Easter Egg Hunt

There's an egg!

I think Leo found the Golden Egg!

The kids after the hunt: Olivia, Leo, Stella, and Ben

Quinn taking an opportunity to check out the Easter Baskets.

Get those bubbles!

We got together with our neighbors and found out that the Easter Bunny had also hidden eggs outside our houses too! Ben, Leo, Stella, and Oliva went in seach of the elusive Golden Egg, the egg with a special prize inside. After the hunt Olivia got the kids going with a bubble chase!

Easter Morning at the Kollasch's

Thank you Easter Bunny!

Ben testing out the wheel-barrow by hauling his blankie.

Quinn, the One Sock Man, wants to know how the Easter Bunny got M&M's in a carrot!

Quinn LOVES his new boots!

But is not so sure how to actually walk in them.

We woke up to find that the Easter Bunny had visited our house and left some goodies for the boys. He also hid the eggs around the house and Ben got to practice his egg-hunting skills. He managed to find all of 14 of them (at least the Easter Bunny thinks he hid 14 eggs). The boys got some new boots to wear at Mama and Papa's house since it will be a little muddy up there once they move in. Ben also got a cool wheel-barrow to help Mama haul stuff around the yard.

Quinn meets Zach

How's it goin' Zach?

Mom, we are sharing our snack!

Let me help you with that Zach. If you don't want it, I'll eat it!

So full! Nice shoes you have on Quinn, are they my size?

We had a fabulous Easter party at my cousin Becky's house the Saturday before Easter. She hosted over 40 members of our family and it was great to see everyone again. Quinn got to hang out with his cousin Zach who is about 1 1/2 months younger than Quinn. They shared some snacks, discussed strollers and crawling techniques, and how much they like to sleep through the night. The subject of older brothers also came up, not sure what was discussed on that one...

The Zoo

Quinn taking it easy in his stroller.

Ben loved to show Quinn the animals!

Quinn - there's a goat.

Ella (in pink) petting the baby goat.

Ben and Ella enjoying a cookie while waiting for the rain to let up.

My mom and I took Ben, Quinn, and my cousin's little girl Ella to the MN Zoo. We wanted to see the Wells Fargo Baby Farm Animals exhibit that opened on April 1st. We managed to see the farm right before the rain started pouring down. We rushed back and forth between whatever shelter we could find until we made it back to the car. Ella loved the sea otters and Ben liked to watched the animals from a far. The tiger got a little too close to the glass at one point and I don't think Ben appreciated it at all. Both Ella and Ben were fantastic and Quinn had a leisurely stroll in his stroller.

Waking up is hard to do....

Ben looks like the one that needs a nap!

Quinn is not ready to be awake yet!

Ben with his stuff that he brought to show Quinn.

Quinn is checking out his own Twilight Turtle.

Ben usually gets up before Quinn and once he hears Quinn making some noise on the monitor he wants to be the one to go in there and get him up. One day, Ben wanted to do a little Show and Tell for Quinn so he brought in his penguin, Twilight Turtle, Gloworm, and blankie. Quinn had a hard time waking up and wasn't really interested in all the neat stuff Ben brought to show.

Target Field - Welcome Outdoor Baseball!

Papa, Quinn, and Ben at the game.

The scoreboard in left field. They are presenting the President of the Twins with a Gopher Baseball jersey.

The outfield.

Mom, Quinn, Ben, and Chris

A tired boy after a day at the ballpark!

We took the boys down to the brand-new Target Field, new outdoor home to the MN Twins to watch the MN Gophers play a game as a test-run for opening day. The weather was good, we have had an amazing Spring here, and the new stadium was BEAUTIFUL. It was fun to see all the people there to watch the Gophers and Ben loved the atmosphere. He helped Papa shell peanuts, ate some snacks, and watched a little baseball. It was also our first outing in the minivan with 6 poeple inside. It was sure nice to only have to pay for one vehicle to park!

Getting ready for Spring!

Quinn is officially getting ready for spring as he recently acquired his first bike helmet. Chris and I got new bikes for the summer and are hoping to take the boys on some rides. It took Quinn some time to get used to the helmet (he does not like to wear things on his head), but eventually he forgot about it and went about his business as if nothign were new. Hopefully he will like the bike trailer and Dad will like pulling the bike trailer!