Easter/Passover Part 1

Easter weekend was FULL for us. One of the challenging parts about living near both of our families is that holidays are BUSY! However, it was a blessed weekend!

On Saturday we made food for a Passover Seder with my side of the family, dyed eggs, went to an Easter service at my parents church, then had the "Seder" (they're very reformed Jews...so we only do a few parts of a genuine Seder) at my grandmother's. Whew!


Ella was good at rolling out the Matzo Balls!


And she was very proud when we were done!


Next, on to egg dying when Aunt Marissa arrived


This time Ella chose to make Glitter Eggs which turned out to be MESSSSSSY


"Ta da!"


For some reason, this is the only pic I have from my grandmother's house but this pretty much summarizes it-eating, chatting, Ella playing with salt :-)

Easter Sunday still to come...

Science Center!

Last week 4 adults and 6 kids piled into a 15 passenger van and spent the day at the Science Center! Ella had never been and we all had a great time.


T and Ella beat me in tug of war (not when I was taking the picture-there were many battles-I think it was T's favorite part of the day!)


Sayer had a blast in the baby play place (it was cool and quiet in there while the preschool area was CHAOS!)


The water table is one of my favorites and Ella's too :-)


T got to lie on a bed of nails! ( I also tried it out but Ella was terrified!)


Jen never fails to crack me up


Digging up dinosaur bones (really!)


C in the Dinosaur area saying "Hello Dinosaur! Hello Dinosaur!"

Fun day!

Fridays After Five...

Fridays after Five, Prices take a dive! At the aquarium that is. We took advantage of the last week of the season where you can get in for a third of the regular price and we had a blast!














My favorite creatures of all :-)

First BBQ of the year

Spring is here!

I have NEVER been so excited for Spring! I'm usually lamenting how little snow we had and praying for another month of cold just for the chance at some decent snowfall. Well, this year, there was NO shortage of snow and I am loving being able to be outside and enjoy flowers, gentle breezes, and of course, wearing flip flops. Ella has graduated to "big girl" flip flops with not strap on the back and we're both rather impressed with her. Here are some pics of us enjoying the new season!


checking out her shadow


she wanted to make a "sun angel" :-)


pretending to lick the dog toy she picked out for Raleigh while trying to teach her to fetch (even with peanut butter on it, that dog will not pick up a toy and bring it to you!)


Digging!




When we explored the garden for the first time post-snow there was actually broccoli growing!!


And this, is what a tomato looks like after 3 blizzards :-)