Easter 09

It had been a long time (since last July 4th) that we visited my mom and step dad, so we headed to PA for Easter. It is always so refreshing to go to a place where the pace of life is slower. The girls really enjoyed seeing horses and buggies and sheep, horses and cows everywhere. Although they did say occasionally that it was "stinky."

Our first day we went to the local park, followed up by a photo shoot. The pictures are really really good, but we just got prints. So unless I scan them, which I may, you'll have to be in suspense.



Saturday we had an Easter egg hunt with cousins. Ava was really into it, Violet just got one and loved shaking it so much she couldn't put it down to get another one.

Violet LOVES candy. She will do anything for a treat. Including go potty. Ava was not convinced with treats at all, but somehow we got lucky with Violet. They scarfed chocolate and jelly beans until they were sick. Ava said, "My tummy hurts," I felt bad for her, but in a way I wanted her to learn what happens when you eat too much candy.


Sorting the eggs. Ava ate her jelly beans according to color.

Violet smiling
Easter morning we hide the girls baskets and tie them to a string. So they simply have to follow the string. The girls got the hang of it a little more this year, but we're still a long way from them really getting it. Church wasn't until 1:30 so we had a full morning to play.
Ava got some poster paints and a felt book. Violet got a buckle, zip and snap puzzle.
A highlight were the "Zoo Pals" plates, cups and bowls my mom got for them. Each had a different animal and they loved picking out what animal they were going to eat off of.

We also went to the "Please Touch" Museum my mom saw on Jon and Kate plus 8. It was fun, but really really busy. I definitely recommend it though if you're ever in Philadelphia.

We have been continuing our "letter of the week." Here is a crocodile we made. I drew it, the girls glued the paper on it, then we measured how tall each was compared to the crocodile. This week our letter is "D," which seems to be much easier than C for some reason. The vocab word is Iris, and we played "pin the eye on the girl," tonight. It was really fun.