Swings & Ice Cream

I love the first few days of nice weather in the spring!

It's so refreshing! 

Today it was so nice outside...

After Kenzie got home from school the girls and I walked to the ball flats to swing! :)  

Unfortunately, the playground was taken down a few years back but they still have swings...

you would have thought I took Kenzie to Disney World...she was so excited! 

It's the little things! :)

This was Josie's first time on a swing...

 She loved it...despite the serious face! :)

 There were 3 other kids Kenzie knew from school and the library.

She ran around and played with them while I swung Jo! 

I love that Makenzie has friends now! 

So cute!

Just to prove that Josie enjoyed the swing...

a smile! :)

Kennie and I ended the day at Sprinkles for our first ice cream of the season! 

Yum! :)

She kept on thanking me for the ice cream! 

Love her!

Goodbye training wheels....

For a couple of months now Makenzie has been asking me to take off her training wheels.

Over spring break I finally decided to do so....

She was so excited!

She was very brave from the start and demanded that I "let go" right away!  

We were practicing on pavement so I wasn't too quick to let her go by herself.  

We practiced a little bit for 2 days....

....and by the 3rd day she was officially riding without training wheels! :)  

Tear!

Where has my little baby gone?!?!

She was so happy...she hugged us and kept on saying how proud she was of herself! :)

Happy Easter!

Happy (belated) Easter!

We had a nice & quiet day...

 We started out going through the baskets that the Easter bunny left...

...and finding the eggs that he hid! :)

Josie liked her first Easter basket....

my cute little bunnies...

Kennie loves Pete the Cat!

Very excited to get gum in her basket for the first time! :)

I couldn't help myself...I had to get a picture of this cute little bunny on her fanny! :)

After breakfast, baskets and eggs we headed out to church...

 I was super excited when I found these matching dresses! :)  

 After church Jeff, the girls and I went out to Cracker Barrel for lunch! :)

It started nice...but the quiet, relaxing day quickly ended when Josie decided to go crazy at the table! 

I had to bring her to the bathroom to try to nurse her, but she was distracted every time a toilet flushed...so finally I gave up!  I thought maybe she'd be better at the table, but no!  

Jeff quickly ate his meal and then took a screaming baby out to the car. 

I stayed and finished my meal with Makenzie who informed me that "Josie ruined Easter!".

Not the lunch I had hoped for, but sums up our life right now! :)

Later Kenzie & Daddy played a game of catch (indoors since it was pouring outside!)....

One last note...remember when your mom always said "you're going to get a stomachache eating all that chocolate!!" ??  Well....it's true...to much candy can make you sick!
Just ask Kenzie :)  

Or ask me...I woke up to puke alllll over me in the middle of the night.

Gross.  

Note to self...next Easter do not let her eat that much candy....or do not let her sleep in my bed after eating that much candy :)

Eggs & Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

To keep with tradition we painted eggs before Easter...

this year we painted them a couple days before Easter and it was so much more fun!

I think it was last year when I almost forgot to paint eggs so we crammed it in Saturday night right before bed.  This year I boiled the eggs early and waited until Jo was sleeping and then I helped Kennie decorate them!  

She made a "mom" egg for me! :)

Next year I need to find a new egg dye kit...the pink, yellow and orange were useless!  

but we did end up with some pretty blues and greens...

I had planned on taking the girls to the mall to see the Easter Bunny but with the stomach bug invading our house the week before Easter I decided to skip it this year...

but Kenzie did get to see the bunny this year at breakfast! :)  

and I got a picture of both girls with him! :)

Kenzie was just as satisfied with this bunny so I'm happy we opted for breakfast instead of the mall....

saved time & money! :)

Josie wore the same outfit Kenzie wore when she first met the Easter Bunny! :)

Easter Crafts

Just like last year, I took Kenzie to the Baptist church for Easter crafts and lunch!  

No surprise, she had lots of fun!  

And she loved hanging out with her cousins there too! :)

This year I enjoyed it a lot more...I was about 12 weeks pregnant last year and so nauseous!

Eww....I get the sweats just thinking of feeling that crappy! 

But, at least this little cutie was the one making me feel so yucky... 

 pretty baby before we left!

 Josie wasn't too thrilled but she did like staring the ceiling fans...