Easter (part deux)

Easter Sunday came a little early this year. Emmy and Louie found their baskets and we headed off to church.

They got a light saber and some crocs (and some candy) in their baskets. Louie asked when the Easter bunny had time to shop at Target, because that's where you get a light saber....

Oh, and they got some new sunglasses and undies too.

Emily was so careful and deliberate about going through her basket. Either that or she was still half asleep.

Then, after church we headed out back to find the eggs that the bunny hid out there. Whew, found them all!

The Easter Bunny screwed up this year...she spotted these cute puzzles at Target and there were some 25 piece puzzles on the shelf next to them....Well, the bunny grabbed the wrong ones and they got 100 piece puzzles.
The Tapio cousins came over and ate a delicious BBQ chicken and ribs dinner. We then played some fun games out in front.

Easter (part one)

Coloring eggs! We colored egges on Saturday before Easter.


I love the concentration that this girl put into coloring the eggs.
and then there is this one....he wasn't concentrating at all.

half the eggs were done. I ordered the egg coloring kit from Coborn's Delivers and it had 9 colors in it! NINE!

Patiently waiting for the coloring process to be complete.

patiently More concentrating going on.

I think we colored a total of 18 eggs. Lots of fun!

Spaghetti and Meatballs

We have another favorite meal around our house....and Emily LOVES to help make it!
Spaghetti and Meatballs! This recipe is in the "easy" catagory and relatively quick to make.

Dan and I were pleasantly surprised to watch our kids clean their pasta bowls when we served this to them last week. Twisty noodles are a definite favorite.

Special

Each week at NELC, there is a special person in the class. This week, it is Louie.
He was VERY excited to be the special person and had a great time going through pictures to pick out some for his poster. He chose the photos that he wanted to bring....
Each of the kids in the class tell the teacher a nice thing about the special person and it gets written on the poster, funny to read what the others are saying about him.
The "special" boy!

Sunshine and happiness....

62....that is what the thermometer said today! After my disagreeable and defiant 3 year old took a nap, we headed up to St. Kate's to feed the ducks our old crusty bread.

The ducks were waddling around on top of the half of the pond with ice on it.

Highlight of the day: sheets on the clothes line!

This was the second best smell of the day....love the smell of charcoal!

Here's the last of the snow left in our yard...and as I was walking around checking thing out, I noticed that all the onions that didn't come up last year are coming up now. The onions are about 2 inches tall now.

We didn't get the patio furniture out yet, so the kids had to sit in the driveway like this:

sort of trailer trash....

the dells, swimming lessons and goggles

We went to the Mall of America last night to exchange a pair of clogs that I ordered for Emily. Those European sizes are so confusing for me! I've been eyeing the summer swim collection at Hanna Andersson, waiting for a sale. The color combo is my absolute favorite!

We needed to get swim suits for our weekend in the Wisconsin Dells in April and also for the many weeks of swimming lessons this summer! We found some goggles at Hanna Andersson too! Emily and Louie put them on in the store and walked around the whole mall with them on, slept in them and also wore them to my office this morning to pick up my computer.

After shopping, we went to Nickelodeon Universe to go on a couple rides. It was really crappy and raining outside, so it was a nice break. First stop, the tour bus.

Louie chickened out on the rides. He headed to Lego Land with Dad to build a race car and check out the Star Wars Lego sets. He thinks that he's old enough for an 800 piece set of Legos to build the Death Star? not a chance!

Emily wasn't afraid of the rides. First we went on Dora and Boots Ferris Wheel.

Then, we went over to the Hot Air Balloon ride. It was fun and Emily loved it!

She really wanted to go on the Backyardigans Swing Along, but I thought she might still be a little young for it. There is a Blues Clues ride coming soon!

We found Louie over in Lego Land and persuaded him to go on the Big Rigs. He wanted to go again and again...

But, we had to go home and get to bed. It was another late night. 8:30 to bed! and they both still love their goggles!

A Long Time Ago.....

I had a blog that I updated more than once a month....
Last month, Dan and I went up to Larsmont, outside of Two Harbors with some friends for a long weekend. Emily and Louie went to Grandma's for the weekend.
We got up there Friday night and unpacked....unpacked the wine.

After a lovely Friday night of dinner and drinks, the boys needed a little hot tub time on Saturday morning to "cleanse" and get ready for the day.

While they were in the hot tub, I headed down to the Lake and took some pictures. Lake Superior is beautiful in the winter.

Then, the guys sent a friend some birthday wishes. We went to a little bar in Two Harbors and had one of the best bloody mary's ever!

This is the law firm that is right across the street from the bar....

We went to Canal Park in Duluth to see what was going on, the Lift Bridge is under construction this winter, while the shipping season is on hiatus. I wondered if they were building a space shuttle in there.

Then we headed out to Park Point to see the beach....this totally reminds me of Florida, minus the ski slopes in the background....

We went for a walk on the beach.
We headed up to Gooseberry Falls.

Check out the stairs that went down to the falls, we decided to go off the beaten path.

After Gooseberry, we headed up to Split Rock.

It was a lovely long weekend!