Spring Fever

We have some major spring fever around here! This has officially been the longest winter of our lives. Well, I'm sure I had long winters in West Virginia, but I don't really remember them. We have been pretty much house bound since November. We have had a couple of nice days here and there, but they usually follow a downpour, so it's been too wet to go outside and really enjoy the weather. That changed on Sunday! We all had a great time -Ben cleaned the garage, I cleaned the car, the girls decorated our sidewalk with chalk. Then we headed to the backyard and played on the swing set. We decided to have a little picnic before we had to head inside for nap time.

Allie has decided that she is terrified of swings this year. She is however a big fan of the slide. She thinks she is big stuff now because she can climb up the ladder by herself!



We decided since it was such a pretty day, that we would dye our Easter eggs outside. I got some marbled kits (you mix vegetable oil in the dye--we won't be doing those again--they were slippery little things! Not really conducive to a 3 year old and a 2 year old!), and a sparkly and glittery kit. That one was a lot of fun.


The Sparkle eggs aren't your standard dye kit. Instead, you paint them and then dust them with glitter. So girly and perfect for our girls!

A certain someone thought that she needed a sparkly and glittery hand to go along with the eggs! Clearly, the tradition of the family has been passed down to her..."Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize!"

We are very proud of our eggs. They are now sitting in a pretty nest of yellow Easter grass as the centerpiece of our kitchen table.

It looks like another rainy week is in store for us, but we can make it another 7 days with our memories of smiles...

and bubbles....

and sunshine!