Peculiar Resting Spots

Someone recently asked on a blog what strangest place your child has ever napped was... I am not sure this is all that strange (albeit no doubt unique) but it is rather funny. This is Olivia in June 2007 sleeping while on our river trip.

The Family Photo Process

We were coordinating, dressed nice and had yet to ruin our clothes this morning (Easter morning) so after church we tried to get a family photo... and the process reminded me how ironic the ending photo with a happy family smiling at the camera is when the process tends to be really grueling! I had to tell the girls over and over, "Quit picking your noses, drop the stick, you can't put your hand there for a photo, smile, don't cross your eyes, open your eyes, put your hat back on, etc..." and the whole time they whine. Today they wanted to go on "an adventure" not sit in the front yard for a photo shoot. Here is the final product (not professional of course, but the best we could do)!

Here are some other attempts:

And my personal favorite (I look mad, but really was trying to blow my bangs out of my face):

But after the "photo shoot" I got the best gift from the girls:

Spring is Here!

Obviously we are not keeping up on our blog as much as we'd hoped too... life has just been busy around here! Anyhow, we are officially on Spring Break (yeah!!!!) and the girls and I have a long and relaxing week filled with... NOTHING! We did this on purpose because we all wanted time to read, go on walks, sleep in and not be on a schedule. We've started seedlings for our garden, tilled up the front flower patch, cleaned out the shed, go out our spring & summer clothes & we are planning a movie day next week too!

I wanted to share some pictures of our St. Patrick's Day celebration and Easter celebrations.

So here is St. Patrick's Day - we traditionally leave out a Leprechaun trap (a green box Emily decorated with gold "coins" and rainbows when she was two years old) and in the morning we always find treats in the box, but no Leprechaun! We figure he left us treats and then escaped. This year he left us t-shirts, temporary tattoos, green necklaces and the ever important Gold Chocolate Coins. Then to our surprise he had turned the toilet water green & the milk! Silly little Leprechaun.

Here is our Easter celebration... our Easter bunny leaves a trail of eggs... pink for Olivia and purple for Emily from the girls beds to their basket. This year Olivia's basket was under the kitchen sink & Emily's was in the trash can under the computer desk... the hiding places are getting trickier because they are getting bigger. We then ate breakfast & went to church. Lastly we will do the Resurrection Eggs to "hit home" what Easter is about.

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