The annual Easter Egg Hunt at Julie & Dale's house took place on April 2nd. The forecast for rain changed a day before the hunt. It ended up being an absolutely beautiful Saturday morning. As usual, Julie & Dale put on a wonderful egg hunt fit for the White House front lawn! Ellis was all about quantity and Leighton was really just about the chocolate. She wanted to stop and eat it as she found it (I can't say I blame her).
Ellis enjoying a few pre-hunt arts & crafts.
Baby chicks! Apparently these will grow up to be "fryers." I didn't share this with Ellis.
Checking out the goods.
It's getting heavy!!
Julie & Dale's beautiful, huge backyard.
"Hello there, big, pink bunny thing"
Easter egg hunts make a girl hungry.
Mommy's worst nightmare. Frogs.
Watching the frogs in the pond.
"It's not easy being this cute"
(striking her pose-of-the-moment)
OK, I know that it seems like I'm out of breath chasing Leighton on this. But it wasn't the chasing but the laughing at her that had me panting. Enjoy !
A typical, lazy Saturday morning. My favorite time of the whole week.
I love my kids right out of the bathtub in their warm robes and smelling great(Ellis is taking pictures on her Daddy's Blackberry)
Ellis wearing her Daddy's hat.
Leighton and her Grandma.
Leighton enjoying a lollipop. Love those big baby blue eyes & messy curls.
The first thing Ellis & Leight do when they get home each day is strip down or change into dress-up clothes. Or a little of both. And Leight is always dirty. She loves to put on Ellis shoes and socks by herself.
Here's the "little of both" look.
Leight "sharing" some frosting with Daddy.
Big, blonde head of curls.
Ellis stuffing the Valentine's Day boxes at the Preschool Valentine's Day party.
Ellis & her BFF Addi having a snack at the party.
Ellis' showing off the craft she made at the party--a bookmark.
Daddy & Ellis at the Preschool party (Ellis getting tired here).
Leighton sampling her Valentine's treats from her V-Day party at Julie's.
Our Valentine's Day card/treat we made for the Preschool & Daycare kids
(note to self: next year consider buying them and save yourself a TON of work!)
Ellis started ballet lessons last week. She lives in a tutu and ballet shoes so we knew
it was time. She's really enjoying her classes but is having a little trouble understanding
that to actually learn ballet, you have to stay with the class and not skip around the room
doing pirouettes!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)