Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's on it's Way!

Phase 2 of "Catching Up":  The annual Reiman Garden's Easter Bunny Brunch!

To say this was fun for the kids would be an understatement...adding more words like SO exciting, awesome, amazing, and wonderful sounds better.  What's better in a kid's world than meeting the most famous bunny in the world...The Easter Bunny!  Every year my parents take our family along with my sister's family to Reiman Gardens for brunch, Easter crafts and activities, and an egg hunt. 

Isaiah wanted to decorate a bunny mask first.  I'm so proud of how well he is coloring now.  He really takes his time and stays in the lines.  I always felt like Ava was the one who liked to color and Isaiah had no interest...but now he really loves it.  I bet I stood there with him for over 15 minutes as he added a rainbow of colors to his mask.  He was very proud of it!

Ava loves any kind of craft and can spend hours doing anything involving markers, crayons, glue, scissors, paper, stickers...you name it...she'll be happy.

They also went to a face painting station where they got to choose what they wanted.  Ava chose a little chick.

...and here he is...the famous bunny!  They were loving this!

Isaiah wanted his face painted too!

He wanted a yellow bunny!

Brunch time with Grandma and Grandpa

My Dad with Isabelle and Julie

Mommy and her two excited little bunnies!

They always have a bunny petting area.  How cute are these little guys!

They were soooo soft...it made you want to take one home!

Pixar makes this short film called "The One Man Band."  Every time we see this in the conservatory, it reminds the kids of this little show they've seen.

Gaze upon the thousands of eggs they scatter around the gardens.  I love how they do this.  All eggs are empty and the kids collect as many as they can.  At the end of the hunt they exchange them for a prize bag.  That way each child leaves with the same thing.

On your mark...

...get set...GO!

All done...this was as much as her little bunny basket would hold.

Someone went all out!

After brunch we headed back to my parents house.  Isaiah was having Grandpa put together a new Lego watch he got from the Reiman Garden's gift shop.

Dancing with Grandma

Time to dye eggs

I have the CUTEST niece in the world!

What pretty colors!

Time for a little bike ride!

Ava loves Miss Isabelle's car

Kevin and Isabelle

Well that's another set of pictures I posted.  I just realized that I forgot my camera cord at school yesterday.  I may have to run up and get that.  This week the kids made their own little bunny Easter baskets, dyed lots of eggs at home, made Smores, and played outside LOTS!

Tomorrow we will be gone the entire day visiting family.  So if I don't have a chance to post, I wish you all a Happy Easter!

My Three Happy's:
1) Catching up on folding laundry
2) Listening to the kids playing with Andy...I hear the pitter patter of feet, shouts of laughter, and whatever game they are playing...I'm about ready to go up and join them. 
3) Being with our families tomorrow!

Just Another Sunny Day!

Computer won't connect to the Internet + possible user error + no idea what to do = no Internet for over 2 weeks!  No Internet for 2 weeks + tons and tons of pictures = WAY behind on blogging!  Computer suddenly connects + time to blog = catching up!

Can I tell you how crazy I've gone not being able to blog?  It  kind of felt like I was going through withdrawal for the first few days.  I knew it would eventually work again but kept thinking...when????

Phase 1 of  "Catching Up" was our trip to the Shrine Circus a few weeks ago.  Tim (Andy's sister's boyfriend) is a Shriner and got us tickets.  The kids had to much fun.  We only made it through half of the show last year and this year we stayed until the end. 

What's a circus without cotton candy, snow cones, and popcorn??

Seriously...I don't know how this guy kept running in this circle while spinning so high in the air...with no safety net!  It reminded me of a hamster wheel.

I think my favorite part of watching the tigers was when some of them would high five the other when they were done doing a trick.  It was so cute!

This guy was dancing on a disco ball...he thought he was pretty cool!

We loved the elephants too!  They'd smile when they did tricks!

 

 

Motorcycles on wires...now that was right up Isaiah's alley!

After the circus the kids wanted to go to Joe's Crab Shack by Jordan Creek.  They loved it!  Isaiah has developed quite a taste for seafood...Ava...not so much.  She'll just stick to either burgers or chicken fingers.  In all my shopping trips at Jordan Creek I've never walked around that little lake area.  It was really pretty!

They have this area that they must use for outdoor concerts.  Ava was dancing along on one of the seating rows and was acting silly.

Andy and Isaiah walking along too!

Ava and Isaiah had us stay in the sitting area while they put on a dance show for us.  This was such a fun day!

The weather has been soooo out of the ordinary lately!  It's been beautiful!  I don't think it's gotten below 65 degrees during the day for the past 2 weeks.  We've been able to spend so much more time outside then we typically do during this time of year.  The kids are more exhausted, which means they both go to bed earlier.  It's 8:15 and everyone is sleeping!  Stay tuned for the next "Catching Up" post tomorrow..."Hippity, Hoppity Easter's On It's Way."

My Three Happy's:

1) This computer works again.  I tried the same thing over and over and over again.  It just wouldn't connect.  Then last night...it finally worked.  I have no idea what I did...but apparently something different than what I had been doing.  Wish I would have written down the steps I took in case this happens again!

2) 35 days of school left!!  YEAH!

3) Our Disney vacation is getting closer and closer each day!  Ava and Isaiah have both informed me that we're not supposed to tell them when we are leaving.  They want it to be a surprise like last time.  When we went two Decembers ago we didn't tell them when we were going to leave.  We woke them up EARLY, got dressed in record time, and had donuts and juice waiting for them in the car.  Apparently they liked that and want to do that again.  Ava also informed me that she would like to be woken up first.  Someone must want to wake up her brother like she did last time.