Eggstravaganza 2008

We went to our first Easter egg hunt together - and mommy organized this event for the entire Southwestern Seminary community! The kids heard an Easter story (the Christian one :), hunted for eggs, got their face painted, ate cookies & cupcakes, and rode on a miniature train. It was a fun day - but very cold!

Cat for sale...good for hours of family fun. Ages 4 & up.

So we put up Mark's old fish tank...Yoda DEFINITELY noticed! There have been no injuries or deaths reported...YET.

The new fish have NO Star Wars names (only b/c Mark didn't name any). We have added: Ashley (Amber's choice), Ashton (Jason's choice), Mickey & Minnie (the have a mouse shape on their tails), and Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, I, Smell (Jacob's choice - the kid loves the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk and Goliath from the Bible, which he thinks are the same giant) :)

FIRST FISH!

Okay, this is the one Mark is most excited about...the kids all caught their first fish on a recent trip to the local park pond. It was everyone's first time fishing and the sunfish were biting! Amber must have hooked 15 fish on her own. She caught on to the whole casting and reeling thing. Jason often couldn't reel fast enough to prevent the fish from getting away, but he did get the hang of it after some time. Jacob mostly watched, but did get to reel in a live one with some help from Mark.

Playin' in the Mud!

Well, I went to get Jason and Jacob to come in from outside for lunch the other day and this is what I found...2 VERY muddy boys! Covered head to toe, with watery mud pouring out of their boots. Mark was ticked, but I thought it was pretty adorable. :) He said, "Don't ever play in the mud again."
"Unless Mommy says it's okay," I added! Sometimes, you gotta let boys be boys - even if you're stuck with the mess.