Easter

My parents came over Saturday morning to dye Easter eggs, afterward we went to a great Italian restraunt Patrucio's and had lunch with my future sister-in-law Lauren, her family, and the Sadowski's- alot of fun!

On Sunday we went to church with Carol and Dick and then over to their house for Easter ham and a good egg hunt. Guess who was first out the door to collect the eggs?

After the hunt, Bella decides to "chill" by reading a comic book. Can we say Daddy's little girl? She is so much like him- the go, go attitude, her interests, her social skills, etc.

After a nap, the girls want to get into their chocolate bunnies.

What was Mommy thinking not changing her beautiful dress and white sweeter?

Heaven!

Dentist bill?

Wildflowers

Easter Hunts at School

We had Easter parties and hunts at school today.

Victoria's class party was in the morning. They had a fun sparkly sticker egg to decorate and a frosted cookie to eat. Here's Victoria's class gearing up for the big hunt.

Victoria really wasn't into the egg hunt. She wasn't as fast as most of them, so she gave up and was just swinging her basket around, showing everyone that it was empty. I'm not sure if she was looking for sympathy or what.

The teacher realized that she didn't have any eggs, so she started dropping them in extremely obvious places for her to pick up. Finally, some eggs and a smile.

Bella's egg hunt was much different than Victoria's. She went in with guns blazing. (She was the first one into the playground when they announced "go".) She collected all twelve of her eggs plus more. She was so fast that all the pictures that I got of her collecting the eggs where of her back- except this one, taken when the hunt was over. She had a blast and was very proud of herself.

Toward the end of her egg hunt, Bella noticed that Victoria's class was playing on the playground next to hers, so she called her over to examine the loot.

Later that day, Bella had her class party. They were given a neat giant pinwheel flower with a picture of themselves. It was inserted into a decorative cup filled with coco puffs and gummy worms. They also made a cool cross out of buttons.

Easter is a tough holiday to explain to kids. Victoria has been asking me a lot about dying lately. Tonight she even said she wanted to play Jesus and die on a cross. But she tells me "don't worry I'll come back to life in three days too."

Do you know where your kids are?

We've had a fun and exhausting weekend! Friday night my parents came by for talking and Tilapia. Saturday, we went to a friends birthday party and rode horses- FUN! Later that night we went to eat with Grandma Carol and Grandpa Dick at Buca de Beppo (Jer's all time favorite restaurant). Sunday we went to church and then patio furniture shopping for the entire day. We ended up buying Jer some beige sling-back recliners with black iron for his upcoming birthday present. Later our neighbors Jay, Julie, and Braelyn came over for Taco soup and enchiladas. (Julie brought the yummy soup made with 1 can of beer.) Today I went grocery shopping with Bella, after dropping Victoria off at school. When we get home, I put the groceries away and Bella says she's going to go play in her bedroom. I take this to mean that she needs to go poop in private. After cleaning up, I go check on Bella- it's just to quiet in that bedroom... and this is what I find...

Victoria's first horse ride. She loved it!

Bella's first horse ride. She loved it too!

Bella's star from Face Painting.

Mommy and Victoria take a buggy-drawn pony ride.

Daddy and Bella ride one too.

More Spring Break Pics

The weather was beautiful for Spring Break. One night we hooked up the sprinkler to water the yard, before we knew it the girls had found a way to get wet. I bought them each a towel to keep warm.

Victoria wanted to go rollerskating. She's gotten much better, but still needs a little help. Bella was the tag-a-long chanting "Wait for me!"

Bella is still learning how to skate. Her idea of skating is walking and falling.

Welcome our newest member of the family- Goldie! He's actually survived a month, so I felt I could mention him. There were days I thought he might not survive his bowl, the water, or the kids... but alas... life is good for Goldie our pet Beta.

Spring Break

Well, we're nearing the home stretch- Spring Break is coming to a close. Ahhhh. It has been jam packed full of fun and stress. We've visited the doctor- Bella had yet another ear infection; gone to numerous parks- Tuscany Meadows, J.R. Grant, Carpenter, Little Elm Park, Frisco Commons; seen many friends and relatives- Darcy, Dan, Kate, Abby, Jolyn, Zack, Tyler, Jenni, Preston, Ally, Maria, Zack, Jenna, Jennifer, Emma, Zane, Chris, Chuck, Nico, Marlee, Patti, Grayson, Heidi, Quinn, Tanner, Tessa, Jay, Julie, Braylen, both sets of Grandparents; and just played, played, played! (While Momma has cleaned, cleaned, cleaned.) I did get some much needed time to myself though- on Thursday I met my dear friend Anne for Italian food at Addison square and then Saturday night I went to my friend Jenni's house for the movie debut of Twilight. We dressed in vampire black, drank some daiquiris, ate some yummy foods, and relived our high school days. I'm glad today's Sunday and even more glad tomorrow's Monday and is a school day:)

This was just one of many messes from the week.
Group photo of Thursday playgroup.

Jenni and Dasha made the coolest party favors for the Twilight party!

Zoo Trip

We went to the Dallas Zoo for Nico's Birthday this weekend. Talk about fun! The weather was beautiful!!! (75 degrees and overcast.) The kids enjoyed running around the giant place and seeing the animals. I honestly think they liked the statues more than the actual critters.

We were allowed to go into the bird tent and feed the birds using a Popsicle stick with bird seed on it. Both girls were apprehensive about this, but enjoyed it. (They were scared of a bird landing on their heads.)

In the children section of the zoo, they had sculptures, slides, and a little creek that you could take your shoes off and splash around. Bella was my "wild banshee" for the day; the wind loved her hair.

We had so much fun! Thank you Chris and Chuck! Happy Birthday Nico!