Kindergarten Orientation

Today was Claire's Kindergarten orientation.  I cannot even believe that she is old enough to be doing this stuff!  Her school seems like it is going to be great and she LOVED it!  She was so grown up today and she enjoyed every second of it!!  My baby is all grown up!!!

Easter Prep

This year we spent a lot of time prepping for Easter.  

We started out dying eggs and making cookies at Nana and Papa's.  Daddy had some work to do on our hallway, which is almost finished :), so we spent the day at Nana and Papa's so Daddy could finish up. 

 When we pulled up to Nana and Papa's we noticed the ducks.  These ducks hang out in my parents pool every year.  They have come back for probably 3 or 4 years now.  They come and hang out in the unopened pool until my parents open it.  Once it is filled with chlorine, they find a new place to hang out.  

This year they got a little gutsy though.  They walked right up and hung out on my parents deck!  They have never done that before.  The kids LOVED it!  It was nice addition to our special Easter decorating day.

Oliver loved wearing his bunny ears to dye his eggs.

Claire loved using all the different colors.

Oliver loved the way they came out.

Then it was time to make the cookies.  Claire loved helping Nana make the frosting for the cookies.

Finally, it was time to frost the cookies!!

Claire really loved making all different designs. Check out Claire's carrot earrings!!  My friend at school made them for her, they were sooo cute!!!!

Even Oliver helped.

Here is Oliver's cookie.  Notice his chin, he couldn't help but eat a little frosting :)

I must say, I was pretty impressed with how adorable our cookies came out!

After all the decorating, everyone was exhausted.  Claire and Papa went up to take their nap and Oliver headed for his crib.  Even after his 2 and 1/2 hour nap he was still sleepy, so he laid with Nana and watched some TV.

 Uncle Johnny stopped over later to hang out and he is getting pretty good at functioning with his broken hand.  It took him and Oliver a few minutes to get his socks and shoes on but they made it happen.

Then the next morning we colored eggs with Daddy.  Oliver loved coloring on the eggs with the special egg crayon.

Claire loved getting started, she was an old pro at this point.  Except she still kept dipping her fingers in the dye!  

My little bunnies hard at work.

This is my egg.  It is my favorite color with the names of my favorite people on it.

I ran out of room so I had to put Pete's name on the back.

Here is Oliver's final product.

 And here is Claire's final product.

I think we are ready for the Bunny to come!!!!

Student Of The Month

Yep....that's right....you've guessed it....Oliver is Student Of The Month at school!

Here is his poster we made for him to share with his class.

And to begin his reign as Student Of The Month of course Oliver had to dress up.  I think he is going to be just like his Daddy.  Oliver LOVES to dress up.  Almost every morning when I am getting him dressed he says "Tie Mama.  Tie on??"  Over and over.  I have to actually hide his ties because if he sees them he will freak out!  

Have a great month Oliver!!

The Easter Bunny

 

Today we went to see the Easter Bunny.  My kids absolutely love characters of any kind (click HERE to see them last year).  Oliver was IN LOVE with the bunny!!  I was worried after how he reacted to Santa that he would not be into the Bunny this year but he was thrilled!!  As soon as we got there he was waving and yelling "HI BUNNY!!".  So when it was Claire and Oliver's turn he was thrilled.  He walked right up and hugged him!  Then he kept petting him, it was adorable.  When it came time to take the picture we had a hard time getting Oliver to stop looking at the bunny and look at us to smile!!  It was soooo cute!!!  Claire was a dream as always.  She hopped right up onto the Bunny's lap and told him she would like a stuffed hamster in her basket and that her brother would like a ball.  She was so sweet!  

  Then we made a quick stop at Penny's to get some socks and they were handing out bunny ears.  Of course, my children were thrilled to get some ears.  As soon as I put them on Oliver he said "Picture!" so I had to get a shot of my little bunnies.  And of course, Claire was ready to pose with a smile as always.  I love these bunnies!!!!!