Easter 2015

 Easter weekend was the usual crafting eggstravaganza! I bought these masks, thinking it would be fun to decorate them but I kinda think they look like creepy little bunny bank robbers....

 And the obligatory egg painting sesh. I didn't think to cover the table so yeah, coat 42 of paint. Thankfully it was yet another side of the road waiting for the garbage truck find!

 Bella missed egg dying so we played with chalk and turned them into asphalt bunnies! 

Easter Morning......

The bunny came!

These two were beyond themselves. I don't have them have much candy so Easter and Halloween are, like, cray. Sugar.Overload. I prefer a buncha fun little things they can do, so there was a lot of other stuff too. But the sugar gets the squeals. Duh.

We had the families over for dinner and an egg hunt. I wasn't very good about getting pics of anyone other than the kids...I only take some of the blame though cause NO ONE ever wants to have their picture taken in this family. Pulling teeth, I tell ya. So be it...these two are plenty cute {and certainly no more cooperative, but I can blackmail them...}.

 

Aaaaaaand, they're off!!

Gavin couldn't make it inside. He just had to now, Mommy.....

Maddie led the kids' table blessing...it was too precious not to snap a coupla pics...

Easter Egg Hunts

 Our first egg hunt of the season! A friend has an annual, multi-family, potluck egg hunt at Lakes Park. So fun! Lotsa kiddos, a big park and delicious food!

The kids thought running up and down this hill was the coolest....

Gavin couldn't wait to tear into his eggs, clearly.

 Trying to get pics of a bunch of sugared up kids is quite....um, challenging. And if you look at their faces, kinda hilarious!

The bunny even made an appearance!! Gavin was super hesitant at first but after a high five, he decided he could muster the courage to actually sit on his lap.

Then we went to Caleb's Crusade's Easter egg hunt to raise money for the playground Rob and Mo are hoping to have built in Caleb's honor. At least Mo wasn't sweating her head off on the bunny suit this time...

And...let the decorating begin! 

Music Week!

This past week was music week at Edison Park. The kids were asked to create an instrument from scratch and perform a short song. Kindergarten was assigned string instruments so I asked Maddie which one she wanted and she immediately said "A guitar...like Rainbow Dash!". Yup, still in that phase. You may recall she was this creature for Halloween (and wants her birthday party to be said theme...ugh). The thing with kids is once they latch onto something, it will permeate every corner of their existence until you want to rip your eyeballs out or your ears off. Let It Go...anyone??

MMMMMkkkk, so A: I have not a clue how to make anything functioning from a cardboard diaper box and B: the thing has to actually make sound. Gulp. I can, however, use a glue gun and some paint like nobody's business so a few rubber bands, burned fingers and some blingy stickers added by the girl herself later, VOILA! A guitar...ish.

She said hers was the coolest in the class (duh) but Mrs. Lantz (her music teacher) mentioned her song was a bit long. You just can't interrupt an artist when they're mid-jam.....

St Patty's Day!

 Daddy had to work late so we didn't do much but we did do our annual hat crafting! The Ripos joined us for some creative fun!

 The girls wanted a single braid...like Elsa!

 Since Mo and Rob had an event, we did our balloon release for Caleb's birthday a couple of days earlier. I can't believe seven years have passed since he went to Heaven. I so wish my kids got to know him....

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Not a day goes by I don't think of you sweet angel...Happy Heavenly Birthday.