Easter Time Doings

Wow, has it already been almost 2 weeks since Easter?  And even longer since I have been able to sit down and post!  We had a wonderful Easter with lots of things going on to post about.  We are still trying to make a dent in all of the candy that showed up at our house during that weekend.

There was a Easter Egg hunt for young kids downtown that we took the girls to.  Friends of our also came out and the kids raced to gather as many eggs as they could before another hunter found them.

Kaelyn and Magnolia going for the same egg...

 Boothe with her basket that is almost as big as she is (she has high Easter egg hunting expectations).

 On Good Friday we traveled to Valparaiso to meet my cousin's newest little one.  She lives in Indy and was home for Easter so we had the perfect opportunity to make a quick trip to see them.  Lots of other cousins and family was there are we had a fun time.

Boothe, Carter, Magnolia, Jonah and Cora

 The day before Easter, we colored eggs with the girls (mostly just with Magnolia as Boothe wasn't too into) for the first time.  Magnolia got a kick out of it and we didn't even do anything fancy to them.  Just soaked them in the dye and Magnolia added stickers afterwards.

 We went from 2 perfectly well working cars to 0, yes ZERO, in a matter of a couple weeks.  Both of the transmissions became non-working. Can't really plan or budget for that so in the meantime we are down to borrowing one of my parent's cars and getting used to being a 1 car family.  We are looking for the right car but for now are just staying home a lot.  The car seats have been in and out of cars a lot these past several weeks and they are much more fun to play in when NOT in a car.

 Easter morning+Easter Bunny=2 spoiled girls.  I think he forgot to leave baskets full of gifts for Dan and I...

 After naps on Easter, we did an egg hunt in the backyard as we have done the past 2 years.  They were both very excited about this one and I think Boothe ended up getting 1 more egg than Magnolia did! ha

Happy Belated Easter!  But we are still very much in the 50 days of celebrating the Resurrection so I'm really not too belated....

My Funny Valentines

We had a lovely Valentines this year beginning with a playgroup party.  We hosted our playgroup and served lunch and some Valentine goodies and asked everyone to wear red and/or pink for the party.

These 2 wore heart dresses.  I wonder which of those hearts are mine?

 

They do the funniest things when I ask them to smile for a picture, but luckily they are still cute! ha

 We made cupcakes for the party the night before and Magnolia helped with the sprinkles before our friends came over.

 Each of the kids got to fill a jar with candy to take home.

Why do we seem to never get a break from holiday candy?  It starts at the beginning of October with Halloween, transitions into Christmas candy during November, then onto Valentines candy once you think your Christmas candy is gone, and now we start on Easter candy in a few weeks as we finish up the last of our Valentines candy!!

Dan and I also had a nice Valentines Day with the girls.  A couple boxes of chocolates, a few new books and a vase full of flowers topped off our simple gifts between the 4 of us.

Christmas 2010 {Part 5}

The local members of my mom's side of the family gets together for Christmas at my cousin Jackie's house in Valparaiso.  There were so many babies and soon-to-be babies there this year, including baby lambs.  Although the lambs did stay in the barn for most of the day, this little guy came inside to visit with the kids.  Boothe was a little scared of him for a few minutes and then was ready to pet him.

 Some ladies with some babies, all borrowed, including Magnolia's new baby.  Can you spot the doll?

 Boothe found a lamb that she could play with all day and it never had to be back out to the barn.

So I think that wraps up 2010...and it's only half way through January!  Little behind on blogging!  I'll get my act together and start posting on what we have been up to in 2011.

Christmas 2010 {Part 4}

So Christmas morning we stayed home in our pajamas all morning and after the girls woke up from their naps we headed over to the Cory side for more presents, dinner and to celebrate the holiday with them.

This picture I forgot to post on the last post, but I love it so I still wanted to share it.  Magnolia is jumping up and down to show how excited she is about her new grocery scanner and stand! ha

 We got dressed up in our Christmas dresses.  Mimi got these for the girls and they were just darling.  I tried to think of as many places around the holiday that they could wear them.

 I had to actually sit them up on the kitchen counter to get a picture of the 2 of them together in their matching dresses.  If they are sitting and up high they really can't go anywhere and are forced to sit still for a couple minutes.

 Everyone opened the final round of gifts and got lots of really nice things.

 Hand knit sweaters from Mimi.  Looks like Lucy wants one too.  Mimi may have to make some dog sweaters! haha

 Fantasia!  And the girls love it!

 A puzzle with their name on it.

 Then we all enjoyed some Key Lime cupcakes for dessert.  Some of us REALLY enjoyed them! haha

 And after a good dessert, a bubble bath is usually called for!  It was their first time in Mimi's really big tub.

At bedtime, after we got home, the girls were so tired that neither of them cared that their pacis were missing.  They fell right to sleep absolutely exhausted after 2 days of absolute fun!

Christmas 2010 {Part 3}

Christmas morning!  Santa was good to us this year, but isn't he always?  Magnolia had been asking for a grocery scanner since playing with Avree and Alivia's in early October and Santa came through!  He also dropped off the grocery stand and a little bit of play food as well.  He brings 1 big gift for everyone to share rather than each child their own little something.  Each stocking contains some candy that the girls are under no obligation to share, however.

 After poking around at the Santa gifts for awhile, Magnolia was eager to open the presents under the tree.  Each of them recieved 2 books...

 An outfit...

 And a toy.  A Mr. Potato Head for Boothe.

 And Mega Bloks for Magnolia.

Dan and I really didn't exchange gifts with each other.  We had planned on getting a new couch so that was our Christmas present and I couldn't be more excited!  We found one we liked at New Years Day and it should be arriving within 8 weeks.  Never had I picked out a couch before and although figuring out the design options was pretty easy, the upholstery choices are overwhelming.  We decided on something and then changed our mind, changed our minds again and once more before placing the order.  And even today I'm second guessing our choice! Aaaahhhh!!  It's just such a large piece of furniture and SO expensive.  I'm so scared that I'll regret our decision once it is delivered.  Since I never want to buy another couch and this one comes with a lifetime warrenty, I'm planning on getting my money's worth and taking advantage of the lifetime guarantee!  So I'd better LOVE it!!!