Easter Fun!

The kids have been so excited for Easter to roll around. We had some Easter fun this week and made a few fun things. 

 We made Easter Bunny masks.

 We made our favorite 3D eggs. 

 We made some Easter cookies to take to our neighbors and friends. 

 Friday afternoon, we headed up to Ma and Pa's house for an egg hunt and Ares birthday party. Tessa insisted that she had to bake something to take for the party. She baked 6 cupcakes in her Easy Bake Oven. But since Ares was only turning 5, that meant she got to eat one of the cupcakes. She carefully planned this out, I am sure. She also insisted on taking the cupcakes on a "golden platter". When I asked her why a golden platter, she said, "So it looks like I am rich." Heaven help us!

 Tessa and Ares

 All ready for their egg hunt!

 Uncle Andrew started to help Gwen find her eggs, but she caught on pretty quick and then wanted to do it herself.

 Checking out their loot!

Pa and Gwennie

More Easter fun to come.....

Dentist Check-Up

Yesterday, Adam and Tessa had their 6 month check up with Dr. Fairbanks. My kids love going to the dentist! Tessa woke up at 7:30am and the first question she asked me was, "It is time to go to the dentist yet?" Adam loves wearing their sunglasses and Tessa just kicks back and acts like she is being pampered at a spa. Of course, the TV on the ceiling is always a bonus. They are both still cavity free!

Park Day

 We had some beautiful weather last week and we took full advantage of it!

Thursday, the girls and I walked to pick Adam up from school. Tessa insisted on riding her scooter, but only lasted about halfway down the street. I think I need to get a double stroller. We played outside most of the afternoon and realized later on that evening how sunburned we were-especially Mommy. 

Friday there wasn't any school for Adam, so we spent a good chunk of our day at the park. We had several friends and neighbors show up too, so that made it even more fun! 

Saturday, Daddy had to work, but the rest of us took a nice, long walk down to the river and spent some time there. It was super windy, but the kids had fun throwing rocks into the water. Adam got really confident on his scooter on our way back home and was flying down every hill he could find. 

 Gwen's first time swinging and she loved it!

St. Patrick's Day!

We have had a fun and busy week! We didn't do many St. Patrick's Day activities because we had a lot going on-one of which was preschool. I taught our preschool group this week and our theme was St. Patrick's Day. Between babysitting and preschool, we had 11 kids here on Tuesday! 

On Tuesday, we made paper plate shamrocks and Thursday we made rainbows and rainbow cupcakes. 

 Daddy had to work overtime on Saturday and Sunday was going to be a busy day for us, so we celebrated St. Patrick's Day on Saturday with some fun food. 

 

For breakfast we had green pancakes. Gwen wasn't so sure about them. 

 Adam and Tessa spent part of the afternoon decorating their box for a Leprechaun to fill. They were hoping to get some treats!

 For lunch we had green pasta, green juice, and rainbow fruit. 

 Before bed on Saturday night, I told the kids the Legend of the Leprechaun. The story goes that if you leave a decorated treasure box under the moon, a Leprechaun will come and fill it with treasure and then hide it. If you find it, you are allowed to keep  the treasure, but if not, the Leprechaun can come back and take what is his. He also leaves a trail of green behind him. 

 The kids woke up early Sunday morning, anxious to see if any sneaky Leprechaun's had come to our house. They were thrilled to see a trail of green string all over our house!! They followed it as best they could until they found their hidden treasure box!

 They were excited to find chocolate gold coins and some fun green treats! We had a very nice Leprechaun!

 This morning, (Sunday) was Uncle Ben's mission farewell. He leaves for Chile in about 3 weeks! He gave a wonderful talk on the Atonement and we were glad to spend some time with him today. 

It takes some time, but Gwen will eventually warm up to her uncles-especially if they have phones for her to play with.

Not only was today St. Patrick's Day and Uncle Ben's farewell, but it was also Ma and Pa's 34th wedding anniversary. Lots of reasons to celebrate and we were thankful for them all!