Daddy's Last Day as a Commander...for a few years at least...

Parker's Daddy handed over his second battery command on April 12th. It was a beautiful day for a ceremony.

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Daddy received another Army Commendation Medal for his hard work with HHB 75th. It is his third medal of this kind - we are very proud!

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Parker was a great boy during Daddy's ceremony - he sat with Joselyn and even shared the Lucky Charms that Mommy brought along!

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Daddy's final moments as the commander.

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After the Change of Command with his buddy Joselyn - what will these two do without one another?

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Easter!

Parker had an action packed Easter with his friends!

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He started off the weekend with an Easter Egg Hunt that was put on by the housing office here on post. They mark off a portion of a field and throw out eggs for the kids. The 0-3 year-olds went first. We stayed exactly long enough for Parker to fill his little bucket - there were some CRAZY people out there!

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Sunday morning started with brunch with our good friends the Klatzkos! Josh specially requested Eggs Newport (our old family recipe) for Easter Brunch and I was happy to oblige - Josh then took all the leftovers home for his late night snack!

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Our friends the Heebners had us all over for an Easter Potluck on Sunday afternoon. They even had a bouncy house! Parker was a little reluctant to get in at first, but warmed up to it eventually. Unfortunately a little while into the party the bouncy house tripped the breaker and started to deflate - Parker was outside the bouncy house when it started to go down and would NOT go in for the rest of the day! "Bouncy House Fall Down"! LOL...

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Our friend Amy tried to convince us that where she is from in Texas it is a tradition to buy eggs filled with confetti. I think that it was just Amy's way of getting to smash eggs on people's heads. Parker and the little kids liked to throw the eggs on the ground and then step on the shells...the grownups had a lot of fun with other crazy egg smashing tricks!

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The Daddys were put in charge of scattering the Easter eggs for the hunt later in the afternoon. Some of the Daddys were very well-behaved. Some Daddys "scattered" eggs by throwing them at other Daddys...we will give you one guess to what kind of Daddy Parker has.

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Parker loved the egg hunting, he even found some of the really hidden eggs like in holes...

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And on fences...

And on bricks...

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Parker loved opening all the eggs, but was super excited about all of the eggs with stickers in them - those we are saving for a long car ride in a few days...

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Amy also had a pinata for the little kids. Parker loved to "hit the bunny", it was great excitement!

Parker really had a great time with all of his friends, we are so lucky to have so many great people in our lives here in Oklahoma. What a great Easter!

Thanks Grandma Culver!

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Grandma Culver made this awesome Watermelon Blanket for Parker. It is great for naptime! All snuggled up...

Big Shock!

Parker has decided that the perfect way to start a Sunday morning is enjoying a nice fresh baked Williams-Sonoma Croissant!

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Yumm!

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Of course it has to be chocolate!

Zoo Trip Part Deux

Parker and his buddy Joselyn got to head to the OKC Zoo for a date last week. The weather was gorgeous so us mommies thought it was the perfect Zoo day! It was amazing to see how much more the kids interacted with the animals than they did a year ago!

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Looking at the Rhinos through the gate...they were eating their lunch.

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Parker and his date - they love to hold hands when they walk - we did bring the strollers, but they spent most of the time walking together to get the full effect!

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Almost every exhibit also has an animal statue to climb on - here the kids wanted to ride the baby Rhino - luckily we were able to convince Joselyn this time that the animals were not real.

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Parker and Joselyn discussing the Lion statue...

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"Here Parker, sit here"...

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The giant Elephant wall before the Elephant show...

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Suckers while waiting for the Elephant show...

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The highlight of the day was probably the kids getting to see the Elephant show. The little baby elephant was only 9 weeks old when we last saw him and now he is MUCH bigger! The elephants could do all sorts of tricks and have a HUGE exhibit to run around in. Parker has been talking about the elephants every day since! I am sure we will have to make the DC Zoo a regular visiting spot after we move.

Monkey Hat

Mommy found this great hat on Zulily.com - it will be great for those DC winters next year!

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A Boy and His Dog

Parker loves Chance - mainly because Chance will let him get away with just about anything...Radar will run away!

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Parker does love to snuggle with Chance - he lays his "B" down on Chance to snuggle, until one of them gets tired of it and walks away...