Easter Fun

Finally a Easter post... We had a wonderful Easter weekend packed full and I mean full of fun and other stuff. I decided I planned way to much in a short weekend that is already really busy with just Easter. On Friday, Charley had the day off so we went to see my sister, brother in law and my nephew for a Easter egg hunt and fun. The little kids had fun opening the eggs and eating the snacks inside. These are pictures from the first Easter celebration.

Then Saturday night we got all dressed in our Easter clothes and headed to church. Charleys parents and Gan Gan came for the week and went with us.

Then Saturday night we colored our eggs. Kylee really enjoyed this and Katie loved just tossing the eggs as hard as you can into the color. They had a blast.

Sunday morning we had our Easter baskets out and the girls looked at their goodies and went on an egg hunt around the house. Their favorite thing in their baskets was a new toothbrush that plays music.

Then Saturday afternoon we had Easter lunch with our cousins from The Moore side of the family. On Saturday it was beautiful weather but on Easter Sunday it was cold and very windy so we had a quick egg hunt outside. It was fun and their Meme had hid eggs with the kids names on them and they had to find their own named egg with a special treat inside:)

Like I said Easter weekend was busy, here are the things we tried to fit in along with all the egg hunts, church, and all the others. I tagged 142 items for the JBF consignment sale (the picture below is my car completely full of the items). Charley, my dad and Charleys dad started putting together a wooden playset that is still not finished. They worked hard and made a good start but those things are so hard. I am impressed with what the did. I will post a picture when it is done (hopefully before 2009 rolls around). Lastly Kylee worked on her transportation box with Meme for school. They were painting it and getting it ready to be a train. It turned out super cute.

Kylee Finally Got Her Snow Angel, Sort Of

Kylee finally got to make her snow angel, sort of, after all the begging and pleading the day we only had a flake or two, it took her forever to attempt a snow angel. She had fun so that is all that matters. Well it is March and we just had the biggest snow here that I can remember since I have lived here. We had 6 inches of beautiful snow. It took me 1 hour to get home from Kylee's preschool because the roads were slushy and yucky. We headed outside after Charley got home for snow fun along with most of our neighbors. It was so fun to share this time with friends on our street. Charley threw a snowball at me and snow can really hurt. He did feel really bad but the girls thought it was hilarious and that became there favorite game. Katie liked it the most. Kylee had fun playing with our neighbor who is a little girl almost her age. Then they helped build the street snowman in one of neighbors yards. It was very tall. It was fun up until Katie took her gloves off and would not put them back on and decided she was done. It is supposed to snow some more tonight so tomorrow should be a real stay at home snow day!!

Kylee attempting a snow angel.
Katie attempting a snow angel. She wants to do everything Kylee does. I think laying in the snow was what led to a meltdown later on:) Kylee and our neighbor friend
All the kids playing on the street with their parents. The men, including my hubby, and older kids had a pretty good snowball fight at the end of the street. Charley had warmed his arm up throwing snowballs at me so he was ready to go.
After we came in straight to the fireplace we went. Doesn't this look like a

Kum ba ya moment?? Well, it wasn't. Too much time in the wet cold snow leads to major meltdowns and whining when we get too cold.

All in all, It was a fun night. I decided during the meltdown that we are a warm weather family. Note the swim suit post below. So bring on the sun and warm weather, we had our one snow of the year and that is enough for this family. In all seriousness, I kept thinking how amazing it is that God knew snow would bring such fun even if it was freezing outside. He always amazes me with the true things he made for us that we really don't need but he wanted us to have for fun and enjoyment. He is good!!

What season is it?

My girls can't figure out if it is summer or winter. Today Kylee wanted to play swimming so I told her that was fine we can pretend. Next thing I know she is fully dressed in her swim suit with sunglasses and ready to go, then Katie comes running, "I go swimming too!!" Now it is harder for Katie to understand it is 30 degrees outside and will probably snow tonight. My silly Kylee is always ready for a chance to go swimming. A month ago when I got her a swim suit at Old Navy during their sale, she wore it all day and that day after nap she said alright lets go turn the sprinkler on (it was 35 degrees outside). Guess my family is ready for summer.
Then tonight, it really did start snowing, so Kylee had begged to go outside to see it. Now it just started so there is none on the ground and it is little tiny flakes but I gave in and got the girls all dressed warm. Kylee immediately is ready to stick her tongue out to catch it. Then she starts to get on the wet soggy grass and I asked her what she was doing and she said "Making a snow angel" . I got a good laugh then had her hop up before she got soaked and told her maybe in the morning.
I remember when I taught school, I loved the chance of a snow day but now that I am a mom I am thinking we stayed home all day today because of yucky weather so two days in a row doesn't sound too fun. I know the girls will love a fun day to play in it if it sticks just wishing it was the weekend and daddy was staying home with us.