Dying Eggs

Here we are ready to dye Easter Eggs. Connor and Abby were so excited! But first Connor needed to give Abby a kiss!

Here we are coloring the eggs which is very serious work! Abby was very excited to make (you guessed it) PINK eggs! Then Abby added Princess stickers to her eggs. She pressed so hard that she kept cracking the eggs. I guess she wanted to make sure they stuck. She covered every inch of those eggs in Princess stickers. Connor used stickers that made the eggs into different vehicles (police car, bus, fire truck, and ambulance). He thought it was really cool because the eggs rested on these plastic wheels that made them roll like little cars. Very fun! While I was busy helping in the "auto shop", Abby preceded to remove all of the Princess stickers. Go figure!

Easter Egg Hunt

This year we went to an Easter Egg Hunt at Connor's preschool. Connor was very excited because Makena was there of course and we brought his good friend Ryan! Connor was a man on a mission at the hunt. Please notice how his shirt is already filthy in these pictures. I am not sure how he managed that, but it is not too surprising. This is why he is not wearing his dressy clothes at this hunt. However, Mommy did want him to wear actual shoes. He insisted on his Crocs! I relented with the agreement that on Easter we would wear our nice shoes. Well, seeing as Connor had on Crocs, guess who else thought she needed hers? Yes, Abby thought her pink Crocs would look just perfect with her beautiful Easter dress. (Which is so funny because at home she was twirling and showing off her fancy shoes!) Obviously, Mommy did not give in to that! Abby was really excited about the hunt but she had a very different strategy. Once she found her first egg and realized there was candy inside, her priority became convincing mom and dad to open the candy. There are some cute pictures of her as she gets her candy opened. Also, there is a picture of her doing one of the crafts after the hunt. She was really into the project. Her cross was absolutely covered with glitter, jewels, and sparkles! We came home with a ton of eggs, candy, and two very happy children!

Captain Connor

Here are some cute pictures of Connor playing in his pirate suit. He was waiting for Grandpa and Grandma to come over when these pictures were taken. He was so cute!

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Dinner at Grandpa and Grandma's House

We recently went to dinner at my parent's house. Connor and Abby had so much fun playing with their grandparents! They love to play in the backyard. Feeding the birds is always a favorite! (My parents must have some fat, happy birds at their house!) This time Abby made up a game with Grandpa. She would climb the stairs to their upper patio (and count them!) then she'd run to the edge and jump to Grandpa. She played this game repeatedly for a long time! When Grandpa went inside for something, she went up to the patio and called, "Grandpa, where are you?" Connor and Abby also love to play the piano. I got some great video of Abby playing the piano and singing "ABCD" and "Twinkle, Twinkle". She doesn't know all of the words but she knows a lot of them and it is so cute!

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Pirate Party

Connor and Abby recently went to Disneyland with our good friends Christina, Ryan and Matthew. Connor and Ryan had so much fun together! Connor and Ryan especially enjoyed the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. After the ride, we went into the pirate shop and Ryan and Connor just had to have the pirate pistols. They had so much fun with them. We had a great time singing "Yo, ho, Yo ho! It's a pirates life for me!" on the way home in the car. The next morning when Abby woke up I told her to tell her dad about Disneyland and she sang, "Yo, yo, yo, yo! Pirate Meeeeee!" It was so funny. Well, this trip was shortly followed up by Connor and Abby's friends, Devon and Charley's pirate birthday party. We were told to dress the part. It was a lot of fun! So here are some pictures. (Abby actually had a hat but she did not want to wear it.) Oh, and Connor had a puffy pirate shirt that went with the costume. It's so funny because I knew that Rich would not like that part of the costume. Guess who else did not want to wear the puffy shirt? Connor! Somethings are genetic I guess!