Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Easter Time

What a celebration Easter is, the resurrection of Christ!  When I asked Maya why we celebrated Easter this year, she answered, "so I can get things...."    Uhhhhhh maybe we need to work on that......
By the time Easter Sunday rolled around and I asked Maya why we celebrated Easter, she said, " Jesus rose to the dead."   Well at least we made progress.

I think Easter was confusing for the girls, I kept talking to them about Jesus and then we would make Easter eggs or go on an Easter egg hunt, or meet a bunny......  I am sure they were thinking, "what does this have to do with Jesus?" and I really don't know.  Someone just thought, "hey Easter is about Jesus so lets throw in a bunny, and how about some eggs!"  That makes sense......
I still wanted them to have a little fun, so we did some Easter-ish activities

Easter Egg Hunt # 1
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Dying Easter Eggs
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Silly Norah
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Easter egg hunt # 2 (villasport)
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Maya and her silly faces!
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Easter Morning
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Yes, it snowed on Easter! and it is usually more likely to snow on Easter than on Christmas
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don't you just love that they are holding hands!

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Easter Princesses (thanks to Papa and Yami)
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Norah wasn't feeling very good on Easter..... poor girl
 


Hope you had a Happy Easter. He is Risen!

(working on fixing my blog, sorry about the construction)

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Family Photos

While Jacob and Noelle were visiting Jacob took a few family photos of us downtown.  It was a fun morning with uncle Jacob!  Taking photos with toddlers is not the easiest task, so thank you uncle Jacob!

I will start with my 2 favorites!

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This one cracks me up!
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Sporting our Toms
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Sisters
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Jenni and Brett
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Fun on the slide!
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This is our life as Goodlins now!

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Which photo is your favorite?

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Maya's Special Day

On Maya's actual birthday (april 13th) I decided to do a special day with just her! First we made special "#3 pancakes."  Then we went to target and I let her pick out a few toys with birthday money, my favorite part was when she picked out something for Norah using her own money!
Then we went to Starbucks and she got chocolate milk and a mini pink doughnut.  After that Maya and I got pedicures, it was so much fun and Maya did an awesome job!  She was the star of the salon.

Brett joined us for lunch at Maya's choice, Red Robin and she even got a delicious birthday Sunday!  It was a very special day for Maya and I can't wait to have a special day with Norah on her 3rd birthday!


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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Maya's 3rd Birthday Party

We had Maya's 3rd birthday party this past Saturday.  We did not throw her a party last year (disneyland) and because of Norah's arrival and a soon to be baby we wanted to make this party really special for Maya!   Maya talked about her birthday party for weeks and couldn't wait!  The only thing she told me she wanted was "pink".

It was a fairly nice day so we were able to hold it both inside and outside at Papa's house.

The Birthday Girl
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The Decor
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The Pinata (I made it myself, totally cheesy, but it only cost about 50 cents to make)
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Party Action
We had bubbles and chalk, the kids loved it!
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Did I mention Norah will drink anything, even bubbles!

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Ummm I think Mia can see.....

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Come on Lane, someone has to break it!

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Baby Brynlee even got in on the action

Brett finally had to give it a "Whack" but not without a  little help from aunt Janice
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Getting the treats!

 Maya loved opening presents!! She would rip open a card and throw it to be, so she could get to the present as soon as possible!
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Happy Birthday dear Maya
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For some reason Maya thought a tooth pick worked better than a fork

Every time I looked at Norah she was eating a cupcake.....she even took one off the ground
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Maya, hope your 3rd birthday was as special as you are!