We spent Easter at my Grandparents' farm this year. The WHOLE Glasco clan was there, minus Dad and Rick who were coaching, so needless to say it was a full house, but it was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast as they always do at the farm! Maddux absolutely adores tractors, so he and Grandpa Gerald spend a tremendous amount of time riding every piece of farm equipment in the barn, over and over and over. Aidan really enjoyed playing with his cousins this year. The kids are all teenagers now, but are so good to let Aidan tag along and pretend he's as big as they are. The rest of us caught a couple SIU softball games, and spent a lot of time hanging around the house resting, as the rain kept us indoors the great majority of the weekend. It is always so relaxing to be at the farm and get away from it all for a day or two. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for letting us all crash your house! Literally! :)
On Friday we headed over to Carbondale to watch SIU play some softball. It was very iffy weather they would actually play or not as it was raining all day. But after the took off for about the 20th time (by the way it brought back some very wet and smelly memories watching the SIU girls on tarp duty!) they finally were able to play ball! However, with a little guidance from Auntie G, Maddux found something much more fun to entertain him! PUDDLES!!
Auntie G gave him full permission to "dive in" with disbelief he did just that!! He loved it!! He was SO proud of himself and completely soaked by the end of this puddle busting excursion! But he had a blast and after a trip to 710 Bookstore for new clothes, all was well!
The Salukis won both games! Go Dawgs!! However, we were really looking forward to Saturday's games where my Mom would throw out the first pitch for the Strikeout Cancer game. That never happened due to the rain so we were a quite disappointed that we didn't get to see MawMaw's fastball!
The rain couldn't stop us from visiting with family though, and Saturday afternoon we were able to go over to Grandma Shirley's and have some very yummy food, including Gma's famous dumplings and banana pudding, and play with cousins.
Maddux put on his bunny glasses and it was time to party! He even got cousin Drew in on the bunny action!
The boys hunted eggs indoors, and received way too much candy, toys, etc!! They are so blessed to have so many Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Grandparents, and GREAT-Grandparents that love them dearly! This picture of Maddux and Great Grandma Shirley melts my heart!!
After playing way past bedtime we headed back to Grandpa's farm to rest up for Easter morning. It wasn't quite the restful night I had imagined however, as Aidan woke up about 30 minutes after he fell asleep screaming that his mouth hurt. I had no idea what this meant, and although he couldn't tell me exactly what hurt, he was obviously in excruciating pain. Aidan is a child who never shows pain, he once busted his head open and never said a word. So eventually I put him in the car and made a midnight run to town to pick up Tylenol as we had ran out earlier in the weekend. I thought I might even end up in the emergency room, but after taking the Tylenol he calmed down, fell asleep on the way home and at about 2 o'clock we were finally all asleep!
The boys looked very cute on Easter morning all dressed up for church with their Great Grandparents! I have to admit, I really enjoy dressing them all alike. Since I have no little girls to "doll up" I use every rare chance I get to play dress up with the boys to my full advantage! So a photo shoot was definitely in order. The boys were obviously not nearly as excited about this as I was, but we did manage to get a few good shots! Thanks Grandpa Gerald for helping us get these sweet pictures!
Aidan was the least interested in the photo shoot as he really just wanted to play with his cousins. But he did pose on his own for this one! Forgot to look at the camera though, oh well, take what you can get right?!
This one of all three boys turned out pretty cute! You can kind of see their three different personalities coming out in this one!
This is the best family pic we could get. Yes Aidan is darting out of the picture...
And this one might be the best. My Mom, Great Grandma Shirley and their boys!
But that was as long as we could hold them down, and then it was back to tractor rides, playing with cousins and a little piano playing too! Love this pic of Payton putting his little fingers to work...
Great Grandma Sue fixed a delicious Easter dinner for us and it was so nice to have over 20 family members gathered together! The boys were very proud to be eating lunch with their big cousins...
After lunch we rested for a bit and started preparing for the long drive home. But my sisters and I had to catch the last few innings of SEC softball on TV before heading out! Love just hanging out with my little sisters and LOVE this picture!
Such a great weekend with family. With my parents and Geri Ann in Georgia now, these weekends get to be way too far apart and we don't see family in southern IL as often, but when they do happen they are amazing.
