The Quirk Family: Back to busy...start of spring 2013

Written in March, 2013: Well, even though we've had a little bit of sicknesses here and there over the past few weeks, we're starting to get healthy again and do fun things. We've had several birthdays to celebrate - including Noah and Evan's 4th birthday!
Noah and Evan turned 4 on Friday, March 1st. Noah, Evan, and Joshua spent the day at Grandma's house while we worked. Brian met us at Grandma and Grandpa's house after work and we left to take them to Chuck E. Cheese as a surprise birthday celebration. They had a blast! After we got back home, we gave them their birthday presents from us - new big boy bikes! They immediately climbed on to them and started trying to ride them around our house. We haven't been outside with them yet but are really hoping we can do that this weekend. The weather just hasn't been nice too often lately.
The next day, March 2nd, we had their birthday party here at home at 4pm. Lots of family and friends came to celebrate. It was a ninja turtles themed party. Brian and I did Ninja Turtles cupcakes and a Leonardo cake, and we ate pizza and had "green slime punch" to drink. They got lots of really great presents and they love them all! It was a great celebration.

New bikes!

The Leonardo birthday cake Brian and I made for Noah and Evan

Noah and Evan with their cake and cupcakes

Noah and Evan opening their presents

The Ninja Turtles fans! Mark, Sarah, Dommy, Evan, Noah, Mom, Joshua, and Dad

Evan and Noah blowing out their birthday candles

The following weekend, we spent Saturday night at Crown Center. Thanks to Grandma Cathy for purchasing a package for Noah and Evan's birthday where we got to go to Legoland, stay at the Westin for one night, and then go to Sea Life Aquarium the next morning. The boys really enjoyed both Legoland and the aquarium. It was a lot of fun!

Evan, Noah, and Joshua at Legoland

Evan and Noah in their lego fort that they built

Evan, Noah, and Joshua at Sea Life KC

Evan, Noah, and Joshua inside an aquarium tank bubble at Sea Life KC

On March 21st, we took the boys to see a KU Basketball practice at the Sprint Center. It was only about 30 minutes long - just enough time to get a fun experience. That was technically Joshua's first visit to the Sprint Center (the first time was when I was pregnant with him). We had a lot of fun watching the Jayhawks practice before the big tournament.

Easter was very busy for us. Noah and Evan got to color eggs and hunt for them at school the Tuesday before Easter. That Thursday, all three boys took part in our neighborhood Easter egg hunt. We have so many kids in our neighborhood, so that is a fun way to get them all together for a little while. On Good Friday, we went to Uncle John and Aunt Theresa's house so they could color eggs with Michael and Mia. They made alien eggs! On Holy Saturday, we celebrated Easter with Brian's family in Smithville. Noah, Evan, and Joshua got to do another egg hunt in the back yard and had a blast! On Easter Sunday, we went to 8:30am mass and then enjoyed the awesome weather outside in our backyard for a couple of hours. After lunch and naps, we went to John and Theresa's for our family Easter celebration. It was another great Easter celebration! Here are some photos of all of our Easter fun.