Easter 2011

We celebrated Easter with the Kidd Family at NaNa's annual easter party. This year Papa had his first egg decorating contest. We all had so much fun making something to enter. 

Grayson won first place and $20 for his golden metallic egg. 

I made some fun egg shaped cake balls.

It was freezing this Easter, but we still went outside to plan the ballon game and have an eater egg hunt.  

As always we had way to much candy and the kids had to get extra baskets to hold their loot. In fact, I'm pretty sure the Easter bunny didn't bring much the next day. 

The kids were sure lucky to have Jarred and I to help them eat all that candy. 

Kate is Four

 Kate was counting the days after Clair's birthday and Finally got her day to celebrate. 

I love these pictures they capture her beautiful eyes and fun personality. 

She requested a strawberry shortcake birthday since strawberries are her favorite thing right now.  She supervised the making of her cake and even helped put on the polka dots. 

She's been eyeing the bitty twins in Lydia's catalogues for months. It was fun to grant her wish. 

She also got a suitcase full of clothing and accessories. 

She loved them so much she didn't want to take them out of the suitcase and drug them around the house  for days. I was worried the suitcase was a big mistake every time I heard it go bounding down the stairs or she would scream for me to come open it. 

Eventually she was okay with leaving it in her room and learned how to open and close it by herself. 

Her favorite outfits are the PJ's. 

She likes to swaddle her babies and put them to sleep. 

Happy Birthday Kate! Our lives wouldn't be the same without you. 

Build A Bear with Kate

To make Kate's birthday special I took her, Clair and her best friend Camilla to build a bear. 

I'm not a fan of build a bear but I knew she would love it. 

She picked a dog and named her six. The name didn't last long, that night it was simply puppy. 

Her favorite part was grooming her dog and giving her a bath. 

Fiesta!

We had a little fiesta with my dad's family and I couldn't help but share some of the pictures. Not many people own several sombreros, my crazy dad does.  He also made some amazing carnitas tacos.  If you've ever wondered where I get my passion from, it comes from my daddy. 

St. Paddy's Day

Although I made the girls some green attire, I completely slacked off in celebrating the day. I was to lazy to make green milk the night before and remembered I was going to make green pancakes after I poured the cereal. The kids still asked for green milk, which I quickly made. 

For dinner PaPa Jerry made corned beef rubens. They were Yummy. 

Luckily they did lots of leprechaun chasing at school. 

Clarissa is 2

I can't believe my baby is 2. We had a great little party with family. She loved being the center of attention. 

I made her a birthday outfit and hat. I was surprised at how excited she was about it all and kept her hat on all night

She loved her cake.

She started pulling the trees off and eating them while waiting for us to start singing. 

Dad had to help blow out the candle, but she gave it a good try. 

She was so excited to get her Backpack. After opening it, her eyes got huge and she just whispered, "backpack, backpack."

She also got a bike. We gave Kate the same one when she turned two. Jared ran it over with the truck a couple months later. I hope this one lasts a little longer.  

(Look at Kate in the background. This was a hard night for her. It's a good thing her birthday is in a couple of weeks.)

Clair is a joy to have in our home. She is always quick to smile or laugh. She has a pretty good sense of humor already. She thinks she is the same as her older siblings and tries to keep up with them. She doesn't let here little body stop her from doing anything. She still takes 3 to 4 hour naps so I love that. She is talking more and more everyday.  I love hearing what she is thinking. 

Bubble Ball and Swimming in Milk

We spent President's Day weekend in St. George. It was a fabulous trip. We especially enjoyed spending time as a family without phones, computers and day to day distractions. 

The day before we left I found this giant bubble ball thing at Costco and knew my kids would get hours of entertainment out of it. I was envisioning lots of fun moments on the lawn at Bear Lake. We tried it and loved it, except for two things. It took about and hour to blow up by hand and an hour to deflate. 

It was hollow inside, so the kids took turns having a crazy ride. 

Jared an I exceeded the weight limit but couldn't resist a turn ourselves. 

We never visit St. George without going to the Pool. This trip, we went twice. 

Clarissa has been calling any form of liquid "milk" for months. We keep correcting her but she won't give it up. It gave us a good laugh when she said, "swimming, milk" 

Grayson is growing braver and braver in the water. He was off the whole time by himself doing anything he could. 

We also enjoyed napping, reading, I finished "The Help", playing with Cox cousins, watching movies, and eating at the Pizza Factory.