Easter Morning

 The Easter Bunny made it to our house.  The kids kept thinking they could hear him hopping around our house the day before, but he was able to do his job without getting caught.  Both pleasant and unpleasant surprises awaited us that morning, however.  Pink eye made its second appearance at our house in 3 weeks, but this time it infected Emerson.  The poor kid's eyes were extremely swollen by the end of the day and the green junk coming out was disgusting.  I sanitized everything and washed my hands like an OCD person.  I had sanitized everything when Sammi had it two weeks before, EXCEPT for the Lego Duplos they were playing with, and I suspect that was where E caught it from, because it had been a good week after Sammi had it.  Those toys had been put away during the whole week we were all healthy, and then we got them out the day before Easter.  Go figure.  The lesson I learned during all of this was that Clorox wipes are your best friend.

Anyway...onto the fun.

 

 Growing up, the Easter bunny always hid eggs in plain sight, and then he hid the baskets behind closed doors, or cabinets, or closets.  And the big rule is, if you see someone else's basket, you are not allowed to tell them.  You can always tell when one kid has found the other's basket though, because there is always a gasp, a giggle, and a refusal to make eye contact with that person.  Or, in the case of my kids, they just ran and told each other anyway. :)  Mom had to intervene and talk over them so the surprise wouldn't be ruined.

Please ignore the piles of laundry.

The goods

The Easter getups

I ended up having to get E ready for church even though we weren't planning to take him because Ben had to run into the hospital to check on one of his Labor & Delivery patients, and I had to be there to play the piano in Primary.  So we ended up taking him just to part of Sacrament meeting and then he went home with Ben.  I will admit I was glad to get the official Easter clothes picture, though.

Then we finished out a big day by going up to the Christensens' house for an awesome cousin Easter egg hunt, and then to a fabulous Easter dinner at the Johnsons' house.  It was a great day (despite the pink eye).

Egg Dyeing

 When I told the kids we would be dyeing eggs, Emerson got all teary and said he didn't want the eggs to die.  Not a good start. :)  I had to patiently explain that DYE-ing is another word for coloring, and the other kind of die is when something is dead.  Such a sensitive little guy.

We were lucky enough to have Dad home to dye eggs!  Yay!

 

Girly dropped this egg a few times, so we let her eat it.  She gobbled it right up!  You never can predict with my kids what they will like and what they will despise.  (Example: soup)

We only had a few egg casualties, and minimal dye spilling, so overall I would say it was a success!

St. Patrick's Day

 Those sneaky leprechauns visited us with a trail of magic to their pot of gold!  The kids were really excited and remembered from last year how the silly leprechauns turned our milk green.  Lucky for them, they did it this year too, and even turned our pancakes green, too!

After church, E and I went on a leprechaun hunt (per his request) while Sammi was playing in her room napping.  The hunt consisted of tiptoeing around and jumping around corners while shouting "ha!". Unfortunately, we didn't catch one this year.  Maybe next year.

For dinner, our sweet friends from Residency invited us over for a St. Patrick's Day extravaganza.  They went all out with green food, green play-dough for the kids, a treasure hunt, and green prizes for the winners of the games.  We all had a great time.

A Little Announcement...

  We let our families know with a Valentine a little earlier...

 But it's not official until it's been announced on the blog, right? 

We are expecting Baby #3!

I've been feeling pretty good.  I've been tired of course, but I've also had worse morning sickness than with any of my others.  I think we're past that now though, thankfully!  We are so excited, but it just seems so far away!

E keeps saying it's a baby brother, and he keeps telling me to ask Heavenly Father to make the baby a boy. Sammi is convinced it's a girl most of the time, but the other day she told my sister that it was a baby brother and we were going to name him Lizzie.  She also announced to her nursery class that her mommy has a baby in her tummy, so it's not staying a secret for much longer.

Joseph's Pink Mustang

Sammi has discovered all sorts of fun toys at Grandma & Grandpa J's house lately.  She found this pink Mustang Barbie car, but it got even better when she discovered Uncle Scott's old Robin Hood playset, and promptly assumed that because of the forest surrounding the treehouse village that it was the Sacred Grove.  Therefore, following said two-year-old's logic, that would ACTUALLY make Robin Hood...Joseph Smith.  So Joseph has been cruising around in his pink car, loving life.  If only Satan had tried tempting him with the pink Mustang, then maybe that whole true church thing never would've gotten off the ground.