Easter Morning (sortof)

We decided to do Easter morning Saturday morning for many reasons. The main one was the Sunday morning is just too hectic for us since church is at 9 and I don't get off work until 7 am. The Easter Bunny "hid" Keira's brand new basket and a few eggs and she had so much fun discovering the fun things. She got some candy, a new Dora umbrella, sidewalk chalk and watercolors. She wanted to go outside right away to test her new sidewalk chalk but it is raining (what a shock) so maybe she will have to go test the umbrella instead.

Beautiful Eggs

Keira dyed her Easter eggs on Wednesday. She thought it was the most fun thing she had ever done. She mixed and mixed the eggs while they were dying. She had very bright ones because she wanted them to sit in the dye a really long time. Such an artist! Even though there were 6 colors I only let her do 3 since I only boiled 8 eggs to begin with. She chose the colors herself. Now I wonder if she will actually let us eat them.

Our Sporty Girls

How cute is this girl? I put this hat on her yesterday just because I thought it was funny and she thought it was the coolest thing. Can you see her doing her wiggle dance in the picture (aka the picture is blurry)? She also LOVES to play with this ball. We either put a blanket around her so she can roll it back and forth to herself or she loves someone playing with her. She is so good at rolling the ball to you and she can do it for hours. Keira never did this. She would just sit there and look at the ball. So it is fun to have a baby that rolls the ball. I should mention that Keira now can name every sport she sees and when she doesn't know one she asks what it is. She also has been begging me for a basketball hoop (I am thinking that is what she is getting for her birthday in a couple months) and just seems to have a real love for sports. Rick and I have no idea where this could come from because neither of us like sports and she has never witnessed either of us play one in any way. Funny how kids come up with their own hobbies right from the start.

What Goes on While I Am Sleeping?

I just found these pictures on my camera. What in the world goes on in my house while I am sleeping?!?

Keep going to the next post for some much cleaner pictures!

Oh How We Love to Smile!

Keira and Elaina were playing on the floor this morning and I decided to take pictures since they were happy and I actually remembered to take pictures (have you noticed I am the worst picture taker?). I love that all of these pictures show all of their happy faces. The one of Elaina that is blurry shows how excited she gets when she is happy. She dances back and forth and sometimes shakes her head. It is so funny. I just love my cute girls!

Long Hair

So I had just brushed Keira's hair while she was distracted by Dora and I was sitting on the couch watching her and I couldn't believe how long her hair is. I know it is long and everyone always comments on how long and beautiful it is and can't believe a 2 1/2 year old has so much hair but it is insane how long it is. I just love her hair and I am so afraid to cut it. So all I do (ok, my mom does) is cut her bangs.

I included a picture of Elaina just because she is cute and getting so big. She will be 7 months old in a couple days. I can't believe how time is flying. She is trying to teeth but even when she is cranky she still keeps smiling.

Just as an update, we have done the joint bath a couple times now and the girls think it is so much fun. They are getting so good at playing and interacting and they just love each other. I hope that it keeps going and that they are life long friends.

Having Fun

So I am trying to be better about having Rick or myself take pictures. I realized the other day that I didn't have any pictures of Elaina getting a bath so I told Rick to take some. Yes I do bathe my babies in the middle of the living room. I did it with Keira too. It is just easier for me. I think Elaina is going to have to graduate to the big girl tub now since she is getting good at sitting up. She loves to splash and play and be nakey though. Since day one. The only newborn I know who loved baths. Anyway, I had to get a picture of it to show to the boyfriends one day. Hopefully soon we will be doing the group baths. What a time saver that will be!

This morning Keira was playing with her legos so I thought it would be cute to plop Elaina down right by her. Elaina can still be unsteady sitting up so I surround her with a quilt if you are wondering what that is doing there. Anyway, they both loved it and played so well together. Keira would build stuff and show it to Elaina (although she refused to build anything while we were taking pictures. Typical.) Elaina would get any lego that got close enough to her and suck and drool all over it. Yummy. They are two cute little girls and I am so happy that they are in my family.