Happy Easter

Yes, I'm old school, dress the kids in their Easter best...

NOT So Darling...

Sometimes my kids are NOT darling little ones, in fact I would say most of the time they seem to be quite the opposite. The twins in particular, seem to have the knack to sneak off at the exact time that I am, loading the dishwasher, loading the washing machine, mopping or vacuuming, etc.. Generally, anytime that I take my eyes off of them for a full five minutes. They love their new found games of fun, like, writing on the walls and floors with markers and crayons, finding my purse and destroying ALL of my make-up and covering their walls and beds with my lipstick, (not to mention the still missing lip pencil that they have cleverly hid for another days wall art). This morning they decided what fun it would be to fill Daddy's Ugg boots with toothpaste and hair gel.

Easter Bonnet

If I got to pick moments to freeze, several would be the days I pick Alex up from Kindergarten and she walks out, beaming with pride, wearing some type of hand crafted (by her) paper garment, (hat, mask, apron, etc). Someday she'll think she's "way too cool" for this, so I have learned that I really need to slow down and cherish these moments, because this age will be gone in a blink of an eye.

She's growing up...

Alex has been begging to get her ears pierced for about a year. I waited to see if it was just a passing phase. She usually asks for something, then begs for it, then forgets about it a day later. Not this time. I finally caved and took her down to the mall to do it. I thought if she watched a couple of kids in line before her, have them done, she just might chicken out. Nope. She jumped up on the chair and went for it!

I have never seen such a proud look on her face when she walked out with her ears sparkling, her smile stretched from ear to ear...