Easter 2016

Easter this year did not go to plan.  I was so excited for the kids to do their Easter hunt outside.  And then it snowed.  So there goes that plan.  Then on Easter morning, Evy woke up with a fever of 103.  Luckily after some Advil, Evy's fever came down a bit and she was a mostly happy baby.  The nice thing was that they didn't care that the Easter egg hunt was inside or that Evy was sick, they just enjoyed finding eggs and playing with their Easter goodies.  Nate loved that we put popcorn in the eggs.  He doesn't really like sweets, except sometimes chocolate, but he absolutely devours popcorn.  And Evy got some teddy grahams in hers.  The big hit from the Easter baskets was the bubble machine.  Nathan loves holding it and Evy loves trying to get the bubbles.  So at the end of day, we still had a great Easter together.

Dyeing Easter Eggs

We tried something new this year with our Easter eggs.  We used food dye instead of buying a kit and the colors were so much more vibrant.  Nate loved pulling out the eggs and seeing them change color.    I was a little worried about Nate making a big mess or knocking something over, but he was actually very careful.  Nate's favorite part was using qtips to make polka dots on the eggs.

Malinda Visits

Malinda asked if she could come visit us over her spring break and we were so excited for her to come.  The kids loved seeing Auntie Lou!

We took a trip up to Hammond's Candy Factory for a tour.  They make everything from homemade lollipops to caramels to marshmallows to chocolates and more.  The day we went through they were making candy canes.  It was amazing to see how big the block starts and then it gets worked down to candy cane size.  We came home with way to much candy!

After that all of our plans pretty much went out the door.  Evy got sick and our pediatrician had us bring her into the ER.  Really she wasn't that sick to necessitate a ER visit, but it was a better safe than sorry situation.  Malinda was so awesome to watch Nate the whole day and be his buddy.  She really was a lifesaver!  And then we had another snow storm so we hunkered down.  We did make some cool forts and Malinda was awesome enough to do my hair for me.  And we had some good olde girl time.

I had all these cool plans, but I'll save them for next time Malinda comes to visit.  See you soon hopefully!