Easter Saturday

We celebrated what has become our annual Easter Saturday with the Rices again this year.

Of course, Wendy and I had to have our kids pose together a ton because they were all looking so cute!

It was a little drizzly that day, but we were going to go ahead with an outdoor hunt anyway. The dads got busy hiding eggs in the backyard while we played with the kids in the front yard.

But then the drizzle turned to a true rain, so we decided to move the hunt inside. A few of the eggs got wet while they were hidden outside, so when the kids opened their eggs at the end, we had a few that looked like tie die on the inside, with special white skittles.

Getting ready....

Then after the hunt, it cleared up enough to take some more pictures outside and grill our dinner.

Nice work, Chris! The steaks turned out just right!

I LOVE this picture Wendy captured of Addie. What a doll.

Our Rices

Happy Spring!

Chris's Birthday

I can't believe Chris's birthday was almost two months ago. Where has time gone?!? I tell you what, it seems to be speeding up more and more each year.
Anyway, Emily helped me make Dad's birthday pie while Addie was at school. She still loves raspberries, and she really loved tasting the pie filling after watching it boil on the stove.

mmmmmmm

 The girls got their party dresses on before Chris got home from work and posed with the flowers and artwork they made for him for his birthday.

Happy birthday Dad!

Presents!

Addie and Emily had very appropriately picked out a "Daddy Card" for their dad's birthday

Auntie Allison came over for dinner to help celebrate

Elizabeth got her first taste of Chris's very favorite raspberry pie

Happy Birthday to an amazing husband and dad!

April Randoms

We had lots of fun in April....

Broccoli Beard...Don't you wish YOU had one?

Wrestling with Dad

Indoor Picnic

Washing Dishes

Bedtime Snuggles

Baby in a Bag

Please, come to Addie's store. I think I've bought everything in it. She needs new customers.

I planted a bulb garden out front. Sometimes I force my children to stare at my work.

Naked shopper! Aisle 2!

Beauty Salon...a current favorite. Don't worry, the scissors are for playdough.

My Dishwasher Unloader

Kitchen Mischief

School Picture Day!

With school comes picture day! Addie got to dress up and wear ribbons in her hair for picture day, so why not have everyone dress up? :)

While Addie was at school having fun with friends (she talks about Brian and Summer when I ask her about her friends), Emily, Elizabeth and I stopped at the Golden Arches for hot fudge sundaes.

And then we wore out our chocolate wiggles playing chase around the house.

A few weeks later when I went to pick Addie up from school, she came running out of the school doors, waving her big LifeTouch envelope. She did a great job smiling for the camera!

Our First People

I've been waiting for this day to arrive, the day when real people made their way into Emily and Addie's artwork. They've told me that shapes in their drawings were people before, but on March 30th, about a month after turning three, Addie was doing some post-breakfast drawing when she produced this lovely depiction of DeeDee.

The artist, hard at work

After seeing my extreme excitement (there was quite a bit of jumping around and giggling) over Addie's picture of DeeDee, Emily decided to try her hand at people-drawing.

Here are Emily's people...

Nice portraits, girls! :)