Easter Evening

EB came to Queenie and Grandad's house too! The girls went armed with their easter baskets and hunted away....

Aunt Funny and Eagle came armed with cascarones...

SO sad we did not get a picture of the girls and Eagle's mom. They LOVE her and had a ball showing her all their "moves". She was so dear to bring them some Easter fun (and the chicks she gave them are the hit of the day!!! MUCH better than Aunt Funny's cackling bunny...MUCH!)

Easter

The girls went on a hunt yesterday-had a ball. This morning both were up early to see if the EB had left any eggs. It POURED down rain here last night but EB comes rain or shine. Tonight we are headed to Queenie and Grandad's for a "traditional" Sunday dinner (and rumor has it there may be a dancing/rap bunny performing c/o Aunt Funny).

Pics from the hunts:

Holding hands(dan and I are noticing that they do this a lot lately??)-Ready to Hunt!

Miss Lauren

"Baby Kate" (as the McMahan's still call her)

Easter Morning-armed with their baskets

Mad dash in the rain

Post egg and candy high...think we will be in pajamas for a while today

Good Friday

Sometimes I wish the girl's school did not take a holiday...today we all needed one. There are some changes coming to their preschool and we are not sure what the future holds. The girls don't seem to notice(thankfully) and are enjoying some "quality" time with mom today.

We decorated Easter cards this morning and then made rice krispy eggs(sort of):

Lauren was our marshmallow tester


Here she is telling me that this one did not pass and she must now eat it


Kate was the big help-making eggs and putting sprinkles on them...

Apparently the sprinkles made it into her mouth/teeth as well as the eggs....

New grass in the backyard-the girls are investigating all the bugs that came with

Today's Dress-up

This is something that happens nearly everyday. We leave the house, come home, they disrobe(leaving every article of clothing they are wearing on the floor), and they put on dresses. Here is today's version:

Girls and their dad

Dan has been so great during all this back trouble. And to top it off, he watched the girls while I did spa/uchi with Laura & Queenie. They sure do love their dad...

Laura's Bachlorette

Saturday was a to celebrate Laura. She did not want the "traditional" bachelorette party so we all "settled" for spa, uchi, and fun instead.

Here are a few shots of the bride-to-be:

Girls at Uchi

Dress Up

I have had a back injury(most around here have heard about enough it) and had the MRI today(results later this week). Queenie and Grandad took the girls to "broccoli and cheese soup"(aka Panera Bread) for lunch. This afternoon it was all dress up, all the time...

As I write this post, both girls continue to play on the playscape fully costumed-they told me they were having a party and "mom you can't come".

ALSO
Sending prayers out to Aunt Nancy that she feels better soon!!!

Sisters

I am not sure if it is the age or just their personalities, but Lauren and Kate are bestest of friends. They spend every moment together-playing, dressing up or just watching TV(side-by-side).

This morning, Kate dressed Lauren up...the pink dress was already on-that is Lauren's go-to outfit every morning that we do not have preschool.

Aunt Sal and Brooke sent a great card that Lauren got to "fill-in" the blanks.

If I were a princess,

I'd live in a " castle "

and ride around in a " thing with big wheels "

I'd have a pet " named Lucy "

and wear a " dress "

It would be so " beautiful and have a crown on " to be a princess.

Lauren

One word describes Lauren's birthday this year: Cinderella...could not have been a more perfect day of fun and celebration. The 3 year old princess loved every single second of the spotlight.

Pre-party:

Warming up her twirl

Sisters

The party:


Everyone came running when they heard the "special guest" had arrived in her carriage

That can't be KATE(!!) getting her face painted by Cinderella...

Party was even more special because Brian, Wendy, Lily, and Jake came!!

Prince Charming in training...

Cake and Happy Birthday

Later Aunt Funny tried to run off some of the SUGAR consumed during the birthday weekend:
Note the dress....

Had to end with a twirl

February at the new house

Only days before we began the month, we moved in. Needless to say time has flown by since we have been in and we still have boxes to unpack.

February is a month of love-so wedding prep was in full gear. Took a trip to EP to celebrate Sam and Barrett's engagement.

We may have gone toVivo once or ten times(on this occasion Laura had found her wedding dress moments before...and we discovered that bridal boutiques either have crazy salespeople, crazy brides/mother of brides, or both).



February is a birthday month for some...Lauren started her celebration early...






Aunt Funny turned 21 which means I turned 23 later that month....where does the time go??

Towards the end of the month we took the annual trip to New Orleans. MUCH more special this year because of Queenie's birthday. Not saying how old she is but it was a milestone...and a good excuse to eat more food, laugh, go to Bistro Daisy(Laura and Eagle not included)and get our fortunes told.

Acme

Bourbon Saturday

Queenie's Birthday dinner at Gautreaus

New Orleans was great but it was nice to get home to these two: