Zoo Day

 We made an impromptu trip to the zoo a few weekends ago. The kids love the zoo, obviously! I should also mention... you'll notice above Boston in a cast. On Easter Boston fell off the kids slide in Nursery and broke his arm. We'll post more on that when we get copies of his X-rays.

 We end up taking nearly all the same pictures when we go to the zoo each time. We end up with a picture at the Lion fountain, and sitting on the various statues... although they are the same pictures it's fun to see them get older and bigger.


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 Cute kids! We had a fun day!

 Easter morning the kids participated in a photo scavenger hunt in order to find their Easter baskets. The clues led the to the basketball hoop, behind the shower curtain, inside a kitchen drawer, Reese's dollhouse, under Mom and Dad's pillows, the swing set, and finally in the family room behind the couch.

 They had lots of fun figuring out where the next clue was.

 Boston loved his new crocs. He wore them around all morning.

 Imagine that - the Easter Bunny left some Lalaloopsies for Reese (a little sister doll, a mini doll, Lala puzzle, Lala sunglasses, and some candy). Boston got the new Muppet movie (which they watched twice today) bubbles, Spiderman sunglasses, stamps, and some candy.

All dressed up for church. I practically had to hog tie Boston in order to get his tie on. For some reason he was very against it. Obviously he figured out it wasn't so bad after all. I wanted to get some cute pics outside with them all dressed up but at this point we were already 10 minutes late, so maybe next week.

We had a lovely Easter. After Easter baskets we had a yummy french toast breakfast, went to church, came home and stuffed ourselves full of goodies.

Downey Easter

 These are all completely out of order, but I'm way to lazy to fix that so whatever. Saturday we went down to Downey for their city Easter Egg hunt. These first few pictures are of the little egg hunt we had a grandma and grandpa's house after we ate lunch. They had a few treats and gifts for the kids.

 Boston found some candy, money, bubbles, and a Yo Gabba Gabba Book. And for our Lalaloopsy enthusiast a sticker book, candy, bubbles, and about $4 in change (enough to buy another Lalaloopsy mini).

 Boston dumped out his goodies from the city egg hunt on the ground so he could gather some more things at Grandmas.

 They're Off! The ended up finding the really good stuff inside the chicken coop.

 While at the city egg hunt they got to pet a real chicken and bunny.

 We kept telling Boston when it was his turn he needed to run really fast. Well he did just that... so much that he ran all the way to the net without picking up a single thing. Didn't quite get it for a minute, and when he finally did he would only pick up the loose candy on the ground and not the eggs. Since there was so much for all the kids he ended up with a bucket full of goodies.

 Scoping out the goods before it started.

 After Boston had his turn we went over to watch Reese's age group. Boston helped himself to a few eggs.

April First

 Sorry these pictures aren't the greatest (I took them with my phone). So here are some pics of my April Fool's jokes. Naturally I found them on Pinterest. Above: Litter Box (brownies, with graham cracker crumbs). Below: Mashed Potatos, Peas, and Carrots (cupcakes - starburst, runts, and caramel sauce).

 Last Sunday we went down to my grandma's for dinner and for our family Easter Egg hunt. The kids had a lot of fun looking for all the goodies. There were a ton of things out there for them besides candy. Dress up jewelry, monster trucks, punch balls, bubbles, and lots of other fun things.

 Scrambling for the goods.

 Reese and her loot.

Obviously this is out of order. The cousins making a mad dash to find some goodies.

A couple projects...

Just wanted to share a few announcement projects I've done lately, for some friends. Above took the pictures and designed the wedding announcement. I've never claimed to be any sort of professional but I enjoy doing them.
Farm themed birthday party invite.

Lala-Love...Lalaloopsy!

So we have been up to much lately. Just hanging around the house. I just thought I would share one of Reese's favorite things - Lalaloopsies! It's so fun to watch her play with them. I remember when I was her age or bit older loving Littlest Pet Shop so it's just too fun seeing her love Lala's the way I loved LPS. They are just too cute! I personally like that they are a lot more age appropriate than some of the other dolls out there (some a a bit skanky looking if you ask me).

We picked up the first ever Lalaloopsy movie today in Wal-mart, and we've already watched it twice!

Reese loves her silly hair Lalaloopsy named Jewel Sparkles very best. She sleeps with her every night. We even have to dress her in her pajamas every night too. She takes her every where, and when we go to the store we have to change her clothes again and put her coat on. Reese thought she needed a sleeping bag, so I used my very limited sewing skills and made her one.
Even Lala jammies!
Today we also found this cute little school and playground set on clearance for $2.50 at Walmart. They are supposed to be for Lil' Woodzeez but it's the perfect size for her Mini-Lala's. You could say we are bit obsessed - but they are just too cute!

Valentine's Day

The kids were excited to see a surprise waiting for them this morning. (We actually had to tie the streamers off to the side so the cat wouldn't attack them during the night).
Fun things: Each got a heart shaped plate, valentine cup, new shirt, bubbles, treats, milk straws, and a toy. Reese: a new Lalaloopsy and Boston got the Winnie the Pooh movie.


Breakfast: Heart shaped homemade poptarts, strawberries, and heart shaped pancakes.
Blowing some bubbles.
Heart shaped cinnamon rolls.
Strawberry poptarts.
The "heart" shaped breadsticks to go with our heart shaped pizza. They didn't look to heart-ish, but they still tasted good.
Modeling the new V-day shirt and haircut.

The cutest Valentines Ever!

Yum! Heart shaped fruit pizza (I may or may not have eaten most of this myself). So Gooooood!!!

Needless to say we had a nice day, even though I had to work later that night...boo!

Just for Fun

I pulled a few pictures off my phone. Above: the kids trying to put off bedtime with a few pictures.
Reese loves her Lalaloopsies! We tuck them into bed every night. Reese thought they were a little too crowded having to share this pillow - so I had a little sewing project and made them each a little sleeping bag.
So Reese's hair has been a little scraggly lately, so I thought it was time for a haircut. I only wanted to cut 5-6 inches off but she insisted it be cut short like her cousin Brookie's. So it was done. It was pretty painful watching that first cut.
(Not styled obviously). It really has been kind of nice. It takes 2 seconds to comb through and a few minutes to curl/style. So there are advantages. Reese hasn't regretted her decision at all. She loves her short hair.