Easter

The kids decorated Easter eggs the week before Easter. Karl was old enough to really get into it.

Our Easter Bunny hides a different colored egg for each kid to find; this year he left a code for the kids to follow.  That way each kid gets the exact. same. amount. of eggs and Mom and Dad have a peaceful Easter morning.   Actually, we opened Easter baskets on Good Friday morning because the kids and I were heading to MN the next day.  Matt would stay home and work on our house, getting it ready to sell.

Nora's eggs were pink.  She had the hugest grins when she found one, especially when she realized there were jelly beans inside.

Someone was a little excited about his jelly beans!  

Excited about her Legos.  This girl loves to build things.

Clare spent most of the day building with her new Legos.

In MN, the kids had another egg hunt with their cousins.  They all enjoyed that.

Visiting the St. Cloud library.  The kids had so much fun playing in the kids' area, they didn't even care about the books.

Pretending to have a picnic.

 We had some beautiful weather: Karl loved being able to run around barefoot.

I was going to do a separate moving post but that was too much work.  We're very busy around here these days, getting ready to move.  Even though we're only moving about 10 miles away, we still have to pack everything except all the things we've donated and thrown away since deciding to move.  The kids loved having all the boxes to play in.

One of the kids' favorite things in the dress-up bin: knitted scarves.  They tie them around their waists and pretend they are swimming with "floaties" on.  Here they are, lined up and ready to swim on the rug.  Nora really gets into it and will often bring me her "floatie" to put on.