by Jennifer | Apr 10, 2012 | Blog
Here are a few highlights from our Easter weekend . . .
Tom had a very busy week and weekend at work, so we decided to do our family egg hunt on Saturday morning. The sun was actually out so we put our coats on and headed outside for an egg hunt!
Dying Eater eggs (also outside)
Easter morning before church, we made Resurrection rolls (croissants wrapped around a marshmallow that disappears when baked, leaving an empty hole in the middle.) It was the perfect way to start off Resurrection morning before church. We were also able to open our last Resurrection egg (which of course was empty as well) before we headed out the door. Here are the girls checking out the empty “tomb”.
After church, the girls and I headed out to Uncle Chuck and Aunt Patti’s house to visit with family (and look for more eggs.)
A few hours later, we were off to The Lobster Shop for a very late brunch and to see Tom, who had been working since 4 a.m. The weather was amazing, so having dinner right on the water was perfect. This was the first time the girls had eaten here and they were very excited.
Walking on the waterfront just outside the restaurant
by Jennifer | Mar 27, 2012 | Blog
Sage spent a few weeks working on her Science Fair project this year. She decided to see what would happen if she left her lunch out for 2 weeks . . . yuck!
The final result
Sharing her project with one of the first grade teachers the evening of the Science Fair
Sage with her friend Makenna
Sage and her wonderful teacher, Mrs. Jewett
by Jennifer | Mar 27, 2012 | Blog
I haven’t done a very good job of posting lately . . .so here is what we’ve been up to this month.
Crazy hair night at AWANA
Ashley wants to be like Sage and asks for a hair towel each night.
We had the chance to visit a farm of a couple at church and after we saw all the baby goats and lambs, each of the girls got a fresh egg, just laid that they. We came home and enjoyed them right away.
Wii fit Yoga in the morning
Ashley and Molly with their new Bibles, getting ready to start looking up verses with our Resurrection Eggs starting tomorrow! They are very excited to have Bible like ours and Sage’s.
Celebrating Dr. Seuss’ Birthday – the only way to eat green eggs and ham . . . in a quiche! Yummy!!
Sage reading Green Eggs and Ham to us at breakfast
Useless dress day at MOPS (My fabulous dress is from Jennifer and Joel Perez’s wedding 15 years ago. It still fits after 3 kids!)
It snowed . . . again . . . and again . . . and again!
St. Patrick’s Day – potatoes for lunch, corned beef and cabbage for dinner and shamrock prints with a green pepper for a craft
by Jennifer | Feb 15, 2012 | Blog
Sugar, sugar, sugar (with a few fruits and veggies thrown in) . . . gotta love Valentine’s Day!
We started off the morning with breakfast as a family before Tom headed off for a busy day at work.
Then Sage headed off to school and the girls and I got ready for our Valentine party – complete with games, crafts, playdough, fun treats, and of course, Valentine cards! We had a house full of moms and kids, but it went really well and we had a lot of fun. (I don’t have any pictures yet as I was too busy to take any, but hope to get some soon from other moms who were there.)
After school, the 3 girls looked at each others’ Valentines and of course played Valentine party (decorating a bag and passing out more Valentines.) Then dinner, bubble baths, stories and off to bed! What a busy day!
It’s after 8 and the dinner rush is going for Tom at work. I know I will have one tired husband at the end of the day. (Actually he’s probably tired now, but too busy to think about it.) We’ll enjoy spending time with him on Thursday and Friday when he’s off!
by Jennifer | Feb 6, 2012 | Blog
Last night was amazing! Tom, Sage and I had been looking forward to it for so long and the night finally came! (Molly and Ashley had been looking forward to their sleep over at Mrs. Cook’s house too! Thanks Sarah!!) We drove up to Seattle and started with dinner at Benihanna. (Teppan is always my first choice when eating out!) Sage was so excited. Their children’s menu was a chef hat. She joked about cooking her own dinner.
After dinner we headed across the street to the theater to wait in line for the musical. We were in row N in the middle and could see perfectly! The musical was wonderful (with the exception of one scene right before the intermission.) Sage had a huge smile on her face throughout most of the musical and Tom and I kept glancing over to watch her reaction to the singing and dancing. I’m sure we’ll be seeing even more singing and dancing from Sage after last night! The only thing missing from the night is a picture of Tom . . .
