Happy Easter, 2009!

What a great Easter we had this year! It was fun with Maddie being a little older and talking about the 'Easter bunny'! She was a little disappointed that the Easter bunny didn't stay to play. The silly Easter bunny forgot to put pink peeps in Maddie's basket, but thank goodness she remembered and brought them to her during her nap!

Both girls actually slept in Easter morning. Chloe woke up around 8:15am so I snapped a few pictures of her in front of her basket because I knew as soon as 'sister' woke up, it would be chaotic. Chloe seemed to enjoy grabbing at everything in her basket. Poor girl... after I snapped the pictures I took her basket away and 'made' her wait until Maddie woke up!

Maddie finally woke up around 8:45am and still acted sleepy, which is strange! She woke up kind of whiny, when normally, she is the happiest person! Both my girls wake up SO happy. Maddie is usually 'too much' for people from the time she wakes up, to the time she closes her eyes at night! So I'm not sure why she was a little on the grouchy side. Didn't want to wear her cute little bunny ears... that she picked out! And wasn't excited about having her picture taken either! She was fine once she got her roller skates on, which she has been begging for, for quite some time now!

Maddie came out and just sat and stared at the baskets. Then she had to take Chloe's toys to her before she'd go check out her own basket. It was pretty funny!It was fun going to church and seeing everyone in their cute Easter outfits. Maddie was so excited that a little girl sitting behind us was wearing the same dress as she and Chloe! I'm not sure if they actually gave an Easter lesson in nursery, but Maddie did come home with a 'families are forever' necklace she made that she won't take off! She was so proud to tell me that she colored a picture of me at church! Chloe was a good, quiet(er) girl at church. We made it all the way through all three hours! :)

Not the greatest picture. This is right as we were leaving for church... Chloe is WAY past nap time, Maddie has already messed up her hair, and I set the camera on a shelf with the timer on, but obviously it was a little too high up... but this is all we had time for! And after church is straight down for naps. So we get what we get and we don't throw a fit! :)

For Easter dinner, we went over to my aunt's house (who happened to be up in Seattle), where my cousin, Hilary, prepared a fabulous dinner! I didn't take any pictures so I'll have to get some from her, she did a great job!!! It was fun sitting around the table with just us cousins! We had some good laughs!

Easter Egg Hunts

Maddie was one lucky girl this Easter. She had 3 Easter egg hunts! Brooklynn hid some eggs at one of our family parties (pictures will come when she sends them to me... hint, hint, Brooklynn!). Then we had one Saturday evening with Maddie, which is what these pictures are from.

After our Sunday Easter dinner, my cousin, Hilary, had filled some eggs with candy and hid them for Maddie. It was fun watching Maddie race around trying to find the eggs... or follow our directions as we all guided her to each egg! :) We all may have had just as much fun as Maddie did!

Decorating Easter Eggs

This afternoon we dyed eggs. Maddie was very interested in dying them, but didn't actually want to do it. She just told Mike which color to put the egg into. I also got a kit that you can sponge on glitter paint. That, she loved!! If we had known she loved that part so much, we would have saved more eggs to paint! Chloe liked just watching, and trying to grab at everything!

Maddie was pretty proud of the result, but wasn't finished... she wanted to color MORE eggs!

Building A Bookshelf

My sister, Brooklynn, and her kids came to town to see us... and help with my 'toy situation'. We made a trip out to Ikea to buy a bookshelf for the girls' room and a cube shelf to hold all their toys (just realized I haven't taken any pictures of it... pictures will come!)But for now, here are a few of the kids 'helping' Brooklynn put the bookshelf together. They LOVED being able to help with their own tools!
Anyway, lots of pictures to follow!! Lots of family, friends, dinners, parties!! I really will get to it.... eventually!!! :)

Girls

Just a few pictures I took of the girls last weekend.

This was on Friday, I was on the phone paying a bill and I guess I took too long! :)

Chloe's definitely not crawling yet (not even close!), but she seems to be able to maneuver her way around this toy. Sometimes rolling, but more that she hooks her legs around the poles to scoot herself around. It's pretty funny to watch! She was in the middle of the mat, you can see where she ended up! :)

I just thought this one was funny... full tummy, maybe?! :)

If only you could see what they're watching.... SPONGEBOB!! They love it! :)