He is Risen!

We had a fun-filled Easter this year with the kids.  They went on FOUR Easter egg hunts, and Will actually had five because he had one at preschool!  Sarah Kate had fun "finding" the eggs we pointed out to her and then shaking them like rattles.

We dyed eggs for the first time this year, although the glue and colored sand that came with the kit didn't turn out as great as I thought it would.  On Saturday, we had lots of friends over for an Easter egg hunt, pizza and cupcakes.  The weather was gorgeous, and we had a great time!  On Easter, we worshipped our Risen Lord with our church family, had lunch with Noel's family and dinner with my family.  Through it all, we were blessed to have my cousin Katie visiting us from Florida!

Here are some photos of the weekend.  And yes, there are lots of photos of Sarah Kate.  I think they're all adorable and couldn't help sharing ALL of them with you!

Spring Break 2010

For Spring Break this year, we didn't go anywhere, so I tried to come up with some fun things to do at home.  The first weekend, we got 10 inches (!!!!) of snow, so that Sunday was our pajama party day.  We had pancakes, watched movies in sleeping bags all day, and played in the snow.

We also had two dinosaur days.  We used a kit I got from T-Rex Cafe to make a glow-in-the-dark velociraptor skeleton and fossils out of plaster paris.  We read dinosaur books, drew pictures of dinos on huge paper, and ate dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets.  (Thank you, Tyson!)  We also made dino-shaped rice krispie treats and the boys decorated them with cookie decorating gel.  Needless to say, the boys LOVED dinosaur days!

On the Thursday of spring break, Nana kept Sarah Kate while Noel and I took the boys to Tulsa to the aquarium.  (We were hoping for the zoo, but the weather did not cooperate.)  We had a great time seeing all the fish and other animals.  One of the boys' favorite parts was putting pennies in the huge spiral thing and watching them roll down.  If anyone knows where I can find one of these in town, let me know!

The second weekend of break, we were invited to go with some friends to box seats at a Razorback baseball game.  It was super windy and rained a little, but we had a great time.  This is what happens when I ask the boys to "look at me and smile!" 

Sarah Kate--11 months

Sarah Kate keeps us laughing with her smile and very serious babbling.  She's eating lots of fun food now--cheese toast and chicken nuggets are her absolute favorites.  She had her first Chick-fil-a nuggets and waffle fries on Monday, and they were a big hit!  She isn't too keen on the fruits and veggies, but she loves bananas.  Hopefully her tastes will start to branch out after awhile.  Here's Sarah Kate on March 27 at a Razorback baseball game, and below is a video of her saying "yes" and "no."