Guess What we got to Sea!

Last week I took a day off from work and made a special day with the 'gurls' at a nearby aquarium. It was Good Friday, the last day of school break, and Earth Day-- not exactly the making for a nice quiet day at the aquarium!

But fun was had by all and THAT is all that really matters.

Josie and Clara Rose with their friend Grace in front of a really great

Squid Painting-- Yoo-who, Cap't Nemo, where are you?

 Josie and her friend Claire waiting for the Beluga Whale feeding to begin.

 This pool usually houses baby stingrays that we can pet, but today it held several baby sharks-- NO PETTING!

See the baby hammer head?

 Walking around outside, another view of the Beluga whales-- a big favorite.

 Sea Lions a harbor seals.

"They swim Fast!"

 "Awe! Penguins!"

 The girls had lots of fun seeing all the animals and started thier own parade.

A few other kids decided to join in.

 The youngest of the crew, Clara Rose, doing a great job keeping up

with all the big 'gurls.'

 Enjoying a Sea Lion show.

 Checking all kinds of fun fish and other cool critters inside.

 Some kind of starfish.

Estresis (sp-- I'm not good at Spanish!)

 "OOOooooooo, look at that big shark!"

 Jelly fish

 Even the octopus came out to say hi to all the girls.

She really drew a crowd!

Back at the beginning, also the end, another look at the

Beluga Whale.

She swam right by the 'gurls' and Clara Rose exclaimed,

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!"

and backed up into rock.

Five good friends all feeling like Hot Stuff

at the aquarium!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

We had a lovely morning and the girls were the best ever during church!

Sometime during the night, the Easter Bunny arrived at our house-- he took our colored eggs and hid them.

In their place he left some fun treats for Josie and Clara Rose. 

 Josie enjoying one colored egg the Easter Bunny

left for her to have for breakfast.

Clara Rose wanted to dive into her chocolate eggs!

Soon the hunt was on to find all the eggs hidden in our backyard.

We hope your Easter was as Eggg-citing as ours!

Community Egg Hunt and Colored Eggs

The gurls and I joined their friends, Carly and Claire (and their Mommy), at our community center for an egg hunt. Concerns about heavy rain caused the event to be moved inside-- which made for rather noisy egg "charge" more than an actual hunt, but it was loads of fun for all the kiddie-pops.

I mean what's not to love about finding candy filled eggs at 9:00 AM and getting all sugared-up?

At home, decked-out in rain gear because we thought the hunt was outside-- rain or shine!

 Like their buckets?

We call them Duckets.

 Inside the Community Center Rec Room-- Whoa look who else is here~

The Easter Bunny!

The eggs were spread out on the floor and

each age group had a turn 'diving' for eggs.

 Josie and Clara Rose were pretty excited!

 Clara Rose was happy to have me help her dive for eggs!

I was/am pretty proud of Josie!

Parents were not allowed to go out with the 4-year olds.

Josie wasn't too enthused by THAT announcement. 

I told her this was all for fun and that she didn't have to do anything that she didn't want to. I was fully prepared and expecting that she would opt out 'fighting' for some eggs . . .

But. . .

There she is-- in the mix of it all-- grabbing eggs with the best of them!

 What a happy HAPPY little girl!

I know she was having fun, but I am not quite sure if she was happiest about actually getting the eggs as much as she was PROUD of herself for going out and getting them without me!

 The Community center also had baby bunnies that the kids could hold . . .

Guess who LUVS bunnies?

 Josie insisted that I have a turn holding her bunny and that she take a picture.

 After the egg diving races--

we invited Carly and Claire to our house to play and decorate Easter Eggs,

What a great way to spend a rainy morning!

Egg Hunt Party

As is more typical these days, I am waaaay behind on posting-- the 'gurls' really keep me busy!

Here are some fun picts from an Egg Hunt Party we went to at a friend's house last weekend. 

The party was early afternoon, so I took the girls on a big adventure walk through the woods in the morning to tire them for an early pre-party nap.

 Clara Rose also tried her feet on Josie's big-'gurl' bike-- she was sooo happy, but her legs aren't quite long enough.

At the party the girls kicked things off with some bubbles.

 Everyone inside anxiously waiting to go out and hunt for eggs!

The tallest pretty 'gurl' is an exchange student from China who is staying with one of our friends for this school year.

It is always a big treat to see her at the parties.

Josie made quick feet when the hunt began-- running around finding hidden eggs all of the yard and a little ways in the woods.

Clara Rose wanted to maintain her stylish look

while searching for hidden eggs

 Everyone was hopping all over laughing, grabbing eggs,

 and having a great time!

A small break in the hunting for a group photo shoot--

Little Grace (our party hostess with the mostest); Big Grace (ready to rumble); Josie (not happy about breaking for the photo op), Clara Rose (always happy to strike a pose), and Callie (always happy to play with friends).

 The 'gurls' ended their egg hunt and then hid eggs for Abbie, the dog, to go and find. They were amazed to watch her find the eggs, open them, and eat them.

"Wow! She's a smart dawg!"