The Platt Family

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Easter Egg Hunt (with family)

The family got together on Easter and of course, we HAD to have an Easter egg hunt. Tim and Lynne were kind enough to hide all the eggs outside, and then we all had fun with the kids!

The kids were let out to the backyard....but the 4 oldest were told to wait on the steps....

...while the two toddlers got to look first!

So exciting!

Timothy filling his bag....

Ok, how adorable is that?!?!

The big kids are getting restless....

Mary's concerned because she sees an egg, but Timothy doesn't understand!

....and Danielle needs a hug and a little pep-talk from Aunt Mary about waiting.....poor thing, it's so hard to wait when you can SEE where you want to be!!

And they're off!!

Uncle Raymond helps Mary get her egg!

Ethan poses so well for a picture! (very artistic, Bob!)

Hi, Asher!!

....reach.....

...showing off a bag FULL of eggs!

....one last egg!

Monday, April 25, 2011

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)

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!!!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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!