Easter review.

The spring has been so busy that it will take a few posts to get caught up. But here are the results from Easter weekend. On Saturday we went with the Mantia family to Purina Farms to see the various non-zoo animals.

Here is Craig and his cousin Jesse playing with corn feed and John Deere Trucks.



Craig next to a live chicken. He is looking into a pig pen. He desperately wanted in to play with the 2 pigs inside. He was out-voted.



Craig looking at the incubator with all the baby chicks. This seems to be an appropriate time to tell you he loves Chicken McNuggets.



Here are all the Mantia cousins. Who knows when they will all sit still for a picture again.



We woke up Easter Sunday to discover that it had snowed! Therefore the Easter Bunny had to hide some eggs inside.

Here is Craig waking up.....



The Easter Bunny brought him 101 Dalmations and a coloring book. And chocolate.



Craig took to the Easter egg hunt pretty well, although he would have rather just used two eggs as maracas than find the rest.



But in the end all the eggs ended up in the basket.



Then we went to mass and headed out to spend time with the Willmanns. Here we are all dressed up for Mass.



Craig and his Aunt Maureen.



By this time it had warmed up and the hunt was outside. Craig was a pro at this point.



Before we knew it all the eggs were in the basket!



That's about it from Easter. I will have various other springtime pics up hopefully sooner than later.

oooo....Why'd you slice off my hand?

This situation was also documented by JuggleDoug. A couple weeks ago the Royals came over with their children Isaac and Lily. At some point both Isaac and Craig picked up inflatable lightsabers. After about a half hour of prompting we were finally able to realize the dream of our children having a lightsaber duel. Ok, the video only caught the tail end of it, but you can tell by us laughing that it was a good fight before I started filming. Craig and Isaac had been at it a while, so when Isaac says "Please no" it is more about being done playing than being pwned. (I promise the video works)



If you haven't seen it before, or just want to remember, I highly recommend the Star Wars Gangsta Rap Special Edition.

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Craig vs. the Box

Moving into a new house creates lots of boxes. One day we unloaded a particularly large one and tossed Craig into it just to see what would happen. Something cute happened of course.

Ho Baby!

Announcement time: We are expecting Baby #2 August 21st! We are excited and no, we aren't finding out what it is. Surprises are fun.

Craig has been very cute recently and I have lots of videos to share. Unfortunately I have to iron out some technical problems first. But after that there will be some amazing videos coming your way!

Our House, in the middle of our street

We are very excited to announce we have moved into a our very own house! It is one story with a pretty kickin' basement. 3 bed 2 bath upstairs with another bed and bath in the basement. It is in St. Peters near 70 and Mid Rivers Mall Dr. A very special thanks to all those who helped us move including: our parents, Tommy, Lisa, Christian, Annette, Ken, Scott and Susan. If I forgot anyone, that would be really bad cause it is probably a family member. Now on to the pics! First, you will notice the nice layer of snowfall we ordered especially for the move.



This is the front. My first job as a homeowner was to shovel snow. Joy.



The backyard. There are doors to the basement and the kitchen. Very good size, great for impromptu games of soccer and wiffle ball.



This is a pic of the steps leading down from the kitchen door. Ummm...imagine wooden steps.



Craig loves the house. He ran around exploring for the first half hour we were there. This is a pic of him playing with his Little People for the very first time! (We have owned them for over a year now.)



You Rock! You earned $2000. Deductions include:
- $200 Clothes, strewn about.
- $300 Milk, spilt.
- $500 Diapers, pooped in.
Your cut: $500. (for college of course)

Off Line for a while.

Just an update, we are without internet for the next 2 weeks. So unless I hijack someone's computer and download some pics, we won't have any new pics for a while.

But when we get this straightened out we will get lots of pictures up. I promise.

The Matrix has you.

Much has happened in the month of January. First, Tania's Saturn died the day after Christmas. That was no good. But, we were able to find a 2004 Toyota Matrix for a good price! It is listed as a mini-wagon and is good for trasporting people and stuff. Tania loves it! Here are some pictures.




Craig wanted a car too, and who are we to argue?



Drive fast son. Drive fast.

And, because I feel bad about not posting in a while, you get a pic of Craig in the bathtub.



Someday, when Craig is wanting to date, we won't have to pull out a photo album of embarassing pictures. I will just hand the young lady a web address. I love the internet!