EASTER EGG HUNT

This morning we dyed eggs.



This afternoon we had our street Easter egg hunt.
We ended the evening with a cook out and some beers in our garage.







We left out some of the eggs we dyed and carrots for the Easter Bunny.

Her basket does not consist of a lot of candy this year. I made a doll, a Mickey Mouse coloring book and I covered a sketch book with a fun illustration of a Gnome. We have an on going story here about Gnomes. She's getting some colored pencils, stickers, soap and underwear. She loves getting new underwear. I figured she needs some more and this was a perfect opportunity. I put them in some eggs. : )

WEEKEND YARD WORK

I pulled out the crazy rose bushes that used to be under the window. They never grew right. They were supposed to be miniature rose bushes but they were more like a vine. They grew all long and crazy with huge thorns. I was always afraid the kids would get poked by them. So in went 4 box woods. Some day they will grow into a nice hedge. Planted another box wood in front too.

SWIM LESSONS

More like crying and shivering lessons, and not because the water was cold. 15 minutes we cancelled the group lessons and signed up for private lessons. If that doesn't work I don't know what else to do.

OLD TO NEW

Our old grills cart. It's been sitting around for about 3 years. I saved it because I wanted to put a wood top on it for the deck.

I finally got around to it this weekend. Sanded cart, primed and repainted it. Cut up some cedar, attached it and stained. Perfect addition to the deck.

ICE CREAM PARTY

Swimming, hotdogs and ice cream!!


I promised Violet an ice cream party if she learned to ride her bike without training wheels.


Ending the evening with a game of duck duck goose :)

ON TWO WHEELS!!!

BUSY WEEKEND OF BEING OUTSIDE

Road her bike on the trail down to the creek. Threw rocks in the creek to see who could make the biggest splash.


Twin cousins birthday party at a park.


Yummy! Rainbow cake.


Playing outside in the sprinkler. Crazy! It's March, 80 degrees and we're outside in swimsuits.

4 YEAR PHOTOS

White dress plus harsh sunlight plus a difficult four year old made for difficult photo taking. It was about 2 hours too early to take pics outside and I knew it but tried anyway. The didn't turn out to bad, but there is a lot of white burn out. Which I don't mind on her hair, I kind of like that. But no matter what I did the white dress was impossible to photograph.

She manages to find the one dandelion in the whole field.


Wish the trees had leaves.

Like.

Light a little harsh.

The area we took these photos was great. Lots of rock walls, paths and rock bridge. Very storybook like. I think we'll head back here later this spring, in her Rapunzel dress, when the trees fill out.

Like this one with the sun shining in on the left.

Favorite pic!

DISNEY ON ICE

This morning we went to see Disney on Ice:Treasure Trove. I decided very last minute to make Rapunzel's dress. So last minute I started it last night. Took 4hr 15min. I simplified the pattern and made the whole thing out of cotton. Much easier to clean than her Snow White dress.


Waiting patiently.







She really became interested in the show when the princesses arrived. Which was the second half.





The end.

Finished the afternoon off with lunch at Crown Center and a quick tour of where Mommy and Daddy work. She's been asking for months to see where we work. I told her it's really not that exciting.

She kept saying she wasn't tired.

BOWLING

We went bowling with our neighbors on Friday. I forgot to post these pics. I didn't get a picture of Violet bowling because she insisted I help her every time she was up to bowl.