April 2009

Coloring Easter Eggs - April 11, 2009

Ben had so much fun coloring (& cracking) Easter eggs this year. Mom had boiled all the eggs and set them in a bowl on the counter until it was time to start coloring them. She was downstairs vacuuming when suddenly she heard Katie screaming "NO Ben!!!" Ben had found a big bowl of eggs on the counter and started cracking them one by one. He had cracked 12 of our 15 eggs by the time we found him busy at his task. Don't worry Katie, we boiled a few more and then we let Ben color all the cracked ones - he didn't care!

Easter Egg Hunt - BRRR!

Here are the kids at a cold, drizzly Easter egg hunt on April 11th. We usually go to the American Fork City Easter Egg Hunt at Rotary Park. This year they had some "budget cuts" so the treats were a little scarce, the wind was cold, the rain was wet, and the hunting was tricky! Ben actually came away with the biggest load in his basket. (He was in the "under 3" category which meant he had a huge advantage over those babies!) Braden & Kate were in the same age group this year and there were tons of kids scurrying for that pile of treats!

April Fool's Day Kate!

This year at school April Fool's Day was also "Crazy Hair Day." Kate went for green craziness in her hair. Mom had fun making lunches for Kate & Braden for April Fool's Day. Mom got some snack-sized bags of chips, cookies, even a candy bar. Then she carefully opened the sacks, emptied them of their "delicious, not nutritious" contents, filled them with grapes, carrot sticks, and other "healthy" items and then taped the sacks back together. Poor Braden - he was sooo excited when he saw that Twix bar in his lunch - only to discover baby carrots instead of chocolate! Ha Ha! Mom likes to do April Fool's tricks too!