Easter with family.

Every Easter we try to spend with both sides of the family. I love getting the girls together with all of their cousins. They had so much fun with Easter egg hunts this year. They were so excited to fill their baskets but really loved seeing what was inside the eggs.

I took pictures while with the Lieser's and then accidentally deleted my entire memory card. If you know how much I love taking pictures you will know that this about made me sick. I was so upset! So there are no pictures of that time together but it did take place, I promise. :) The girls had such a good time playing outside on the swing and pushing a dump truck around. For some reason I love it that the girls are ok with getting dirty and playing with trucks. The egg hunt was fun because there was lots of candy for me to eat and even coins in some of them. The girls came home tired, dirty, and with a basket full of goodies.

At the Riley's the girls decorated treasure boxes with tissue paper and mod podge. The girls were so happy, they are both crafty and love anything to do with art or crafts. Once done hunting eggs they discovered that inside the eggs were items that would go inside their treasure boxes. They found play necklaces, bracelets, rings, and coins. They also found Squinkies, my girls new favorite toys. They also had fun playing with their cousins. It was a house full of girls this year. There was a lot of squealing going on.

It was hard to come home and go back to normal life after so much fun with our family. At least we had eggs full of fun and treats to keep us busy for awhile.

So Dainty

Too Cool

The Girls
Meleah, Micah, Claire, Grace, Quinn, and Maddox.

Sandbox

Thanks to cousins the girls got a turtle sandbox.

They were helping daddy bring the sand to the turtle.

Samson felt he needed to help as well.

Zacchaeus

Quinn was singing this on the way home from church tonight and I thought it was too cute not to record. I love the way she says sycamore. :)

Quinn singing Zacchaeus. 



Chuck E. Cheese

Our MOPS play date today was at Chuck E. Cheese. We have never been before and the girls loved it! They had such a good time playing games and collecting tickets. We ended up with 90 tickets and the girls picked candy (not surprised!) and bracelets as their prizes. They loved that they got to eat their favorite...pizza! It was extra special because Claire's friend Alex was celebrating his 4th birthday today so we were able to celebrate with him. Quinn was very afraid of Chuck the mouse when he came out to say hi. So much that even when I put her to bed tonight she said "Mommy, that Chuck E Cheeses scared me." I hope she doesn't have nightmares. I think I have said before that I am very weirded out by mascots...they creep me out! It was difficult for me to be brave and tell Quinn everything was fine and that he was our friend. When the whole time I am looking at that big mouse head all I wanted to do was punch him in the face and run away. (Was that too violent?) I now have the willies! Anyway, the girls had fun and can't wait to go again but they want to bring daddy next time. Fine with me...him and Claire can talk to the big mouse while Quinn and I play games far far away!

Claire and Jaycen.

Alex and Quinn.

She is so brave...she gave him a high five!

See Quinn's face? Scared...I feel ya Quinny!!



Daddy's little helpers.

The girls were super excited when Jared said they could help him wash the car. They started out playing in the hose and filling up their Push Pop caps with water and even putting their push pops under the water. Eventually they got to work. They were washing right along side of Jared. Quinn then proceeded to make a mud puddle in the grass and then turn the hose on herself to get all wet. Fun day in the sun!

 

Squirmy Wormy

While we were out playing the girls discovered a worm. Thankfully Jared was around to help the girls play with it. Yuck!

Dancing in the rain.

The girls LOVE to jump in puddles and ask to do so every time it rains. It rained all day last Monday and Claire kept asking if she could play in the rain. Once it wasn't a downpour they got to go outside. They were being shy at first by just putting their hands in it but eventually they went out and jumped in puddles and danced around. They said the water was cold but it still took us forever to get them back inside.