Busiest and Best Saturday Ever

Y'all it goes without saying that Saturdays around here are typically busy, but yesterday took the cake. It is definitely birthday season in these parts...coupled with baseball season...oy vey!!!

The pipsqueaks started their day with a star studded birthday party at the planetarium. In the meantime Dax and I ran a few little errands and went to a gender reveal baby shower for Annie & Sean. In the afternoon we joined forces at the Thomas house to celebrate Princess Charlotte's 4th birthday! After that Ethan had a baseball game against the White Sox...the other team only had 2 kids show up and NO coach so Trevor split our team in half and added their players in so that we all still got to play. Best daddy & coach ever!!! We rounded out our day at Cinco de Mayo dinner at the Hemmert house.

Needless to say there was no napping yesterday so as soon as heads hit pillows the Bradshaw Nook was silent!!

xo

The Avengers - Age of Ultron

We spent our Friday evening out on a date watching the new Avengers movie!!

We took our chances with not opting for the theater with assigned seating and got there an hour early, but it worked to our benefit. We had decent seats and the crowd didn't really seem to roll in until about 10 minutes before the movie was set to start.

We are really enjoying our date nights, and making a conscious effort to make sure we have them. Wonderful and timeless!!

xo

Weekend Round-Up

We didn't have any set schedule this weekend and it was fabulous. We still managed to be extremely busy, without a place to be at a certain time.

Friday -
The kids got to spend the evening with Miss Maddison while Trevor and I went out on a date!!

Saturday -
Ethan and Trevor had baseball practice in the morning. Only 3 kids showed up, but they had a blast practicing their hitting and fielding grounders!! After that we scooted off to the Dinosuar Park at Rancho San Rafael's Great Basin Adventure Park. We love going to that little tucked away park, and boy do we love dinosaurs in this house.

Sunday -
We started our Sunday fairly early...like 7 a.m. early! We were planning on making strawberry ice cream today, but all the strawberries went bad in a matter of days before I could make our delectable delight for the week. So instead I baked bread! We ran a bunch of errands and ended up at the marina for a lovely midday walk. Little Dax got his hair cut and did a little bit better than the first time. We rounded off our day with dinner at Bully's...can't complain about not having to cook!

Now I have to finish up laundry, and get everything sorted for tomorrow. Ethan is back to school tomorrow which means were back to our good ole schedule! I hope everyone's weekend was a relaxing and fun as ours!

xo

Easter Wrap-Up

It has pretty much taken me a week to wrap up Easter, and I'm so exhausted from Spring Break =)

I did manage to pack up the majority of the decorations today, I still have a bazillion loads of laundry to do, and The Royals is on tonight!! It's time to get this place in ship shape for spring...and these little pipsqueaks back on a schedule!

xo

Mr. & Mrs. Bradshaw Date Night Fridays

Y'all know I work for a family law firm where all I see day in and day out is divorce. I know how important romance is to a marriage, so we are working more than ever to make sure we have a weekly date night. Friday night's date was to see Furious 7

We really enjoyed the leather recliners at the Galaxy Theater, the oversized sodas, Skittles...and of course the company. Oh and the movie was fabulous as well!!! I'm really excited for this weeks Date Night!!

xo

Out of the Mouth of the Bradshaw Pipsqueaks

I have been sick this week, so I thought maybe I'd share some random happenings around The Bradshaw Nook, since I haven't had an ounce of energy to really get out and about. And let me tell you the pipsqueaks have been keeping us rolling on the floor with their hysterical antics.

On being crazy...

Ethan: Let's drive mommy crazy!
Carter: Yeah! Yeah! Crazy!
Ethan: Mommmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyy you can run but you can't hide!! Buhahahahaha [evil laugh]

On helping me carry things in from the car...

Me: Ethan carry your backpack in and put it in the kitchen.
Ethan: My hands are full already (carrying his drawing ONLY)...What do I look like I have 7 arms? [muttering under breath]

On our busy schedules...

Me: I think we should have a playdate with Annalita soon.
Ethan: Oh man! [big eyes & smile]
Me: Think it will be fun?
Ethan: Well, I've got a million things to do. I've got baseball practice and games. And I've got to work on beating Wreck It Ralph on the Wii...so I just don't know if I'm going to have time.

On why we misbehaved at school...

Me: Carter did we have a rough day at school?
Carter: Yes.
Me: Carter did we have a hard time keeping our hands to ourselves today?
Carter: Yes.
Me: Why did we have a hard time keeping our hands to ourselves today?
Carter: [evil face] Miss Maddison is a dangerous teacher!!
Me: Carter you need to be excused now...[cue hysterical laughter]

It's very likely y'all didn't find these little conversations as funny as I did, but this is supposed to be a little journal of our daily happenings. And these are certainly moments I don't want to forget!!

- xo

The Kissing Hand

We are working on a long-term project for my mom. I don't know when we will give it to her or if it will be a forever work in progress. Each week (for the most part) we will video Ethan and Carter (and eventually Daxton too) reading a book and then create a page for our own book that corresponds with the video. This week's book was The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn.

Here's a peek at our book pages...

We traced our hands, glued a heart in the middle and added a sweet little poem. Just a quick little reflection on the very sweet book.

- xo