Pre Easter Festivities

 The other day it seemed too quiet for my own good. I was suspecting sleeping children, which is great except when it gets to bedtime. If they've had naps (with the exception of Abby, of course) of any length during the day then getting them to go to sleep at bedtime is a nightmare. I was pleasantly surprised to find them sitting nicely together watching a Pony video on the iPad. I couldn't resist taking a picture. Brie is waving to me but with her eyes glued to the screen. (No worries about screen time-they actually don't use the iPad so much any more.)

 If you turn your head sideways you will get a glimpse of not only Abby's first tooth, but her second tooth as well. There is just the absolute tiniest bit of white next to her first tooth indicating her second tooth. You can see it more clearly in a different shot, but Abby is crying in that one. I didn't want to look like I torture my children to take their picture...only I do...sometimes... ;)

 Last night we decided would be a good night to dye eggs. Who wants to wait all the way until Easter? Chelsea was smiling and gave a little wave to me, but her eyes stayed forward.

 Brie was a little haphazzard, but that was to be expected. She got a few bright pink drops on her nice white shirt and the tutu she was wearing, but other than that, no real harm. I have a feeling that shirt is now an undershirt, though. Our orange dye met the spread of newspapers pretty early on, but there was enough to work with, hehe.

 Chelsea thought it was pretty cool looking at the insides of the boiled egg that broke in half while cooking, but would not eat but the tiniest bite of the whites before declaring she didn't like it. Brie then declared she didn't like it either, while holding out her hand for more. She kept saying she didn't like it, but finished off the rest of the egg whites with no problem. Little Monkey.

 The Hello Kitty egg dye came with a couple masks for the eggs. can you spot our Hello Kitty egg? It's tough. It's wearing a MASK after all.

 I thought our glass cups were pretty all stacked up. They rinsed out nicely.

 Here is how our "special" Easter egg hunt went afterward. Daddy put little glow sticks in the eggs and hid them in the dark! It was pretty cool. Chelsea LOVED it. Brie didn't really understand what was going on. She kept asking for the light to be turned on. But she had a good time still.

 Here we have a soccer egg, a football egg, and two plain eggs. And a stray glow stick that looks like it's flying because Chelsea was shaking her bucket while I'm trying to take the picture. The lighter colored plain eggs worked the best.

 On Thursday we (Grandma, Auntie, and I) took the girls out to the mall for new shoes. They each got three new pairs. (Bye bye $100) Auntie got some nail polish also, and the girls got mini mani pedis. This is Brie's foot featuring the purple color they each have on their toes.

 Here is Chelsea's hands featuring the bright pink color each chose for their fingers. I was tempted to paint Abby's toenails, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. Someday we'll all get matching nails, I'm sure. :)

 Abby napped through the egg dyeing and played with other eggs during the egg hunt. But isn't she cute in the bunny ears?

She's discovered her feet and always tries to pull them up. She really likes to try to eat her feet during meal times, the most convenient time of all. 

Happy Easter weekend, everyone!