Decorating Easter Eggs

We had so much fun decorating Easter eggs this year! We invited Kayla's friend over from school along with her sister and mom. As you can see, they wore most of the dye on their hands. We now have 3 dozen hard boiled eggs in the refrigerator that I'm not quite sure what to do with. Egg salad perhaps, yum!

Kayla and her friend Katie

All the beautiful eggs!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Harley turned 35! We celebrated by going out to eat to our favorite restaurant, Il Vicino's, followed by yummy cake for dessert! Happy 35 Daddy!

Happy Birthday Malia!

Malia turned 1! You can catch the story on her blog
www.maliajoy.blogspot.com

Precious moments

We have been so proud of Kayla this year! She has grown up so much since starting kindergarten last fall. She is now reading and loving it, writing whole paragraphs, letters to friends in Hong Kong and remembering her library book every Thursday (believe me, remembering the library book is huge) She's a great big sister and Lydi loves it when she reads to her.

This is one of those moments I walked in on and I needed to run to get the camera. It was so sweet, Kayla was teaching Malia her letters and letter sounds. Something tells me Malia doesn't have to worry about getting enough stimulation. Her sisters are really good at providing that :)

Lydi saw what her sisters were doing and wanted to get in on the action.

I love Malia's little expression as she is looking back at her momma
The coolest thing is that I got this chalkboard at Goodwill for $16. The girls have been loving it!

Flower Heart Bouquets

I wish I was more intentional about taking pictures during this craft. They turned out so cute and the girls loved making them. I think their favorite part was pounding holes in the paper with a hammer. Each flower petal was made out of a paper heart and the center of the flower was a sucker. Super creative and the fun idea came from Family Fun Magazine.

craft #4

They made this one for Harley's old boss at Compassion. She is always providing the girls with lip gloss every time they visit so we try to do nice things for her too.

Girls in the Snow

The girls are having fun in what's left of the snow. It's melting fast but they are trying to make the most of it.

Malia has just started sitting up. She toppled over a couple times while I was taking pictures but her snow suit provided enough padding that she wasn't bothered.