Let's start with the fun hairdo. We found it
here, and Alayan HAD to have her hair done like that.
Egg-Tails! haha
Taking turns to dye the eggs.
This was Cavell's first year to participate in this step. There was a lot of jumping and running around, but he was very careful when it was his turn with the eggs.
Alayna was a pro this year.
Before we started, Alayna kept saying we were going to paint the eggs. She really thought we would use brushes and make designs. She used crayons instead.
Cavell loves to try anything Alayna does and enjoyed using the crayons as well.
Eggheads!
Easter morning involved a special breakfast.
Overnight Apple French Toast.
drool . . .I found the recipe
here. Unlike the original poster, we made the apple syrup. When it was baked we could see why she doesn't, but the syrup was too yummy not to consume.
We used our successful
bread recipe, adding 3/4 cups of raisins. To try and get the swirl of real cinnamon raisin bread I folded a 1/4 c sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon mixture in before putting it in the pan.
Because it was wet outside, we had our egg hunt inside. Both children were very excited to start. It was hard to get a picture of them.
Alayna was an egg finding machine! Egg after egg. I remembered quickly how difficult it is to take pictures of children finding eggs. Lots of blurry pictures of their backs. Alayna was just too fast for any pictures.
Cavell would find an egg and get excited. He would finally put it in his bucket while we encouraged him to find another. Then he would take the egg out and put it back to look for another. By the time we got him to keep the egg in his bucket AND add another, Alayna's bucket was full. We had to stop her from looking in the other half of the room.
After a lot of coaching, Cavell did find the rest of the eggs. Following, large quantities of chocolate were consumed and
Conference was watched. Overall a wonderful day to spend together as a family.
Stacy wanted to make sure she had a picture of herself in the hospital not wearing a gown. So in the middle of her contractions, she stops in the lobby, refuses the cute little 'ol lady with the wheelchair, and poses for a picture.
Egg-Tails! haha
This was Cavell's first year to participate in this step. There was a lot of jumping and running around, but he was very careful when it was his turn with the eggs.
Alayna was a pro this year.
Before we started, Alayna kept saying we were going to paint the eggs. She really thought we would use brushes and make designs. She used crayons instead.
Cavell loves to try anything Alayna does and enjoyed using the crayons as well.
Eggheads!
drool . . .
Alayna was an egg finding machine! Egg after egg. I remembered quickly how difficult it is to take pictures of children finding eggs. Lots of blurry pictures of their backs. Alayna was just too fast for any pictures.
Cavell would find an egg and get excited. He would finally put it in his bucket while we encouraged him to find another. Then he would take the egg out and put it back to look for another. By the time we got him to keep the egg in his bucket AND add another, Alayna's bucket was full. We had to stop her from looking in the other half of the room.
After a lot of coaching, Cavell did find the rest of the eggs. Following, large quantities of chocolate were consumed and Conference was watched. Overall a wonderful day to spend together as a family.
But, when that weight becomes easy, they tell you to up the weight.
She had enough patience to wait until Paul came home.
She came home from school with 2 kites, and said Cavell could use the one that she had made in art class. We were very impressed with how well her paper kite flew (I was helping Cavell).
It wasn't the perfect kite flying breeze, but it was the perfect evening together.
In the morning she received some little gifts and cards from us. A little Rainbow Dash pony, Tinkerbell socks, and a flower headband (the one in the picture). In the afternoon she collected the mail and opened her cards from her grandmas and grandpas. This included money that she plans to use to purchase a doctor's kit.
We used Bette Hagman's gluten free lemon cake recipe, but subbed all lemon juice and lemon-lime soda with strawberry nectar, and the vanilla with strawberry extract. Simple strawberry preserves for the filling, and 6 strawberries on top. Very yummy. Paul, Cavell and I each had a little more. Alayna's piece was so BIG she couldn't finish hers.
We surprised her with a few more gifts after the cake. Her "real" presents.
The Princess and the Frog movie from Mama and the big Rainbow Dash from Cavell. Look at the joy and excitement in her face over these gifts. Only to be completely trumped by her Papa's gift a moment later.
"EEP!!!"
Only 2-4 weeks to go. I'm hoping 2. Paul probably wants something closer to the 4 range.
Too bad the gold glitter didn't work this morning.
