Ethan's Birthday, Mindy's Performance and Easter

This was a very busy weekend! I'm kind of glad it's over, but it was also a lot of fun!

Here are Ethan and Elle at the Wildlife Preserve in Ogden while We waited for Mindy's performance. We're glad we found something fun to do on Ethan's actual birthday.

This is Mindy after the show. They didn't let them come out to get their pictures taken in their costumes which was a bummer because she was so cute!

Ethan opening his presents right before bed. Elle's got her ballet stuff on, she wants to be just like her sister!

Easter Morning, on the way to church.

I love this picture!

Our neighbor happened by so she took a picture of all of us - we were all late for church.

Decorating the rice crispy treat eggs that Angela brought, with Grandpa.

Mindy getting started on her chocolate bunny.

The Captive Audience.

Look at Ethan's cute dinosaur cake!

What a happy birthday boy! 5 years old!

You Can Never Have Too Many:

Sunny Days. (these were actually taken last week)

Hours spent playing in the sprinkler in the back yard.

Kids on a chair. (ok, maybe you can have too many of these, but at least this is not too many)

Pictures of your little angle sleeping.

Princess Party

Tuesday night we had a unbirthday party for all the girls in my young women’s group. It was a princess theme so we all had fun getting all dressed up. We played some games and had a white elephant gift exchange. It was so much fun!

Christine and Liz getting all fixed up

This is my friend Ann. Doesn't she look very princessy?

Look at the CUTE cupcakes Ann made too!

Aquarium

We went to the aquarium yesterday because the kids got their chore chart all filled up. My dad met us there and we had plenty of fun. The kid you don’t recognize is my friend’s little boy, Ethan. Elle calls him Little Ethan and sometimes Tiny Ethan. We all had fun and had delicious Thai food afterward.

Forgotten Feet

Today we were driving in the car and Elle had her window down. She stuck her foot out the window and said, "Mom, you forgot my foot!"

What a funny way to think of things!

Valentine's Fun

Today we had so much fun making Valentines. Mindy had to make some to bring to school (I guess she didn’t have to make them, but I think this is more fun than buying them from the store. No offense, Sun), and of course Ethan and Elle wanted to make some too. I don’t know if Ethan’s supposed to bring any…. Not that I know of anyway.

They kept themselves busy for probably an hour and a half decorating little hearts with a whole package of glitter pens. It made quite a mess, but it was pretty easy to clean up. Definitely worth it.

I was very impressed that Mindy stuck with it and made all 24 for her class, and wrote her name on them all. Last year, I ended up writing her name on most of them

Here they are with all their creations all set out to dry.

Something you don't see every day.

A clean kitchen! At least I don't see it every day. I need to print this out and put it on my fridge so that I can see it every day. That will help me remember what a nice kitchen I really have. Isn't it lovely all done up like this?