Dying Eggs

So , I mentioned that I let this holiday sneak up on us.  It’s the day before Easter and we hadn’t even dyed an egg!  So, I broke out the gloves (in a vain attempt to try and prevent them from being blue and orange at Church).  It’s amazing how much kids grow up an a year.  Crawford really concentrated and was in to it.

  

In her defense, it was snack time – Conlee tried to eat the egg!

   

*NOTE:  Yes Conlee has had yet another forehead injury (notice the knot on the left side of her head).  She got hit in the head by a kid at school!  This child is going to HAVE to wear bangs to cover up the scars!

After the hard “work” we were rewarded with a Pops’ breakfast (biscuits & gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage).  I’ve never given Conlee anything like this – she was a fan (love the sausage).  I guess this MAY pack a few pounds on her (at least I know it does to me!).

Mom, Matt and I ran errands all afternoon – Pops and Bo watched the kids.  They let Conlee eat lunch at the bar.  Why do I get the feeling the high chair is about to make an early retirement?

I’m so excited that tomorrow’s forecast is for it to be warm – so I’m breaking out the open-toed shoes.  Before I do – I HAD to give myself a pedicure.  Turns out Conlee wanted one too.  She sat perfectly still and let me paint her piggys.  I could eat each and everyone of them.  For those of you who know Bo, he HATES feet and is completely grossed out that I have done this to his little girl.

Crawford and I made a quick get-away and hit a school friend’s birthday party at Fun City.  It’s moved and it’s a gazillion times better.  Matter of fact, Crawford pitched a FIT when I made him leave early.  But, Pops was frying fish and I wasn’t going to miss it :)

How I missed getting pictures from tonight – I’ll never know.  Pops hit a homerun with dinner.  After they left – the Bunny stopped by.  I LOVE putting together the baskets.  Bo absolutely doesn’t get it.  He doesn’t even think they should get “gifts” – just eggs.  Clearly, I won this “battle”!

A Visit with the Easter Bunny

So, I’ll admit it – I completely cheated when it came to Easter baking.  I had grand ideas of bunny cupcakes and decorated egg cookies, but alas, it’s 2 days till Easter and that just wasn’t going to happen.  So, I busted out the roll cookie dough and jarred icing and we made Easter pizza’s.  While the aren’t “magazine” worthy – the kids LOVED it.  Conlee even got to be a big girl and sit at the bar with Crawford.

We let the “pizzas” cool and got dressed to go visit with the Easter Bunny.

 

I was scared of how Conlee would do (she’s not a fan of stuffed anythings) but while we were waiting she was super interested.  She smiled and waved.  I was so excited.

But, when the time came to sit in his lap – she wasn’t having it.  So, we have 1 really good pic of Crawford and Bunny and one not so good pic of Crawford, Bunny, Conlee and ME!  Yes, I had to be in the picture for her to even sit there.  You can see a big tear rolling down her face.

But, leave it to some Chick-fil-A and a trip to the toy store and her mood perked right up.

That is, her mood was good until we gold her she couldn’t have an ugly doll.  It was WAY past nap time!

When they woke up, the really fun part of baking started – the decorating!

 

We may have taken the easy route – but they were adorable and tasted great (what wouldn’t taste great with cream cheese icing on it?).

 

We “splurged” and got a sitter for the kids and the adults hit Doe’s.  I was super excited about getting out, but not about Doe’s (I don’t eat red meat!).  But, it turned out the shrimp were delish.  We had a new sitter – and I LOVED her.  She sent texts throughout the meal and the kids had so much fun.

The one “bad” thing was they were still up when we got home!  But, I guess once in a while – it’s nice to break the rules :)

Babe & Pops are here!

One of my FAVORITE things in the world is the kids dressed in their summer time jammies.  Literally, I could just eat them up.

    

After admiring their pj’s it was time to get dressed for school.  They got to wear their “matching” bunny shirts.  Crawford would get mad when I’d say they matched, “We DON’T match!  I’m in blue and she’s in pink.”

The kids were so excited to see Babe & Pops.  Babe even let them go see the ice cream man BEFORE dinner!

At least they were nice and shared their treats.

How great is this?  Covered in chocolate, with fire trucks and ambulances – giving Pops some lovin!