Easter Egg Hunt (at church)

Our church does a great outreach every Easter -- we have an open-invitation Easter Egg Hunt! This year the kids got to watch an adorable movie....it was two little girls telling the Resurrection Story with stick-figure illustrations. So sweet. Then it was into the fellowship hall for a craft....we decorated flower pots and then planted seeds (ours are already about 3 inches tall!). Finally the kids were released to go outside.....and since it was pretty darn chilly, lots of people stayed home, so the girls were told that they could ONLY collect 32 eggs. EACH! Hm, the adorable little baskets I found in the $1 bin aren't looking so wonderful.....but I had the diaper bag, so the girls would fill their baskets and then dump them into my bag......everything worked out great!!

 So excited to go!

 Silly face....

 Please, can we go?

 Getting the hair done....

 Waiting to go!

 Almost ready!

 We're there!

 Kids during the story time....

 So intense....

 Ashley during story time....

 Making our crafts!

 Lots of people, lots of fun!

 Let the hunt begin!

 Mommy helping out!

 Cute!

 Aw.....

 Another cutie....

 Running around...

 ...an egg with two colors!

 Cutie!

 ....emptying the baskets into Mom's diaper bag....

Long Island

After we kidnapped Bob for the day, we drove over to Long Island to Aunt Diane's house. We haven't seen her in so long -- Ashley met her for the first time!!

Ashley un-did her pigtails in the car, so she's getting her hair done again....

....walking back from the pizza place...

Of course, we couldn't walk by the playground without stopping!!

Exploring!

Ashley found a slide....and a puddle at the bottom....then we showed her that the one next to her wasn't wet.

Danielle liked the twisty slide.

Um, this is the ladder that Ashley climbed up. BY. HERSELF. (yes, I just about had a heart attack when she did it the first time)

More twisty slide!

Yeah, sisters!

Aw, how cute!!!!

Unfortunately we missed seeing Uncle John, but hopefully next time we'll get to catch up with him too!

Unexpected escape!

Last week Bob was working down in Brooklyn, so the girls and I decided to crash his business trip and kidnap him for the day. 

 Walking on the boardwalk before the aquarium opened -- it was a bit foggy, but we braved it anyway!

 ....little dark inside, but beautiful tanks!

 ...playing peek-a-boo!

 ....and outside to the penguin pool -- and waiting for them to show up for the feeding! Danielle loved the penguins.....

 ....down to the underground portion of the pools....we saw seals and sea lions and penguins and yes, a walrus.....and even convinced the girls to pose!

 ....looking at......something....

 Yeah! So much fun!!!

Short sleeves!! (and playdoh)

Today we get to wear short sleeves!!! Okay, so that might not sound like a big deal to you, but to two little fashionistas, it's a BIG deal. We also got to play with some playdoh this morning, much to everyone's delight!

 Playing TOGETHER!!!

 Cheesy-face!

 Busy girl!

 Sisters!

 .....posing one last time before being TOTALLY absorbed by what they're doing!

Thank you Grandma Carol!!!

Grandma Carol made some adorable dresses for the girls!

 Awww...they stood still next to each other!

 Smiler!

 ....full length shot...

 .....more smiles!

 ....and a great smile from Danielle, too!

Tea Party!

The other day things got quiet....so of course I needed to investigate. Danielle had set up a tea party, and everyone was invited!

 

Playdate!

Last week some friends came over to play! (Their Mommy and Daddy went to see if baby bro or baby sis will be joining them in a few months -- I won't say for those who haven't had the news from them yet!) The kids had a blast, the train track was by far the biggest hit.....but what do you expect when two little boys enter girl-world?

 Getting it all set up....

 A-1 was fascinated.....

 Ashley set up all the princess to watch the show....

 A-2 also liked the Larry-mobile!

 .....and Danielle wanted to play dress up and make silly faces!