Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Donald and Daisy - Kaylie's favorite Easter gift

Becca and I hid some Easter eggs for an Easter egg hunt, and about 10 minutes later, Mark's dad saw this squirrel taking off with one of our eggs!

About 10 minutes after that, I looked outside again and saw that a few of our eggs had been broken into.

The squirrels were eating right through the plastic eggs to get the candy! Who would have thought?

Our friends, the Hansen's, came over for Easter dinner at Mark's family's house.

Hooray!

Mark finished his last class/last final on Wednesday, and is now officially done with school! Hooray! He graduates next Friday, April 29th...same day as the Royal Wedding. Which should I watch...decisions decisions... JK. It is so nice to be done. Mark got to go out and play in some MBA games today (football, ultimate frisbee, basketball, etc) to celebrate the end of the year, and it was fun to go watch. Normal life, here we come!

Dreams Come True!

Before Kaylie came along, I dreamt that motherhood was all about staying home and making cookies with your kids. I don't know why, but that's the picture I always envisioned when I thought about my future family. When I call and talk to my sister, Diana, she often asks me if I am "living the dream" (usually in jest after I am done whining about how hard it can be to be a mom sometimes). I have decided that Kaylie is old enough now, though, to help me start living my dream, so here we go. Kaylie is now my assistant in the kitchen (assistant = taste tester and buddy to talk to), and she is a super cute one.

Reading break...when will the cookies be done??

St. Patty's Day

I am a little late posting about St. Patty's Day, but better late than never. It has been a pretty gray, cold, long winter this year, but I kept holding out hope that it would be sunny and warm enough to go to the park like we did last year on St. Patrick's Day. And it actually happened! It has since been cold and cloudy again, but on St. Patty's (and the day before and after), it was sunny and warm. I was so grateful! I really needed some sun! I think I had more energy and excitement in those few days than I have had all winter.

Anyway, we decided to celebrate by having a few kiddo's over for some green fun. We made green necklaces, decorated shamrocks with Lucky Charms and M&M's, and colored some St. Patty's pictures. We also went to the park - which was great! Then, we had a super yummy lunch - green pasta alfredo, green grapes, and peanut butter celery sticks. And of course, a green dessert: cupcakes! It was a great day!