Our Easter

Thanks to our friends, the Causey's, we enjoyed a fabulous Easter Egg Hunt yesterday afternoon at their house. The kids had so much fun that neither one wanted to leave when it was time to come home! Josiah hunting eggs at the Causey's Easter Egg Hunt.
Mackenzie proudly displaying a green egg at the Causey's Easter Egg Hunt.

Our kids checking out their loot from the Easter Bunny first thing this morning...at 7:15am.

Then we headed to the kitchen for breakfast. What could be better than bunny cake for Easter breakfast?! The kids were both delighted to see the bunny cake, as I did not finish it until after they were in bed last night. Long story short, my mixer broke while I was making the icing! One quick trip to Target and I was able to finish the cake with my new mixer! :)

Here's Josiah seeing the bunny cake for the first time. (The one above this was Mackenzie seeing it for the first time.) I was proud of my bunny cake! Usually my momma makes the bunny cake...every single year...but this year it was my turn as she's too far away to make it for us! I think it turned out okay. The kids reaction made it worth all the effort.

After seeing the cake, it was to the table for breakfast and into chairs as fast as possible! I love the looks of admiration for the cake on their little faces.

After breakfast we got dressed for church and headed out into our yard to hunt the eggs that the Easter bunny hid.

I love this picture of the kids both crouched over looking for eggs in the bushes!

Here's Mackenzie displaying her pink egg. Notice she is NOT in her Sunday Easter dress. After some tears, we decided not to push the issue for the egg hunt in our yard. :)

Here's Josiah proudly displaying his prize egg. Those big decorative eggs had toy prizes (cars and princess figurine key chains) in them.

Mackenzie and her prize purple egg.

Josiah and his prizes: a Lightening McQueen, Mater, and Stitch key chain!

Mackenzie carefully set her eggs and their contents all on one stair after the hunt!

Here's our traditional Easter Sunday picture taken after church this morning. Josiah has his tongue out. No surprise there! Notice, Mackenzie IS wearing a dress. ;)

The kids making "tea" in the bird bath after church today. Thirsty, anyone?! ;)

I do hope you all had a fantastic Easter. May the Lord continue to reign forever and ever!!

Happy Easter!

Just wishing everyone a Happy Easter! I'll attempt to do an Easter post later...with pics of the kids, the bunny cake, and the egg hunt. Here's a pic of the four of us at church this morning. Praise the Lord for a risen Saviour!!!

My Little Fish

My two little fish are taking group swimming lessons! They are totally excited about it as they love the water. They'll be in class for 8 sessions over 4 weeks. I had fun snapping some pictures tonight! Enjoy. The above picture is an overview of the 3 classes in the pool. Josiah's class is on the far right edge; Mackenzie's class is the one farthest away from us. It's a busy place!
Here's an up close of Josiah and David in the parent tot class. Josiah's teacher promoted him from the parent tot class, which is for kids up to age 36 months, to Mackenzie's class starting next week! He is excited to join the big kids, and his skill level is ready for the next class anyways. My baby is growing up too fast. ;(

Here's Mackenzie swimming with the noodle. Notice her new friend smiling in the background...those two girls just hit it off! I've had fun watching Mackenzie make friends these days. She LOVES making new friends. That will be helpful for starting kindergarten in the fall.

I like the way you can see the water splashing in this pic! My two boys are having fun together. I'm so glad David is such an involved Daddy. That's a huge blessing for the kids and me! :)

So...where is Mackenzie? She is completely under the water! Her friends are watching the place in the water where she went under, directly behind her teacher's head.

Here's Mackenzie swimming with her face in the water while holding on to the noodle. She can go for several seconds like this while holding her breath!

We're all having fun with the group lessons. We did private lessons last summer, but figured the group ones would be cheaper and the kids would enjoy the other children this way, too. As for me, I'm enjoying watching!

Easter Snow

As mentioned in a previous post, we decided to dye eggs twice this year. Talk about a fun activity...! This time Josiah got in on the action, too. Here we are, stirring the tablets into the vinegar and water. Ready to begin!
Josiah's checking out a blue egg.

Mackenzie's checking out a green egg.

Josiah's finished product!

Mackenzie's finished product!

(The pink tablet did not dissolve for some reason, so we're missing a color! They turned out pretty, anyways.) Fun times. Why only enjoy it once? :)

I never thought I'd dye Easter Eggs on a Snow Day! Ha.

Hope everyone enjoys the week and has a very Happy Easter!!!

Ummm, April 7th?

I really do believe it is April 7th today. That means Easter Sunday is only five days away. And it snowed today. REALLY snowed today. Check these pics out! Josiah and I went grocery shopping while Mackenzie was in school today. This is what we saw on our way home. I pulled the camera out and snapped some pics as we drove.
Notice the beautiful dogwood tree full of white blooms...with gorgeous white snow flakes falling, too! Too wild.

Here are our neighbors pretty pink flowers...and white snow flakes pouring from the sky!

Here is the view from our driveway of the snow falling.

And while I unloaded groceries, Josiah caught a few snowflakes. :)

Happy Snow Day, Everyone! ;)

Hide and Seek

One afternoon last week, we played hide and seek in our front yard. The weather was gorgeous. (Today is rainy and dropping temps to freezing and below--in April!) As the weather had just recently warmed up, we had not yet mowed the yard. Really, it had not needed it! But as soon as I saw where the kids were hiding...I decided perhaps the yard really DID need to be mowed. ;) Can you find Josiah?
Can you find Mackenzie?

Grass need to be mowed? No worries! Josiah to the rescue!

Just a cute pic of the two kids together in their "hiding place!" That picture was taken right before the hiding place got mowed down--for real. Thanks, David! Our yard looks great.

Gymnastics

Today was the day. Both Mackenzie and Josiah were moved by their gymnastic teachers to the next level. That put Mackenzie in the 5 yo class at age 4 yr 7 mo, and Josiah in the 3 yo class at age 2 yr 10 mo. I am excited that they have enjoyed gymnastics and continue to progress. I had no idea when we began gymnastics slightly over a year ago that we would still be taking lessons over a year later! I just didn't realize how much they would enjoy it and seem to excel at it. They have definitely built more strength and coordination, as well as listening skills and following directions as a result of the gymnastics lessons. Lots of fun! Just wanted to record the milestones met, more for my own sake than any other reason! :)