April

 For our Easter dinner contributions we made some chocolate dipped strawberries. They are orange because they are supposed to resemble carrots. Get it? They don't look overly carrot-y but the girls had a great time dipping, and that was most important anyway. Chelsea and Abby prefer plain strawberries and Brie doesn't like strawberries at all, so they didn't really eat them. But the rest of us enjoyed them!

 

 The girls also helped make these lovely nests. They didn't want to eat them because of that poison coconut, but they enjoyed the process and that was most important anyway. But the rest of us enjoyed them!

We also brought some fresh green beans dressed with a bacon and onion and salt and pepper mixture which turned out fairly well. The girls wouldn't touch them, but the rest of us enjoyed them!

Have I ever mentioned how hard it is to get these girls to eat? Ever? It's hard.

 Matt and Jerusha Wilson joined us Heits for Easter, which was pretty spiffy. The girls enjoyed stuffing their eggs with candy and then hiding/finding them. Of course they gorged themselves on the CANDY instead of all the other yumminess involved with dinner. Are we surprised by that? 

No. No we are not.

 It took Abby a while to get the hang of watercolor painting, but eventually she caught on. She kept getting frustrated that it kept "not working" all the time. More water, more paint. That's all she needed in the end. I love Brie's red headed Aurora. I think she thought it was Ariel. Or at least wanted it to be. (There were no Ariels in this particular paint book.)

 And of course we have the circus! This is old hat for Chelsea and Brie, though they still enjoyed themselves.

 But this was Abby's first circus! She chose this cute snake instead of a light-up toy like the other two. Incidentally, yes, one of the light-up toys was broken before intermission. Surprise, surprise. Luckily some superglue has helped. But I am happier with Abby's choice of souvenir than with the annoyingly bright and loud and breakable (heartbreaking!) light-up options.

 Pony rides! Here's Brie. We didnt' get any great shots because we had to walk (very briskly!) along with the kids and ponies. Moving photography can be tricky, and it was over pretty quickly.

 Abby didn't want to do it but I put her on anyway. She clung to me for a few seconds but then decided she'd rather hang on to the saddle and enjoy the ride. She loved it! She wanted to do it again, but that was not an option. ;)

And here's Chelsea! She had the most fun overall. The younger two were basically done with the circus after intermission, but still held out till the end. They complained a bit, but they made it.