easter fun

the night before easter we did a little egg dying. i was very nervous about how the whole situation was going to play out. in my mind, all i could picture was two 20 month olds pouring dye everywhere. hence, why we brought the table outside and why i put the girls in old christmas pjs. it actually went surprisingly well and we only had one spill. the girls were more into it than i thought they'd be, which tells me they are really getting old enough for more craft time... sweet!

poor reese was just getting over having pneumonia for the second time in 2 months, so she wasn't exactly smiley, but i could tell she was still having a fun time.

  showing daddy how she can color her egg

 proud of her egg

{easter morning}

i didn't really do too much for the girls baskets this year. they're still too young to have any idea what's going on, but they did understand the candy the easter bunny brought them.

 here's reese having one of her daily tantrums. who knows what it was about. 

and then she got over herself when she realized chocolate was involved...

church ends and hour after the girls nap is supposed to start, so normally we put the girls right down for a nap when we get home, but we ran out to the front yard for a few quick pics. not the ideal place for a cute easter photo shoot, but c'est la vie. 

 these are the same easter baskets i made for the girls last year. it was so nice to just get them out of storage and already have them on hand, plus i still love how they turned out. here's the link to the tutorial if anyone's interested.

 had to have her blankie in tow

chatting with daddy

 we didn't do any easter egg hunts this year, but i guess ella decided to have her own

 i think reese was a little confused as to what holiday it was

 we managed to get a couple smiles out of this little sickie

 can't you tell she loves taking pictures with mommy?

 she loves taking pictures with me too!

 playing the "oh no don't get me" game

semi-decent picture. i'm hopeful that one of these days we'll actually be able to get a good one!

our easter was extremely low key this year, but perfect nonetheless. love my sweet little family!

and a big thanks to gigi for the super cute easter dresses for the girls!!! thanks mom!

bubbles and balls

parks are definitely a part of our normal routine. we visit them frequently. the other day i brought along some balls and bubbles which definitely added to the fun. i love that the girls can have a blast just running around playing with each other. its a sweet sight to see.

this girl always find the tiniest pieces of trash on the ground. if you look hard enough, you can kind of see what she's reaching for. 

reese was not in the best mood for our afternoon outing. she was a little sick, but sometimes its better to get out instead of going stir crazy at home. 

bubbles are always a hit. sometimes too much! they are always fighting over who gets to hold the wand.

sickie :(

off to get the ball...

giving the ball to her sissy. she's such a good sharer... most of the time. 

such a reese face. love her :)

 did i mention it was SUPER windy?

couldn't leave without playing on the swings. as in, the girls were screaming because i tried to make them leave before they played on the swings. i sometimes forget that they notice things like that nowadays.

love her huge gap!

you can never go wrong with an afternoon playing at the park!

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