more eggs

We finished up the 2nd half of our egg-stravaganza this afternoon when the dye was dry. Heidi missed out on this because she was actually sleeping (this girl has not taken a real nap in weeks)! So Kyla and I decided to make them to surprise her when she woke up. We turned our little eggs into chickens, birds, bunnies, and carrots- don't be too impressed, it was a kit. They turned out pretty cute. (Kyla is doing bunny teeth in the carrot one.)

eggs

This egg-decorating picture from last year is one of my favorite pictures of all time.

Today is egg-decorating day. I don't know why but I just love decorating Easter eggs and I love the pictures of my girls doing it...maybe it's the colors...maybe its because it totally captures their little personalities. Kyla is such a project girl and Heidi loves to be involved and turns into a cute little helper. All that to say...there are going to be a lot of pictures...sorry. I can't choose.

And we aren't done yet! The 2nd half of our project will

be happening later this afternoon...more pictures to come.

A few sidenotes:

*I'm sure you noticed from the pictures...no project is complete without a fight.

*I guess I don't know how to hard-boil eggs properly. I found this out when Heidi dropped one and it totally exploded....oops.

being bunnies

Frameable

My mom made these hanging picture frames for over the girls' beds. They've been up for a couple of months empty now. I finally decided on the two pictures to use. I love these ones.

boxes are fun...

Don't you always hear people say that kids have so many toys but what they love most is a cardboard box? Well it's true!

A lot of days when Kyla gets up in the morning she asks, "Where's dad?" as if she doesn't know he goes to work EVERYDAY! Once in a while she'll ask to call him so that she can ask him to bring boxes home to create some thing she's dreamed up.

Last summer they made boats out of these boxes and played with them for days.

This fall Casey made them a car...

...and a restaurant.

(This one took us a while to figure out exactly what she was talking about,

she was VERY specific-she'd seen it on a show.)

And the latest creation made just a few days ago....

a castle!

1st Day of Spring!

Loved it.
Love her.

Here are some other things that would make me feel even more springy!

Camera Stap from *Shey* {B}

I lost my lens cap today. Boo. I definatly need a lens cap pocket!

This Anthropology dress and this dearlillie tank on etsy.

I have three weddings to go to.

And this Vintage Pearl necklace. Of course not with Anna and Henry's names on it.

Yeah it's spring!

{rockabyebaby her}

                                                                                                                                Julia Lombardo 3.17.10

Heidi finally got her chance to "rockabyebaby her" today.

While Shannon and I visited Heidi held Juila for about 20 mintues.

She was super sweet and Heidi loved holding her.

A few favorite quotes (which just aren't the same when you can't hear Heidi's little voice):

"She's soooo small."

and

"Baby Harper is the next baby to come." (this one she said very matter-of-factly to us like we didn't know- and I also love how she says Harper)

A few other things Heidi likes to say about what she will do when baby Harper arrives...

 (only 3 1/2 more weeks)

"I will rockabyebaby her and feed her mush."

"Baby Harper starts with MY letter, two with the same letter- H!!!!!!!"

Here are Hannah and Raegan (Julia's two big sisters) holding Kyla when she was first born.

They were the same ages as Kyla and Heidi are now.

Pioneer Woman Pot Roast

I have been making Pioneer Woman dinners about 2 or 3 nights a week lately. They are SO good. This is the 2nd time I've made this pot roast. I don't even like pot roast usually but this one is pretty dang good.

Kyla has been telling me lately that when she grows up she wants to be a baker or a chef. She really wants a tall white chef's hat. Why do they wear those things anyways? Just to look fancy?

I let her help me make the Pot Roast today. I'm hoping since she was part of the prep she'll actually be excited to eat it....we'll see. Try it...you'll like it. That's our motto..

(She's throwing the carrots in because I told her not to let her hand get to close to the pan)

Charlie

This is Josh and Jenn's dog, Charlie.

As you can see Charlie is as big if not bigger than Heidi and Colton....

If you know me, you know I'm not much of a dog person. It's not that I'm super afraid of them (maybe a little). They just are not my thing. I love cats.

In the past I haven't really loved Charlie but this time he really grew on me...and Heidi. Maybe it was because he was mostly outside this time but it was also because he sat so nicely for Jenn and I while we practiced our photography skills on him. And he was a lot of fun to play fetch with in J&J's huge backyard.

Heidi liked it.

Kyla did not.

This is what she looked like most of the time me, Heidi, and Colton were playing with Charlie.

(And she was the one who wanted to go out to play with him in the first place.)

Charlie, you are a good dog....maybe Kyla will warm up to you next time like I did.

Wenatchee Weekend

We just got back from a fun filled weekend in Wenatchee with my bestie Jenn and her cute little family of Josh and Colton.

We haven't had this much quality time with the Stenderas in a long time. The girls had a blast and LOVED Colton.

In fact, Kyla said, "Mom, if I ever have a baby brother I hope that he has spikes like Colton." (She referring to his fabulous hair style.)

Check out those spikes and his adorable little outfit!

The weather was great and the girls and Colton got in lots of time outside.

Jenn and I got to go to Zumba and the boys got to go golfing. We even got a special double date night out, thanks to Pattie aka Nan. We had two nights of Taboo...boys vs. girls. The boys of course were sore losers- disputing the score-keeping capabilities of two CPAs. All in all it was such a fun time with our friends.