I switched up some inside décor in the house and pulled out my Spring silk flowers and added some Easter bunnies to the open shelves. It helps to at least make it feel like Spring is coming soon and celebrating Easter in just two weeks will be here before we know it!
Ashlyn loves to hunt Easter eggs. She always has. I have thrown away so many broken egg pieces and have picked up so many eggs off of the floor that I finally went through the toy box and just pitched all that were left over from years past. But the other day, when my mom and sister visited the new Target, I did grab another small bag of plastic eggs for her pleasure! She was so pleased and thrilled!!! Her and Austin have been having Easter egg hunts lots of days. So far it's mostly just hiding them inside the house because outside is just too cold yet. But one of these days, I'm going to take those eggs and hide them outside and when she comes home from school, she can laugh and giggle the entire time she goes hunting for them. It's just so cute seeing her enjoy this!
I also grabbed some cute bunny accessories the other week. And again, I want to do something outside with them with the weather gets warmer or when the orchard blossoms bloom but the other day we did a quick, little photo session with them. Check out my cute little bunnies.
Yesterday afternoon, the sun did shine bright and Matthew was in the back yard wearing his new spikes that he and his daddy bought when they went to check out the new Dick's Sporting Goods store on Saturday. Matthew loves his lacrosse sticks right now and is forever bouncing a ball around in the house or in the back yard and then catching it with a lacrosse stick. Well, yesterday he was outside breaking in his new spikes because we just got an email that baseball practice starts up right after Easter! He's excited! Mike and Matthew even threw some catch yesterday and that's the first that this new season is beginning. Baseball brings us more business and Monday games but we LOVE it!!! We are ready! We can't wait to cheer for Matthew and see how the Tigers preform!!!
Another first for the season is starting up the moped. Mike fired it up yesterday afternoon and Austin's eyes about popped out! He loves, loves all things that ride and move like this. He could not wait for moped rides again!!! Ashly got all excited too and even though it was a few short spins up and back down our country road, it totally filled up these two's love tank!!! They love to do this with their daddy!
So, the outside events are slowly beginning. Sports will start up soon. More mopeds rides will be soon on our daily events. I'm hoping that we go shopping for a new grill one of these days because when the weather does warms up, that makes me hungry for some good hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill! I do also hope, and maybe this post will help me keep my word, that I will also start up with some kind of exercise again soon. I have been lazy all winter and I thought maybe our trip to Florida would spark up my running/walking desire, but it didn't. I need to discipline myself to get out and just go!!!
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And for a few quick photos for 'real life' right now for us. Every Sunday, Austin is all eyes looking for Josh. Josh is our church drummer and he watches him like a hawk. He always asks to go watch him or to sit on Josh's seat. The other week Josh gave him a pair of drum sticks and Austin was thrilled!!! Yesterday, we had people snickering behind us because when worship was over Austin asked if it's over now? :) "Nope, the sermon and prayer time yet Little Man!"
And I got to visit Rachel's Crepes last week for lunch with my mom and sisters. We try to get together but it just always seems to go a few months before we do it again. This time, we all met at Rachel's and enjoyed some yummy crepes!
His favorite food right now is rice.
I also spent the one morning last week in Ashlyn's first grade class and helped them with a painting project. So fun!
Yard Sales are beginning up slowly. I went to one and found shoes for Mike. I also found some good finds at Goodwill. I was tickled to buy my first Magnolia item! A brand new laptop computer bag from Goodwill for $10! I'm ready for some egg rolls and rice and fun deals coming up in the next few weeks!
Hadassah wanted to take Jess out somewhere for her birthday. She picked Luca and when I called at lunch time to make reservations, the only thing available was 9:15 or 9:30 Friday evening!!! What? So late? I knew the teenagers wouldn't mind but I've never made reservations ever for this late in the evening to eat Italian food. But this was now the first!!! And we had a blast!!! We did a little shopping first and then went to the city to find this yummy restaurant! Their pizza was delicious and the dessert was wonderful!!! I'll be taking Mike to this place because he would love it!!!
And speaking about food, Pinterest has been one of my best friends when it comes to seasonal foods!!! Ashlyn helped me put these together for a healthy snack to take along to Matt Lapps on Saturday night.
And we made this to take along to small group last night. It's really simple and all I did was pop a bunch of white popcorn, add pretzels, M&M's and Easter cookie sprinkles. Then I melted white chocolate and poured it on top. Mixed it all up real good and dumped it in a nice bowl. Done. Easy and it was a hit!
March is going by fast and I do know that Spring weather will arrive at my back door here one of these weeks. Until then, I'm staying indoors and enjoying my warm home!!!
