Coloring Eggs

My mom was planning an Easter egg hunt last night at her house, but we wanted the kids to have a chance to dye eggs, so we dyed them Saturday night and had a mini-egg hunt at our house Easter morning. Here are the pictures of the dying process. Dylan:

I copied my friend, Nicole's, idea, and made a rainbow egg, but our flash on our camera is a little overzealous. So you can't see that it's rainbow:

Ben snapped this picture right as Dylan was about to spill a cup of dye all over the table. Luckily, I grabbed it just in time. So funny:

Sadie:

Ben was writing "Kar + Ben" on an egg. So sweet:

We bought a little tye-dying kit, so here's Ben, trying that out:

Easter Baskets Make Great Hats!

Cute Aunt Lex

My sister, Lex, came up for spring break last week, and we had so much fun with her. I caught a really cute moment with her and Sadie. My kids love their aunts!!

Swimming (Again)

I'm so sorry if you're annoyed that I'm posting another thing about swimming, but the last time we went, it was with my sister, Beads, and this time, it's with my sister Lex. And last time, my mom had just had surgery and couldn't swim with us, but this time, she could. And my sisters and I use each others' blogs to download any photos we want from each other. And my kids just got new swimsuits from Brenda the Awesome. So, with all of these factors in mind, I'm posting another swimming post. I hope you're not too bugged. We went to the Apple Athletic Club again and had a blast. Lex and Sadie:

Mom and Brockie:

Nat and Troy:

Sadie, always sitting by the stairs:

Mom:

Dylie:

Jake, Troy, and Nat:

A Year with Frog and Toad

Months and months ago, my sweet mom got tickets for Dylan, me, my sister (Nat), and my nephew (Jake) to a play called A Year with Frog and Toad. It's based on a children's book by the same name:

Mom bought Nat and I each the book to start reading to Dylan and Jake, to get them prepared. Nat read the book to Jake a couple of times, but Dylan wouldn't read it, no matter what I tried. I think he was turned off by the pictures - not as flashy as he would like, probably.

The play was performed in the Colonial Theatre in Idaho Falls - it's been around since 1919! They used to have vaudeville-type plays there. It was renovated and reopened in 1999. Here's a picture of the interior:

We took pictures of each other before the play started. Nat and Jake:

Dylan and me:

And mom and her grandkids:

The play was really cute. My favorite character is Snail. Toad never gets any mail, and it makes him sad. So Frog writes Toad a letter and gives it to Snail to deliver to Toad. It takes Snail a whole year to get there. He was a really cute character:

The play was cute. Nat and I were laughing about the way the characters spoke - Nat calls it the "Broadway Voice." It reminds me of how Gaston, in Beauty and the Beast, talks. It's like he's still singing, kind of. And all verbrato-ey. The actors were all fabulous singers, and the set was really cute.

Jake was enthralled. He paid attention to the whole play. Dylan, unfortunately, got bored quickly. He wasn't necessarily interested in the play itself, but he would ask things like, "Mom, how did they get fog on the stage?" and "Where is that light coming from?" I had to keep yanking him down in his seat, because he kept standing up. The play ends where it begins, and when the characters sang the same song as they did before, Dylan says loudly, "Mom, do we have to watch this whole thing again?!?!? I guess he didn't inherit his mom's taste for theatre.

I had a great time. Thanks, Mom! Without you, our lives would be dull indeed. Thanks for being our Sugar Mama! :)

Whose Kids ARE These??

I really, really hate celery. I can stand it if it's chopped and sauteed in butter, and stuffed in a casserole or something, but otherwise, no way, dude. I was chopping some the other night, and Dylan asked for a stick of celery to snack on. I gave him one, smirking, because I thought he would hate it. He totally loved it!! I told him that I heard somewhere that peanut butter is really good on celery sticks, and he asked if he could have some. He ate the whole thing! Crazy.

Of course, Sadie wanted one, too, and she also liked it! Who knew?? She's wearing undies in this shot - we've moved from naked from the waist down to underwear from the waist down. She's doing well with the peeing aspect of potty training. The pooping is a whole other, awful story. I'll have to dedicate a post to that one.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

We didn't do anything extra-special for St. Patrick's Day - I thought for a minute about doing green eggs and ham, but I just feel too crummy to put forth any extra effort. I've had the ingredients to make a pie for a couple of weeks now, but I can't find the energy to make it! My sister, Lexi, is in town, and my mom offered to take Lex, Nat and her family, and me and my family out for lunch yesterday (thanks, mom!). We went to Papa Kelsey's, me and Lex's favorite. Here's Sadie and me - I'm showing that she's wearing green:

Nat and Troy. Nat felt really gross yesterday, so she was a good sport to pack up her kids and come out:

Here's a pic of Lexi and Dylan. She's showing us a piece of Papa Kelsey's luscious garlic cheesy bread. That's all she and I ever order and eat there. It's soooo good:

Mom and Sadie. Not sure what Mom is doing!!

Jake and Brock. I actually got Brock to look at the camera! It's a miracle!!

Dylan got a little Pokemon toy out of a coin machine there. He wanted to make sure I took a picture of it: