Easter 2016

I decided that we would dye eggs with just Jackson and I. So I got it all set up one day during Camden's nap.

He was very excited and we had a great time doing it together!

He colored on some of them with a wax crayon so that when he dyed them a design or words would show up.

My friend Annie Jo hosted a big egg hunt at a local playground. The boys and I went and they had so much fun!

So the way the egg hunt is designed is genius! Each kid has a different kind of egg that they choose before it starts. Then they only hunt for those eggs! So there's no race for who's fastest and who grabs the most. Each kid gets 10 eggs. Camden had the carrots. At the end you dump the candy out of the eggs and hand back the eggs so they can use them the following year.

Easter baskets the Easter Bunny left

Checking out what he got

He loves his new shark goggles

I seem to make a strawberry dessert ever year for Easter. This year I made a strawberry roll cake. It was so yummy!

Still rockin' his new goggles

Heading out for the egg hunt

Jackson was super quick gathering eggs

Camden liked to stop after each one and open it to see what he got!

Beautiful Iris's blooming in the yard :)

Easter Weekend 2015 and Spring Break

 Yummy mini cheesecakes I made

 We dyed eggs at the lake. It got pretty messy. Camden was quick to toss them (yes, we wound up with several broken shells) into the dye and then move on to the next one. Jackson was more into using the metal egg holder but quickly got deterred after seeing Camden's method. It was fun but quite an undertaking with an 18 month old and a almost 4 year old!

 Seeing the goodies the Easter bunny left - kickboards, bubbles, play-doh and a book!

 Then we headed out for the Easter egg hunt

 Poor Camden had a hard time holding onto his basket. It kept tipping over and everything would fall out.

He started to get the hang of it and wound up with several eggs. Jackson was super quick but was kind enough to leave a few for Camden. My dad told me it reminded him of when David and I were little. He'd get 33 eggs and I would get 3 but was still happy!

 So excited to see what he got in his eggs!

 Sweet brothers

 Silly boy!

Gorgeous house :) We love spending time at the lake!

 Playing with their new bubble blowers

 Cute bunny feet!

Jimmy headed home on Sunday to go back to work and Jackson, Camden and I stayed a couple of days since it was spring break. We played inside, played outside, took walks, and Papa, Jackson and I even went to the movie theater to see his first movie in the theater. We saw Home. It was too cute and he sat on the edge of his seat the whole movie!

 My tulips at home started blooming right before we left so I cut them and brought them to enjoy the pretty blooms

 Drinking lemonade and watching for boats

On Wednesday, Camden and I headed home and Jackson stayed for a couple of days with Nana and Papa. They went fishing, made peanut butter balls, went to story time at the library, dinner (and ice cream!) at the club, and more fishing. He even caught a few fish!

Getting ready to fish!

 He caught a brill first and then a 12" catfish. He was super excited he caught it but was scared of it when Papa held it up to take a picture with it.