My sister gave Jackson a Butterfly Pavillion for his birthday in January. Well, we finally got around to sending off for the creepy caterpillars which we got 2 weeks ago.We watched them turn into their chyrsallis and then they emerged into beautiful butterlies! It was quite a sight (there was a lot of blood involved, who knew??)Anyways, today we released our 10 butterflies into our backyard. The boys got to hold them and they flitted around our backyard until the boys finally chased them away. 
I say "Easter with a twist of Thanksgiving" because this Easter was COLD!!! We couldn't believe it when we walked outside the day before Easter and there were snow flurries?!?! Come on, we live in Texas! Despite the cold, we had family visit and got to spend some great time with them.
My parents and my sister came to visit and for Easter dinner, my cousin, Chris and his wife Jenifer came to help celebrate!
Every year, when I get the boys their Easter shirts, Jason will usually make a comment on them because they will be something out of the ordinary that they wouldn't usually wear. This year, they were dubbed "The Barbershop Twins" because he thought they looked like those guys that sing in a quartet. I thought they looked like little easter eggs and they were so handsome.
After dinner, the boys had their own sort of easter egg hunt for the adults. Drew "hid" his easter candy for us to find (which meant it might be "hiding" in the middle of the floor) and Jackson hid some eggs for us to find. So, I can say that the adults as well as the children had a great Easter!
Yes, you heard right...Rockhounds is the name of Jackson's baseball team. The last 2 seasons it was the Red Sox, but the kids think Rockhounds is much cooler. If you're "player in the zone". you get your own dogtag--how cool is that?
Tonight was the first game and Jackson played 3rd base and got a good hit both times at bat. The boys have come a long way from when they started. They at least kind of pay attention to what's going on instead of picking grass out in the field.
What they're really into is the snacks and drinks afterwards. It was our night to bring snacks and Drew could hardly wait to pass out the snacks to the big boys. Then, he proceeded to run the bases which has become a little tradition for Jason and him after the games. He's gearing up for his own team "just like his brother's"
Unfortuntely, it started lightning and thundering in the middle of the game, so they called it. It was a good start to a fun season!
