Naughty, Naughty Boy

My friend Sarah Martin has this little boy who is 2 and is named Gavin. Every time she does a blog post about him doing something totally naughty, I have to laugh because either my Gavin has already done it or will certainly do it in the near future. Well, today while Gavin was upstairs "resting" (he has only napped once in the past few months), he found a marker in Brighton's room and drew on most everything in every room upstairs. Walls, shutters, comforters, dressers, tables, doors, toys, bookshelves, etc. I immediately thought "at least it's dry erase." Then I remembered Sarah blogging about when her Gavin got a hold of his big sister's dry erase marker and did the same thing, and that they're NOT erasable. Well, she's right. Guess I've got some painting and washing to do. Naughty, naughty boy!

A Boy and His Dog

So Gavin has a new best friend, and her name is Lucy. These 2 are hilarious to watch - they have a funny relationship. Gavin can be so loving with her, and so rough with her. It's like she's his younger sibling (since he doesn't have one) that he can bully and defend. Just don't look to closely at his face in the bottom picture - the scratches are a result of him riling her up and getting scratched in the process. Oh, and no one mentioned to me that puppies nip/bite - A LOT! But we really do just love having her; yes, even Chris! And I am loving my snuggle time with her as well!

Easter Egg Hunt (early)

Since my parents were in town for Conference, we did the annual Martino Egg hunt a month early. Beautiful weather, family surrounding us, candy, hot dog roast, what's not to love?

St. Patrick's Day

You would have thought it was Christmas around here with how excited my kids got over the St. Patty's Day scavenger hunt I put together - it was hilarious. I love how easily pleased children can be. Anyway, they woke up to this:

and were immediately on the run!

They finally found their "treasure" at the end of the rainbow (or, in the "bow" drawer in my bathroom),

and topped it all off with a yummy green breakfast before heading to Going Bonkers for the morning with cousins and friends!

Spring Break

For Spring Break this year my sister's (Kim and Lauren) and I thought it would be fun to take the kids over to Fort Worth to play and stay overnight. I think we all agreed that this needs to be an annual tradition - we had a great time!
We started out at the Fort Worth Children's Museum,

then had a picnic outside before going back in to finish the museum.

That afternoon we checked into our hotel (11 kids and 3 adults - we must be crazy), let the kids go swimming (although they enjoyed the hot tub the most), then went to dinner at Chili's (again, asking for 11 children's menus and 3 adult menus - I bet they LOVED us).

The next morning they had a yummy buffet breakfast at the hotel (always Brighton's favorite part),

and then went to the Fort Worth Zoo for the remainder of the day before heading home. A fun little getaway for all of us!