Happy Easter!

It is Easter time once again! I really do love celebrating all holidays with my girls and seeing them get excited about the little traditions we have started. This year my sister and her kids were at our house so we had a fun filled morning before heading to church. We hid little plastic eggs around the house the night before. You would have thought it was Christmas when the kids all woke up on Easter morning. They were up early (way earlier than we wanted) and were ready to check out all their goodies.

I found these super cute kitty umbrellas online and thought my girls would love to use them in all the Florida rain showers/hurricanes we tend to get.
The kids all lined up with their baskets, ready to hunt for eggs.

Of course I would have matching dresses for my girls :)

Egg Hunt

We had so much fun last year at an Easter egg hunt that my friend's church had that we decided to go again this year. We were running a little late but got there just in time to find the eggs.

I (usually) love that my girls dress themselves. By that I mean that they are very particular about what they wear and like to pick out their own outfits. What I like about it is that it shows their independance and helps them learn to make decisions. The hard part is that sometimes what they choose is not so appropriate for the day. Avery chose her own dress today because Easter is a special occasion and even though she would running around in the grass, she still wanted to wear a nice dress. Paige on the other hand decided to dress up with lots of jewelry. Most of which I made her take off in the car because the amount was a little bit of a safety hazard.

Finally!!

It was about time we got some new family pictures taken! The last time we had them taken was Nov of 2007! Paige was only a month old. I think these are long overdue! Here are a sampling. Enjoy!

Strawberry Festival

Wow it has been way too long since I posted anything. Life has been busy. A couple weeks ago we enjoyed our anual tradition of going to the Strawberry Festival. The girls love it and we always leave full of yummy strawberry shortcake. Here is Avery very proud of her creation after going through the make your own strawberry shortcake line.

Paige heard the cake part of strawberry shortcake and decided the cake was all she wanted. Silly girl!

Our favorite park and a beautiful day!

Sunday was the most beautiful day you could ask for. It reminded me why I live in Florida. To take advantage of the warm sunshine we headed to our favorite park. What a great time we had!

Daddy taught Paige to climb the rock wall. She caught on very quickly but nearly gave me a heart attack each time she climbed up. I tried to refrain from reaching down and grabbing my baby the second Adam let go but I knew I had to let her do it for herself. She is so strong and did great on her own. And she loved it! She climbed up over and over and over again.

"I did it Mommy!"

The apple does not fall far.....

Can you tell these two are related???

Gimper's visit

Gimper was in Orlando last week and stayed a few extra days to visit with us. It was great to see him and the girls were very excited that he was going to sleep over at our house. Saturday was pretty cold and rainy so we did some painting at home. The girls painted pictures for Gimper to take back home to Mamaw, Grammie and Grampie. I hope they love them!

Gotta love finger paints!