Party favors....

We went to a friends birthday party on Saturday, and Danielle was delighted with her little bag of party favors. Here she is showing them off....

Purple hugs!!!

Danielle's been getting a lot of posts lately, so here's some new ones of Ashley....

Ooooo....I just ate and now my tummy is full....

Perfectly round cheeks....

I'm lifting my head up - pretty soon I'll come get you!

...but for now my arm tastes good....

Stickers!!!!!

We all know that Danielle loves stickers....

...and especially loves to decorate her face....

But when I noticed that most of the stickers were used and didn't seem to be on her face or the paper, I asked her where they were..... ....and she showed me.....
....and finished adding the last few to the tummy.....

Easter Egg Hunt #2!!

We had a great time getting together with everyone at Raymond and Mary's.

The kids had a blast! An attempt at a family picture....

Finally outside for the Easter Egg Hunt! (yes, it was a little chilly....)
Proud of their findings!
Showing Daddy what she got....
....and finally looking inside the eggs.....

Happy Easter!!

Sorry this is several days after the fact, but here are a few pictures from Easter morning that I thought everyone would enjoy! Danielle LOVED her 'princess dress' and pretty sparkly princess shoes.....and even said "Thank you, Jesus!" when Bob was explaining Easter to her.Someone's playing shy girl.....(but we all know better!)

Putting on her princess shoes.....

....being a goofball.....
....being a cutie with Daddy.....

....and being a little mischievious!

Doctor recommended therapy....

Danielle has had trouble getting rid of this virus, so we went to the doctor yesterday (again). By the way, kudos to the Grossos who gave Danielle the little doctor bag set for her birthday last year -- thanks to that, she's actually interested in what the doctor is doing instead of screaming her head off! Anyways, the doctor suggested the following to help break up the congestion in her chest:

BUBBLES!!!

So even though it was a little chilly out this morning, we decided to follow the doctor's orders!

Easter Egg Hunt!!

Our church does an outreach every year around Easter that includes a cookie decoration time

(lots of frosting and candy!).....

....a story time, a craft, and the high-light: the Easter egg hunt! Danielle participated last year, and this year she definately remembered -- she refused to simply pick up the eggs, she had to open each one as she found it and look at the candy inside....

She's a smart one.....

And of course, a special thank-you to Aunt Linda for the little shopping basket from Michigan -- it's been perfect for trick-or-treating and easter egg hunts!!

And yes, the toddler area has the eggs just on the grass....

And even though the grass was not green yet this year, it was VERY warm that day -- let's just say that Mom and Dad needed to 'help' eat all the chocolate candy as it was totally melted.....

There's been a virus among us.....

Thus my hiatus (is that even close to how you spell that?!) from updating our blog. And it also explains why I finally gave in a bought a bouncy seat for Ashley -- because when Mom doesn't feel good, we do everything to try to give her an extra five minutes of down time! So yes, we had a nasty virus sweep through our house that ended up with two trips to the doctor's office and two rounds of prescriptions for Danielle. Thankfully I just caught the cold part of it, although it did hang on for just over two weeks. Bob even managed to catch it, but his turned into a particularly nasty flu -- and he even kept that all to himself! Danielle got a pretty bad cold, and Ashley got a little cold, but she kicked it in a few days. Anyways, enough about that, here's some new pictures of Ashley in her little seat....