There is Sunshine in my Soul today...

and there was finally sunshine on my face today too! Oh how I needed the sunshine...probably more specifically the Vitamin D. We spent the majority of the weekend outside in our backyard and it was perfect. The kids were well behaved and we got to spend the whole weekend together as a family...it doesn't get better than that!

We put up the hammock that was in our garage, it needs to stretch out a little bit but I am going to love lounging on it and reading a book....of course we will probably put it away in a day or so until summer comes because we all know that the rainy cold isn't over yet....bummer!
Allison got to ride her bike outside for the first time...she worked up quite a sweat riding around the neighborhood. We also found some huge dandelions that she decorated her helmet with.
We had to break out the bubbles this weekend since Allison has been asking for awhile to do them in the house.
We drew with side walk chalk and played chase we even had fun with our shadows. We also dug up a bunch of these green plants, there are still way more that need to be removed...they are seriously taking over.

Preparing our Garden

Since it was the perfect day on Saturday we decided to prepare our garden plot...we are doing a square foot garden this year. Ben had some tile that was discarded at work that we used as our patharound our squares, it looks pretty good even without the plants. I didn't take a before picture but we did do lots of work...We pulled tons of weeds and unwanted plants and then we tilled the earth and worked in peet moss and compost so our soil would be great for the future seedlings! The girls loved being outside all day and I am excited to actually plant the garden in a few weeks.

Playing with Pinwheels

The girls got their Easter package from Grandpa & Grandma Thomas yesterday. The girls loved all their fun surprises but the pinwheels held their attention for quite some time. Emma would try to blow on hers...then I guess she got hungry because then she kept biting it. While I was taking these pictures I kept thinking...Allison looks so big...she is growing up way to fast. However her dirty face gives away her true age!

Randomness from the past week

Allison went to Space Day at her Grandma's school...more picture to come.
Me and Emma playing with the camera...she loves all things with buttons and lights!

This is how I found Allison the other day. She informed me she was reading Twilight and that she loved it...Maybe someday in the distant future we can read this book together but for now we are sticking to children's books.

Emma says "coat" now...it sounds more like "coke". She loves having jackets or coats on and she always wants to go bye-bye.

Carousel

Allison has been asking me (frequently) to go ride the carousel at the Super Mall so last weekend we went. Allison loved it we let her ride twice so she could get her fill. Also while we were there we went to say hi to the Easter Bunny Alli thought that was great but when the Easter bunny looked at Emma she started screaming...good thing we hadn't planned on getting pictures!

Babysitting Sadie!

We watched Sadie last week and my girls had so much fun! Emma loved looking at books with her and when I told her to smile for a picture she sat on Sadie's lap...but Sadie didn't seem to mind. Allison loved being a little mommy and she even wanted Sadie to play the violin
while she practiced...so cute!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Turns 40!

To celebrate this great books birthday we had some friends over for a tea party. I made a caterpillar and all of the food he eats so the kids could help act out the story.

I also made a table runner out of some adorable Very Hungry Caterpillar fabric. We ate fruit kabobs, little smokies, chocolate cake, cheese, and had some apple juice as our tea.

Here are Abby and Alli with their books.

After the yummy food we played The Very Hungry Caterpillar board game. It was a little long for our busy kiddos so we played by our own rules.

Then we played dress up...aren't these kids adorable.

Crafting it Forward

So, my a friend of mine put this fun invitation up on her blog, and I wanted to play along.

Here are the rules...
The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! This offer does have some limitations:

1. You will not know what it's going to be, and there are no guarantees that you will like what I make! It may be something simple and small or I may go crazy and do something amazing.

2. It’ll be done this year. Translation: you may be waiting a little while. ( My goal is the next 6 months)

3. Most importantly, you must offer the same deal on your blog - the first 5 people to comment on your blog (or Facebook or whatever, if you don't have a blog) get something made by YOU!

Marshmallow Mischief

I heard Emma say aw-oh yesterday and I walked into the kitchen to find this. She had spilled a whole bag of marshmallows and they were eating as many as they could while I was hurrying to pick them up.

Trying to get Emma to show off her Vocabulary