Easter Egg coloring...

Sunday we decided to color some Easter eggs.  My kids were so excited about it.  I bought some easter egg coloring kits, boiled some eggs and then we headed over to Dee Dee's house.  I'm pretty sure we'll do this about 5 more times ;-) so i thought we better get a good start on it.  Both of my kids are already asking when we are going to do it again.

 Nate was gettin' all fancy ;-)

Nate's 'fancy' egg was a flop - haha!

Dee Dee always puts oil on them when they are done - to give them a nice glazed glow...

Grey and his egg and on mine Nate wrote "bunny poop"....so creative aren't we?!

My lil' ducklings....

Mama and Daddy and their little ducklings;)

Ohhhh just leaving the pool one afternoon last week (sigh)...wish I was still there;)

Cell Phone Pics from Hawaii for now...

A little taste of our week in Hawaii via iphone...

Life has been pretty sweet here on this island.  But, trust me we've had our share of whiny kids and tantrums.  Vacation is A LOT of work with two little kids!  But it's been pretty awesome to experience this with my family of four and our Uncle Just!  I have more to share but here are some for now...


Isn't this pitiful?!  This was Grey on the flight here...he was pretty sick...(totally our luck)

 

but he soon looked like a pro flyer with 'his' lap top...

 

 

 

Happy Friday!  It's time for a Mai Tai here;)

Wordless Wednesday {Makapuu Beach Park}

 

The sights are unbelievable here.  Absolutely breath taking!

Not in the plans...

First of all, we made it to Hawaii!  Woohoo!

We were set to leave Thursday when I got home from school.  I came home and was doing some last minute cleaning and packing.  We were not in any hurry because all we were doing was driving to the hotel to stay the night and leave early the next morning for our flight.

Grey has been battling a cough and cold for a while now.  I was just at quick care with him 2 weeks ago and they said it was a virus and it had to run its course.  Fast forward to now.....

Thursday he started complaining of his ear.  I was running around like a mad woman so I honestly didn't think too much of it.  But within an hour (when we were ready to leave) he was crying in pain about his ear.  So, we had no other choice but to take him to quick care and THANK GOODNESS we did.  Come to find out Grey has an ear infection and STREP throat.  I was almost in tears....I mean we are set to go on vacation and my poor little guy is sick....the doctor prescribed him medicine and said that in a couple days he would be feeling better.

I was nervous on the flight.  Just the fact of being confined like that with two little kids for an ENTIRE DAY - OMG!  We had a layover in San Francisco which probably saved us.  They both slept.  Sailor slept for 2 hours on the first flight and then both of them slept almost 3 hours on the second flight.  I.WAS.SHOT!  And to make things worse Grey was running a fever.  However, the fever broke and we can tell the medicine has started to 'kick-in'.

these were my kids after the flight....

 

we were cracking up at Sailor because by the time she hit San Francisco she was totally loopy-hahaha!

 

 

So to say the warm weather feels good is an understatement....I swear we needed it just to get healthy.  Uncle Just picked us up at the airport.  We got settled, picked up some groceries, showered, and then let the kids run around at a nearby play area.  Then we crashed!

Happy Easter to all of you!  We are headed to the beach today!

Florida Day 1

For Spring Break 2010, the Ernat family decided they needed a little vacation! We took Grey to St. Petersburg/Clearwater Beach, Florida. We stayed at the Sirata Beach Resort right on the beach. They have beautiful beaches there. My family used to go to St. Pete when I was younger, but Nate had never been here before, he thought the beaches were beautiful! He's been to Florida, just not here! We really had a good time! I can't always say that about vacations. I mean sometimes I think vacations can be a little stressful, but all I can say about this trip is what a GREAT time just the 3 of us had. No set plans, nowhere we had to be, just some relaxing and taking one day at a time.

However, the first day we arrived we were a little worried because it was like Hurricane weather and come to find out later there was a Hurricane warning for our area. I'm glad I didn't know that at the time. You can see from my pics how WINDY it was on Monday.....we still had our coats on...But there was no way we could stay off the beach! We had to get our feet on that sand and see the beautiful ocean.

Nate brought a beer and we were good to go. lol!



Grey feelin' it for the first time

Noone was on the beach this day....so just imagine how cold it was for Florida and the beach


Look at how empty it looks...that one lonely beer just sitting there

Daddy and Grey looking at the ocean


One lonely bird was there to see it too


Daddy chasin' Grey


One little sweet pea just taking it all in

Some pics of our resort


still chasing him

Monday we hit up the local grocery store-Publix and got food for breakfasts and lunches for the week and of course some wine and beer too! Then we did a little exploring in Clearwater and landed at Sloppy Joe's for some dinner!