How is it already April? The whole month of March flew by and I still haven't filed taxes, mailed my census forms, or slept enough for an entire month to have passed. I apologize in advance for the overwhelming amount of photos in this update, but really the only reason you're looking at this is to see pictures of the Monsters, so apology rescinded. While all of you have been enjoying Springtime, and the pending summer months, this is what we've been living in.
Yes. That is snow.
This Easter was an exciting one. We all had a grumpy cold, that put everyone in a foul mood. It was a blast, to say the least. Saturday evening Lillian dyed eggs. I was pretty hesitant to dye eggs, since she's still pretty young, and loathe all things crafty...it's not one of my skills, but Lillian loved it. Not very surprising considered her Grandmothers are just about as crafty as one can get, it must skip generations.
Sunday morning the kids woke up at 6:30am. !!! I know people like KJ are reading this and thinking 'Give me a break' But when your kids usually don't get up until 8, and you're all sick, 6:30 is a nightmare. They had fun finding Easter Eggs, and Lillian kept stealing Johns out of his basket while he wasn't looking. I wish I could show you videos, but I filmed the whole ordeal on our "Holiday Camcorder" (It only comes out on holidays) and I don't have the proper wires to upload anything from it. And the evening ended with a huge Prime Rib Roast stuffed with Garlic... oh at lots of Bundt Cake from Nothing Bundt Cake. Ian has already gathered up all the candy and hidden it, probably in the garbage, Holidays lose half the appeal when you don't have a sweet tooth.
Anyways, let's back up some more, about 2 weeks ago we met up with Kelly and Shaylie at the aquarium, to see the new penguin exhibit that didn't open until the next day of course, the kids had a great time, John even touched a sting ray. Despite being the world's smallest aquarium, we managed to blow about 3 hours there, so overall it was an extremely successful outing.
In other exciting news, if you haven't seen "How To Train Your Dragon" You should. It was fantastic, and we're hooked for life. Walmart has so much garbage as soon as Ian sees my stash he will murder me. And to make matters worse McDonalds is in on the action! I'm pleased to announce that after gaining ridiculous amounts of body fat we have gathered all the dragons! That's how we roll.
And now, on to the cute pictures...
Lillian finally posing for a decent picture.
Does this picture gross anyone else out. Milk and spaghetti is bad enough... but strawberry milk...
Lillian dresses herself.
Have you ever seen someone so happy about Sunflower seeds?
Prior to the Target lockdown (We can't go back until Lillian goes poop in the potty) Lillian picked this outfit out all by herself, and kept saying 'Thank you Mom! I love it! It's so cute!'
Yumm. Yogurt.
Please note that John is wearing a Monsters Inc. shirt, it's his favorite, so mom made him a shirt for it. He get so excited every time he puts in on.
We're adding new costumes to the dinosaur stock.
John posing...he learned from his father.
Lillian "Turning into a Frog" Can you tell we've been watching The Frog Princess a few hundred times?
I love that the penguins didn't come out until the next day. Your kids are cute, not sure if they are cuter than the Mullens kids, but certainly on the same par level. I love the dragon costumes too. I always feel a twinge of guilt if we don't dye eggs, then I eat a peanut butter egg and feel better. Of course after looking at your mom's from this year, I feel like a shell of a woman.
ReplyDeletePretty much everything my mother does has that effect on people.
ReplyDeleteyeah, one Easter when my boys were small and I had no girls we stopped by your house and your mom was busy making those crazy sugar eggs with the scenes inside. Everyone was partcipating and it was very church videoish, if you kept Sam's commentary blocked- and then later she wondered if she was a bad mom, whining that she never spends anytime with her kids- Sam and I both laughed at her- she's my role model I hope to be as cool as her-
ReplyDeleteHaha! 6:30 is late around here!
ReplyDeleteThe kids are SO CUTE!! The picture of John at the aquarium with his smiling reflection is a fantastic picture!! Masterful! :)
Thanks Karina! I think they turned out really cute too. To find instructions i just googled "how to make silk flower pomander balls" or some variation of that. I found a few really helpful websites/tutorials but of course when i tried to look them up for you i couldn't find them again. But i'm sure if you google you can find a good one.
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