Easter

I found out on Wednesday evening that our boss was giving us Good Friday off of work, so I sent the girls to daycare for their class Easter parties and stayed home and decorated and cleaned the house.

Bridget's teacher said that B didn't really know what to do at the start of the egg hunt, but after they showed her what to do, she was a pro and was even picking up toys off the playground and putting them in her basket!  This is a picture that one of her teachers texted to me the other day.  B's class was playing dress up Bridget let them tie a bandana on her - she ended up looking like a little garden gnome!

Audrey also had fun at her class party.  She was very proud of her bunny ears and after I took her picture in them, she told me to be sure tosend the picture to Aunt Tina. :)

On Saturday I woke up with pink eye and after two days of having to soak my left eye open in the morning, I was lucky enough to find a CVS clinic open on Easter Sunday.  Unfortunately, I had to attend two Easter celebrations looking like someone threw acid in my eyes!

Saturday afternoon we went to a party at a neighbors house.  The girls had a blast playing with the other kids and the Crawfords did a wonderful job with their egg hunt.  After everyone ate, the adults hid about 300 eggs in their yard.  They let Bridget go first to get a head start and she and Audrey quickly filled their baskets.

After the kids finished, the Crawfords hid two eggs with big money in them for the adults and I am happy to report that I found the $50 egg!

We had Andy's whole family and my Mom and Dad up on Easter Sunday.  Poor B didn't take a nap that day and between that and all of the Easter candy, she was a mess by the end of the evening, as evidenced by these two pictures:

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I had to stay home from work yesterday because Bridget woke up with a cold.  I still had dishes from Sunday to clean and I wanted to put away the new Easter decorations and B just wanted to be carried all day (what's new).  I was tired by the end of the day and Andy had a work meeting, so I was on my own at bedtime.  Audrey is the master of finding reasons to come out of her room and I had finally had it, so I yelled "Audrey, get back in your room!  I am tired of this battle EVERY NIGHT!!"  She said "Ugh!  You are being so..... MOTHER-Y!" and stomped off!  I am so not looking forward to the teenage years if it's this bad at 4...

Bonnets and Bugs

The girls decorated Easter bonnets with Grandma Mary last Friday and were so proud of them.  They wore them all night and even had to wear them to ballet on Saturday morning. 

After ballet, we played outside for most of the day.  Audrey found a caterpillar in the front yard and we put him in a jar to watch him turn into a butterfly.  Audrey named him Charlie.  Andy told me to set him free so he wouldn't die in the jar, but by Sunday morning he was starting a cocoon and by Monday, we had a full cocoon.  I looked him up on the internet to see what he would turn into and unfortunately, if he makes it, Charlie is going to be an ugly brown moth. 

Audrey has been so interested in watching Charlie that I am going to buy her a monarch butterfly kit so we can have something pretty to watch!

I got out of the shower on Sunday to Bridget saying "Mommy, I paint my eyes!"  I think she's going for the Kesha look.

I never made the girls an appointment to get their 2 and 4 year portraits made and luckily, their daycare had picture day last week.  In the past, the school pictures have been horrible.  The girls didn't smile at all and looked miserable.  I was pleasantly surprised when I got their proofs back yesterday - they turned out adorable.

In the one where Bridget is touching Audrey's nose, they said that the photographer asked her to put her arm on Audrey's and she reached over pointed at her nose instead!

We have a busy weekend ahead - the girls have their class Easter parties on Friday, then we are having an egg hunt and dinner with some neighbors on Saturday, and then I offered to host Easter dinner so there will be lots of cleaning in between parties!  Happy Easter to all!

Shortly after I showcased Audrey's lovely artwork on the blog, Bridget grabbed a pen and drew a smiley face.  Pretty good for a two year old!

The last gymnastics session of the season started yesterday and Bridget was so excited to be back there after having the week off last week.  Both of her teachers commented on how well she is doing and how strong her arms are, which is funny to me because she is so tiny.  I guess that's why she's good at the gymnastics moves - not much to move! 

Bridget is dicovering the fine art of dress up and insisted on taking a wagon ride last night in a Snow White dress and pom poms.  :)

Andy was watching a DVR'd episode of Swamp People the other day.  If you haven't seen it, it's about alligator hunters on the bayou.  Audrey was in the room playing with her Lalaloopy dolls (the latest obession) and the next thing we know, she had a little story line going with her doll, Peanut Big Top, a hunter figurine and a platic alligator.

The hunter was Peanut Big Tops daddy and he was out hunting alligators.  Audrey will make a great actress one day with her vivid imagination and drama queen attitude!

Miscellaneous

Here are the pictures from the park that I took from Ella's blog.  The babies had a great time swinging - I think the two of them could have stayed on the swings all day!

The swings were full, so Jill had the great idea to double up the girls.  At one point Bridget asked "Where Ella?"  :)

Here is a cute shot of the girls on the bouncy zebra.

Here are some photos of Audrey's various methods of artwork.  This is a jellyfish that she drew:

In this photo, she turned her doll into a clown (luckily that was washable marker):

She made this family photo using an app on my iPhone where you stamp pictures with your finger.  It's Mommy, Daddy, Audrey, Bridget, Hazel, Amos, Spot, Avalanche and Wingnut.  Sometimes when she does this, there is a third dog for Roscoe too.  I think it's sweet that she still includes Wingnut and Roscoe in her family pictures

And finally, here is a quick video of Bridget saying "You betcha Mommy!"

Flower Children

On Saturday, Audrey's ballet teacher let us come into the classroom to see their recital routine.  It was SO cute.  The girls were all over the place - some were dancing, some were just staring at the moms.  Audrey just kind of half-assed it.  I think she was being shy, but she looked bored.  Here is the ballet part.  If you watch the little blonde on the left, she is actually watching the teacher and doing the routine.

This is the tap part of the recital.  This time, the blonde girl is on the right and Audrey just looks just as bored!

After ballet, we met some friends at the playground.  I didn't have my camera (heck, I forgot to bring extra diapers!) so I will have to get some pictures from Ella's daddy!  Here is one from my phone of the girls on a bouncy zebra together:

Audrey is now into picking me wildflower bouquets, which is so cute!  When I picked her up from daycare on Thursday, she had a bouquet that she had picked on the playground.  On Sunday,  I let them pick a couple of tulips and azaleas from the yard and they spent a good deal of time arranging them in my small vases.  Audrey decorated our dinner table with the vases that night.

Audrey told me that they were flower technicians picking wedding flowers.  She also said that her wedding dress is going to be red with a flamingo and that her wedding flowers are going to be red roses.  We will have to remember that!

I'm glad that the girls are back in daycare now.  I think they were watching too much TV at home with Daddy.  If you say "Nationwide," Bridget will sing "Is on your side!"  We were out somewhere a couple of weeks ago and Audrey had to go potty.  When we got into the stall, she asked "Is this toilet paper gentle on my skin?"  I bought some Angel Soft toilet paper last night and she recognized the package.  She picked it up and said "Is this Angel Soft?  It's gentle on my skin." She then proceeded to take a roll out of the package and squeeze it like they do on the commercial!