All Over the Place Spring Break

Our Spring Break was a little bit of everything this year. We did not have much planned....with Matt's new job (Have I mentioned that Matt has a new job??? Don't think I have. He is the new General Council for the Department of Education. He started 3 days before Jonah was born, so it only makes sense that I forgot to mention it. He is loving the new job, and we are beyond thrilled at this new opportunity for him.) and Jonah still being a little bitty thing, we decided to make Spring Break a "staycation" for the most part...with a day trip and weekend getaway thrown in at the end.

We kicked off the week with a St. Paddy's Day dinner. Jude is obsessed with beer. Silly boy....he steals the bottles whenever he can. 

I have a feeling that there are going to be many shots of the boys like this. Perfectly imperfect! That's how we roll these days. 

Early in the week, the icky, rainy weather put a kink into the plans to get out and about with little adventures around town. That and this sweet baby who needed lots of attention, love, and cuddles.

So there was a lot of indoor playing and creating. There were a lot of messes to clean up each day, but the boys were happy, and we got out for some puddle jumping and bike riding when we could. Spent the days close to home or inside, but no one seemed to mind.

Midweek, I got brave and loaded all three boys up for a quick day trip to the beach while Daddy had to work. The boys could not have been happier to get there and get down in the sand. The water was cold and the wind made it a little chilly, but everyone was happy. 

Jonah slept through most of his first trip to the beach, but he woke up a bit. Just long enough to document his first day at the beach and for some food. Then he slept some more.

Who is this smiley boy? Finally lots of sweet smiles from Jonah. He loves to show off his toothless grin. I can't get enough!

Smiling and sticking out his tongue...two of his new tricks.

And finally, at the end of the week we headed south to visit with family and see some Blue Jays Spring Training games. We were all excited to hit the road.

The weather was beautiful and perfect for enjoying a couple of baseball games. We walked to the ball park each day with Aunt Debbie and Uncle "Digger." The boys' cousins, Brock, Brayden, and AJ were working in the club house and as bat boys, so it was fun to watch them in action.

Jude wasn't really sure what to think of this baseball player scribbling on his ball....but one day he'll realize how cool it was to get his ball signed by the Jays' catcher, JP Arencebia. And while that was going on outside, Eli was in the club house with his cousins meeting and getting autographs from his favorite player, Jose Bautista and the Cy Young Award winning pitcher, R.A. Dickey. Pretty awesome.

Jonah was super impressed with his first Blue Jays game. Hee hee!

The rest of the weekend was filled with more baseball and cousin fun. Eli and Jude adore their cousins and we are lucky that the big boys love playing with our little boys. So many precious memories made! 

Jonah loved meeting everyone and definitely got lots of good snuggle time. PapPap got some sweet cuddle time as Jonah settled right in on his lap to watch some hockey and for a little snooze. Priceless.

Always hard to say goodbye to the Canadians, as we know it will be a while before we see them again. But our time came to an end, and we headed back home to gear up for another busy week. Hard to believe that there is only one more quarter to Eli's Kindergarten year!