Happy Easter 2013!

We have never dared color eggs before. My kids are proffessional spillers and the last thing I want is to surround them with cups filled with dye. ButI figured this year they were old enough for some form of Easter egg decorating, so we painted eggs. The kids were super into it. I had bought a dozen eggs and they were begging for more. I think this is going to be our family tradition. Much more room for creativity.

 My poor Jude was playing sword fighting with one of the neighbor hood kids and got a lightsaber to the face. Luckily we were able to get something cold on it pretty quickly and it didn't swell up to bad. But poor thing still had a black eye the next morning.

When I was little the neighborhood kids and I would gather at this super long sidewalk and make the longest hopscotch we could. It had a bajillion jumps and we were sure that it was so wonderful that the president was going to come and thank us for our hard work. So every time I see a hopscotch I get very nostalgic. I can't wait till my kids get a little older and we can play other nostalgic games. Red Rover, kick ball, 4 square, werewolf all those games I played as a kid.

Playing with some toys that Grandpa John and Grandma Rose got for us. Some super cute finger puppets and a super hero costume. The super hero costume is by far the best. Juse loves to wear it and just run around the house. My clever kids dragged out their giant pillow pets and asked if they could do jumping. So up on the counter they went (not a normal thing but the super hero cape called for a special occasion) and they began to "fly."  Got some really cool pictures that I just love!

 

I was driving home one day on a back road and what I saw almost made me movie spin my car in excitment! Huge Huge HUGE hills! I just knew that the kids would love and adore being able to run up and down the hill, dig and bury. I was so right. I got together with the Bowles bunch and just had a really good time.

Bouncy house bash!