Easter

This year was Chase’s first Easter. When he awoke, he was greeted with his very own Easter basket.

At first, he loved the stuffed Easter bunny…until he saw the toy car.

After playing with the car for the next hour, we headed to Griff and Barb’s house to celebrate with Braydon and Addison. After lunch, Barb set up Eater eggs in the living room for the kids to find.

The plastic eggs were each filled with a special treat.
Chase especially loved the eggs filled with a pretzel.

Thanks Barb for making Easter fun for the kids this year!

Three Hot Air Balloons In One Night

While walking in our neighborhood tonight, Jay saw a hot air balloon that looked like it was going to land. Since Chase loves party balloons and had never seen a hot air balloon, we quickly got in our car and headed about a mile away where it landed in a field near the Quakertown turnpike.
About 50 people; including Chase and Amy helped hold the hot air balloon while the crew packed it up.

We were about to leave when we looked up and saw a blue hot air balloon flying overhead. We decided that since it was still early, we would follow the balloon and maybe get to see it land. We were right as it landed about a quarter mile away in the parking lot of Molasses Creek Park.

The pilot was very friendly and even let Chase sit on the basket.

It was getting late and we were ready to leave for home when Jay looked in the rear view mirror and said, “How about one more hot air balloon?” Sure enough, a Remax balloon was getting ready to land near the turnpike. We followed the balloon to where it landed and again, this pilot was very, very friendly. They also allowed us to get close to the balloon as they were packing it up.

Since they landed in a secluded area and the chase van could not find them, the pilot asked Jay to help pack up the balloon. He loves hot air balloons so he excitedly agreed. Check out the video.

On the way home, we were all full of smiles as a night of no plans turned into something very special!

Big Boy Chair

This afternoon for snack, we decided to let Chase sit on a dining room chair instead of his high chair. He did very well and was SO proud of himself.

Elmwood Zoo

This afternoon, Amy and Chase went with Barb and the Godfrey family to the Elmwood Zoo.

For a small zoo, the kids had a great time looking at all of the different animals.

There was also time for the kids to play on the playground before they left to go home.

Hopefully next time Jay can go.

Planting A Chase

Tonight Chase helped plant a bush in our front flower bed. Jay dug the hole and then Chase removed the loose dirt and stones.

What a big helper!

Camden Aquarium

Today Amy and Chase went with the Davis family to the Camden Aquarium in New Jersey.

They saw a lot of animals in the aquarium.

This day was special as it was the hippopotamus’ birthday.

Chase even got eaten by a shark.

  Thank goodness he was spit back out so that they could leave to head home.

Sticker On Chase's Nose Prank

Anyone who knows Jay knows that he loves to play pranks and scare people. Well today, Jay got Chase with his first of many more to come pranks. While coloring at the table, Jay pretended to put a monkey sticker on Chase’s nose.

Chase tried to get it off, but could not figure out why the sticker was not on his nose. Take a look as Jay got it on video.

Gel Time

This afternoon, Amy decided to have some fun with Chase. His hair was getting a little long so she thought that it would be fun to spike his hair. She added gel to make it stay.

We think that it is safe to say that Chase likes his hair short and easy to manage …just like daddy.