Holidays, Happy Days

It's been a crazy couple of weeks here, especially this last one, and things keep sneaking up on me. My usual routines of things like laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping and making dinner have really gotten away from me. Even with all the chaos, we still managed to celebrate a few holidays...we didn't always celebrate them on the right day, but we got pretty close. And we had fun. That's what matters, right? Here are a few pictures.

April Fool's Day

We made these mini fake hamburgers for April Fool's Day this year. I wasn't actually planning to make them - I had planned to make this fake sushi instead - but mid-day I realized we had all the stuff to make it, so we went for it. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I never got to the sushi, but I still have all the stuff, so maybe we'll get to it one of these days.

Here are our little burgers.

Anna licked all the sesame seeds off first thing. It was probably the healthiest thing in there.

She ate the rest of it too.

Another of our April Fool's Day treats. Juice cups of jello. Anna was determined to drink it through the straw. Read a little more about it HERE.

This had nothing to do with April Fool's Day. Anna was just playing with her umbrella in the house. I've since had to ban the umbrellas from the house, but it was cute while it lasted.

Buh bye
I love that umbrella, and I loved it even more when Matthew insisted on carrying it around, all by himself, at the park last week since we forgot his (much manlier) Buzz Lightyear one.

Easter

Here are the kids checking out their baskets on Easter morning. They were having a great time.

We had a little Easter egg hunt - indoors since it was a little rainy.
Matthew was super excited to go find the eggs.

Anna worked at a more leisurely pace, finding a few other things along the way (Oh look, Piglet). At the end of it, they were both very happy with what they got. Success! We also had a nice Easter dinner complete with Scott's buttermilk rolls, but we ate it the next day since I wasn't feeling well on Sunday. We still have lots of ham, which helps with my dinner planning problem.

Happy Birthday

Here are the kids singing happy birthday. Anna was really into it. I love how she looks like she's in a musical - jazz hands! My birthday was on Easter this year and I also ended up getting sick that day, but we ended up doing birthday stuff the next day and it was a lot of fun. Scott made strawberry shortcake for me, which I love. He's so sweet. The kids were really excited for the birthday festivities, or possibly just the promise of cake. I got lots of nice b-day greetings from friends and family (thanks everyone) and that really made my day...and week!