Easter

Easter...was a few months ago, but here is my post about it :)

The Sunday before Easter, my mom's church had an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. It was cold that day! My kids were being as patient as they could, waiting to go get the eggs!

This year, we used Kool Aid to dye our eggs. We had blue, orange, green, purple (which turns out brown, but we didn't care), and 3 different shades of red. It was a neat and different idea, but I don't know that we will do it next year. The bees were really attracted to it and the kids were afraid of the bees! It took twice as long or even three times as long to dye the eggs because the kids were so afraid of the bees. We tried telling them that the bees weren't gonna hurt them, they were just thirsty, but they didn't believe us.

 Getting ready...

 Piper...

 Seven...

Finn...do you see the stripes on his egg? I put a rubber band around his egg and then he stuck it in the Kool Aid. After he was done with that color, I removed the rubber band and he put it in a different color. I would recommend waiting til the dye has dried before removing the rubber band because it smeared a little during the removal.

 Rilian...patiently waiting for his egg to become the perfect shade of color.

 Seven and his colorful eggs.

 Piper and her masterpiece. 

 Rilian and his pretty eggs.

 Rilian was a little messy and it got on his legs and feet.

 Finn and his eggs.

Easter morning...my handsome boys! I tried several times to get a good picture with Piper in it as well, but she was in a very bad mood and was not cooperative at all! I think it had something to do with a dress. I don't remember all the details at this point.

After church, at my mom's house, Piper was in a much better mood. However, whoever took our family picture unfortunately cut off the top of Jeremy's head :(

The kids were getting tired of picture time. Seven had already pulled his tie down and Rilian was done. Piper tried to get him to look at the camera.

 This one cracks me up because Finn was trying to get Rilian to smile!

 Time to hunt eggs!

Finn was not in a good mood. He was half way participating, but at least I got a picture of him picking up one egg. Must have just been something in the air that day!

 Sitting down with all their eggs after they found them all.

Rilian and Seven emptied all the plastic eggs and were OCD about the contents...I mean, lined everything up and sorted them according to kind.

 This is "Minky" on Jeremy's head. It is or was a real mink!

When my brother and I were very young kids, my grandma had a mink shawl or something like that. We loved playing with it so much that she cut off two minks so we could each have one to play with. My grandma has been in an assisted living facility for at least a year now and my mom had gone to clean out her house. She brought back "Minky" with her and now my kids play with it!

Running

Jeremy and I went to an Estate Sale and I got a treadmill for $17! It is nothing fancy. It is just a treadmill that you can run on. I didn't want to spend alot of money on one, because I really prefer to run outside and actually run somewhere. I get bored running on a treadmill. To tell you the truth, I would prefer to not run, than to run on a treadmill! Unfortunately, mother nature doesn't always cooperate when it comes to favorable conditions for running outside. I did not feel bad spending $17 on a treadmill that wouldn't be used very often. I mostly wanted it for when it is too cold, too hot, or raining. 

The kids were dying to try it out! Here's what happened when Rilian ran on it...

Our treadmill is in the garage so it's kind of dark. If you can't tell, Rilian's pants fell down the longer he ran!

Determined

Life continues to be busy for us. So, back in the blogging world, it is March...

We live in Texas. If you aren't familiar with Texas weather, they say if you don't like the weather, wait a few days and it will change. All in one week, or even two days, it can be 90 degrees one day and 40 degrees the next day. My kids are still young, so they don't quite understand that. The older ones are starting to figure it out. They think if it is hot today, it is summer time...no matter what month it is. 

We had a few hot days in a row and the kids were just itching to swim. They were determined! Granny put up a small swimming pool and let them have fun.

Adorbale

We were getting ready for church one Sunday morning and Rilian put on this hat. I couldn't resist his cuteness and had to take a picture!

Blue and Gold Ceremony

We celebrated Finn becoming a Bear in Cub Scouts at his Blue and Gold Ceremony. If you remember Finn's ceremony from last year, his whole face was painted. This year, only his nose was painted. The white on his nose helps him to know right from wrong as he goes along the Cub Scout Trail. 

 Then it was Finn's turn to paint Jeremy's nose white!

 Then Jeremy pinned his Bear patch on his uniform.

 After the Cub Scouts had a turn at this game, it was the parent's turn. I willingly let Jeremy step up to the plate. The object of the game was to be the first to put the Oreo cookie that was sitting on your nose into your mouth without using your hands! I tried videoing it, but unfortunately, my phone died. So, I only have pictures. There's Jeremy with the Oreo on his nose. Jeremy won! He was the first parent to get the Oreo into his mouth! Way to go Jeremy!

My Feral Child

We had a yard sale one Saturday and Seven had fun picking up the pecans in our yard. I guess he was hungry and decided to crack them open and eat them. Or perhaps he just wanted a snack.

He reminded me of a feral child the way he was sitting there eating them! 

How Does She Fit In There?

Piper is in the smaller range for her age. But it is amazing the small places she fits in. We were at Granny's and I was looking for Piper because it was time to leave. This is where I found her!

I think she may have a career as a magician's assistant. You know the one that gets locked in the box and "cut in half"? Yeah, she could totally do that!