely visit with Grandma and Grandpa P but no pics so we'll just have to shout out a hello and make sure we get some next time! (Grandpa P-please send pics!) Here is one tired Goober after all the Easter festivities. (He is actual faking-this is his nene face.)

Happy Easter! I think this one was my best one yet:)

aloha beach!

I hate to admit it but I have never changed a diaper on a plane. Baby daddy meanwhile is quite the pro. On the way home from Hawaii where we vacationed this past week, he had to change 7 poos on the flight home and I was grateful to be tucked away with my Us Weekly at my window seat feeling totally spoiled, tanned and taken care of. Babydaddys need (deserve) a bit of credit sometimes so here it is;)
We slipped away for a short vacation on Oahu and it was absolute bliss. The toddlers and I were so excited the week up to the flight-I swear they knew we were going on the plane to the "be!" (toddlerese for beach!). Here they are at the airport. They did well on their flight and even received a bunch of compliments.

We were even more proud of the scene they threw in the lobby of our hotel. After a room mixup and two screaming, tired, cranky toddlers we were upgraded to PH! Who would have thought having babies would sometimes amp up our style!

The lagoon by our hotel was our primary source of beach entertainment. We also loved the penguins and flamingos and other birds in the gardens there too. Uncle Roo and Auntie M had spring Break that coincided with Baby Daddys conference in Hawaii so after one morning of entertaining the two on my own I was so lucky when they literally flew in to the rescue and I had them help with the babies throughout the day. Here are some of our adventures:

finding geckos
playing in the lagoon
stopping to smell the roses (okay they were probably pikake or plumeria...)

Best Restaurant for Babies....the Ocenarium. We got there right before they fed the fish and the babies were awestruck the whole meal.This is the last pic and one of the only pics taken with our underwater cam..apparently Hanauma Bay was too much for it, I guess.

Despite living the high life, the best part of the trip was when BabyDaddy finished work and we all packed up and drove to a rental house on the North Shore. We were in a town called Haleiwa and it was sleepy, small and so tropical. I didn't want to leave.


Goober hanging on the "lanai" there is a rainbow in the back and yes he is in his birthday suit.




Fully clothed this time.Building on the beach.

For some reason I was determined to take the boys to the Dole Pineapple Plantation. It's like a cheesy Disneyland for pineapples but I love it...and they did too.
My boys!

Lost in the world's largest pineapple maze. And below Bean is feeding...
fish that think they are starving. Many came out on land just to get whatever fish drug we bought for 50 cents.
Bean + Train =Love
My boys again...boo!

Souvenir Shopping while waiting for our food. We forgot to get pictures with the requisite Matsumoto's Shave Ice..
Hanging with another set of twins we picked up at the playground.

And just like that it was over and we were back to the airport-

where we were transported back to Seattle with blustery winds and a rainstorm. But in my head we're still on the beach and I might just keep us there for a little while longer.