Color Guard

These guys are playing a game called 'color guard'. It was in the most recent issue of Family Fun magazine. One person guards the bucket that has things of different color in it. They close their eyes and the other players come and chose something from the bucket (we used plastic easter eggs :) ). They take their egg away and hide it behind their backs or not - depending on their age. The guard then opens their eyes and names a color. If you have that color you have to run and get it into the bucket before you get tagged. You can throw it to the bucket but if you miss you still have to get it into the bucket before you get tagged or your egg gets stolen. We played inside and outside. They loved it. We had to make some rule adjustments for Maggie who would get tagged everytime but it was still a lot of fun.

Tutu

My sister-in-law posted instructions on making a tutu on her blog so ....... I tried it out. Maggie was, of course, impressed. But she is very easy to impress - pretty much anything pink or purple will do it :) Next up - fairy wings! She posted instructions for those too.

What is this?

These are pictures from a tree here in Brigham. I have seen them at a few houses but I have no idea what kind of tree it is. Do you? The flowers are just huge. It's a beautiful tree.

Easter 2

The kids really like dying the eggs and were proud of finding the ones they did. Hailey wanted in on the loot too. These pictures are from our backyard. We also went to the city easter egg hunt. They just put all the eggs out on the grass and let the kids race for them. Maggie was planning which eggs she wanted - "the purple one with flowers, the yellow one with stripes and the pink polka dot one. okay, mom?" I had to warn her that she might not get all the ones she wanted. Then we had to trade in the eggs for candy.... she almost preferred the eggs. It was divided up into age groups so Matt went with Jackson. He said it was really funny because Jackson had a section all to himself for a little while but instead of picking up eggs as fast as he could he would run around like crazy, pick up one egg, run around like crazy and pick up one more egg. All in all it was very entertaining. Oh, and Maggie didn't want to have anything to do with the guy in the easter bunny costume. "It's talking," she said.

Easter

We had a lot of fun hunting easter eggs in our backyard. The kids loved finding the eggs and checking to see what was in them. We don't do easter baskets but we usually give them each a spring sharing type present. Last year it was kites, this year it was a play parachute and 3D sidewalk chalk.

8 months old

Hailey is 8 months old! (on April 1st that is). She loves to open and close all the doors on our little play kitchen. She also explores all over the house. She follows us up the stairs and then "talks" when she wants to come down them. She will stay at the top of the stairs and make funny noises until someone comes to take her down them. She is a very happy baby. She laughs when someone coughs or sneezes, or when Jackson throws stuffed animals at her..... She wants what everyone else has and she knows the difference! She loves to go outside and makes a beeline for any open door. She hates to stay still for diaper changes but hates to have a messy diaper. When she is stinky she starts to follow us around and fuss until we change her. She is crawling very fast and loves to chase the cat. We love this little girl! It's incredible to be watching another personality unfold before our eyes.

April Fool's Day Fun

For April Fool's Day we decided to eat dinner with funny things. We picked a bunch of random things and drew numbers to see what we would each eat with. I didn't get too crazy since little kids are messy enough with normal utensils....... Matt had a hard time eating spaghetti with his baby spoon and I found out that eating with an ice cream scoop is harder than you think! The kids loved it though so maybe we will make this a tradition. Maggie was so funny because she acted like it was totally normal to eat with a serving spoon. Jackson whined a little about his spatula but soon had it figured out and thought it was great.