Today we enjoyed a wonderful Easter lunch with the Mankins. It is so great to be able to spend holidays with friends right down the street. Thank you for cooking this year, and I guess I am up for next! When I was young my mom used to make this bunny cake and I thought it would be fun to start up a new tradition. So following some of the instructions and using my own creative license I created this.
We enjoyed another egg hunt with Mallory after lunch.
We were invited with our church group to an egg hunt at one of the families place. They have some great land with horses, hills, trees and all. The girls had a great time playing outside and hunting eggs with some of their new friends. It was a very good substitute for the traditional Eller Easter that we will miss this year. Pics
This is our new friend, Morgan. She is much closer to Megan’s age at 2, but Alyssa still considers her “her” friend. Morgan and her mom, Erin, joined us today for playtime and lunch. Megan felt so comfortable with her new friend that she immediately stole her shoes. What is it with this child and shoes? We are very thankful for the friends that we have made at the church (not “our church” yet) and glad that we have someone new to play with. I am reminded time and time again why God deemed relationships so important.
That is what I think when I can actually escape in the house while they are outside playing. I have even been known to call Ethan and say, “Do you know what your kids are doing right now?” Maybe this is common for you at your house, but getting Alyssa to play outside by herself is an unbelievable accomplishment. I can stay inside and cook dinner and they will play together outside. Thank you for sunshine and an old horse-shoe pit that we have not gotten around to removing.
We have had probably half a dozen snowings this season. This was the best. I had to even nag Ethan about his driving while we were going home on Fri night. At one point the brakes froze up b/c we had been driving 30 mph for so long and we skidded across the street, and ran up a curb as we turned into our neighborhood. It snowed all night and in the morning we had a blast making snowmen, snow angels, snowball fights and some snow tasting. We tried some sledding, but our make-shift trashcan lids didn’t work. It is so fun to experience this with the girls.
How do they grow up like this? I don’t know how Alyssa figured out how to draw block letters, much less feel the desire to write a love note to God. She told me today, “You know who I love more than a zillion years, mom? God.” I am so blessed to have such a sweet, loving, creative, emotional, and cute as can be little 4 year old who has such a raw, innocent belief in the Lord. Thank you God for moments like this.
We like Saturdays. Okay… I like Saturdays. I like waking up and having Ethan around the house. I like just playing around in our pajamas till noon. This past Saturday we had some playtime in the bath tub. Weird? Maybe, but you may try it next time. It is like a playpen but more fun, especially if you can get Daddy in there too.
We like spaghetti. Oma has always cooked home-made sauce and it has become a favorite of all of us. I can whip up a double batch in no time flat. I can’t do it with my eyes closed yet, like Oma, but I am getting there. The last few meals Megan has enjoyed spaghetti while we have things like pork chops. After 3 kid-bowls of spaghetti, she is a mess. Which then leads to a different kind of bath time.
Too early? She has all the positioning right, but has no idea she is only playing with the Finder. How quickly they learn from us.
We spent a little time this weekend at Radnor Lake. It is a popular lake that Ethan claims is one of the best places to bird watch in Nashville – Ethan likes to bird watch if you didn’t know. There are several trails that you can walk, but we stuck to the paved trail this day and let the girls have fun. We saw several people jogging and walking dogs – which was a big hit for Megan. We were able to spend Saturday morning together and Daddy still got to watch some birds. On the way back to the car, we saw this cool Barred Owl … whatever that is 🙂
This is Megan’s crazy obsession – brushing her teeth. I think she really just likes to climb up on the stool and see herself in the mirror. Then while she is up there, she thinks, “hey, this is that drawer that sister always opens and gets cool stuff from. Let me try this.” So, if the bathroom door is open, it is a guarantee that Megan will be brushing her teeth at some point.