Aunt Kathy came over today with a surprise for the kids. She picked up some eggs (already filled with candy - doesn't get much easier than that) for a hunt.
It was COLD out there! But the sun was shining and they were running around so they didn't seem to notice.
This summer, we will find all the ones we missed. And Grace will eat the candy, I'm sure.







I insisted that we leave Grace out of the whole coloring eggs event. Wouldn't you? We waited until she went down for her nap. But she woke up before we had gotten cleaned up and the girls (by girls, I mean Aunt Kathy and Grandma) really wanted to let her try. So we let her color one egg, and that was enough for her.



"OK, so now it's green...and...so...now what do we do with it?"

Hey, I'm tryin to sleep, here

can ya keep it down?

Tony's Birthday

I love it when the kids come up with these things on their own. Courtney is always right on the ball about remembering birthdays and special occasions. And it's always interesting to see what she comes up with. You have to be creative when you have no money.
I saw this display and thought, oh how sweet.



And look, she got him a present, too. I wonder what it is. Well, I'm just going to peek... Ahhh!



They're for when he takes her fishing, of course.
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Another little surprise I love to find...
I'm pretty lenient about my camera. The kids will often take pictures when I'm not around, and I find all kinds of funny things when I'm downloading my pictures. And sometimes I find things like this. This is definitely a Courtney picture. I love her creative angles.

A conversation between brothers...





Grace is a little obsessed with lotion. She calls it "boobas" (bubbles).
She found a lotion bottle and carried it around all morning, asking everybody to help her put some on her hands. I let her, thinking, "well, she wont make a mess, she cant even get it out of the bottle."
But eventually, she squeezed it just right and it squirted out all over her face. We all got a great laugh out of it.





At least it tastes good.

So Loved

Welcome to the family

Oh, yeah, he'll fit right in.



I wonder where they get it from...

"Baby...baby...nose!"



"No, Gracie, that hurts him. Be gentle."



You can see how much he is loving all her affection.



This picture is just too funny not to share. This is not the norm for him. He's very content. (Except when he gets poked in the face.)