Dying/Painting/Mod Podging Easter Eggs

Dying Easter eggs is a fun tradition in our family. This year we also painted, decoupaged and made little chicks/ducks out of egg cartons.


Sydney was very focused as she dyed her eggs.


Aubrey needed a bit more guidance but enjoyed painting her eggs.


Tyler painted and dyed. Here is a great shot of how pensive he is.


Sydney and I put the finishing touches on her blue feathered friend.


Poor Aubrey got a bit messy...but we're not surprised.

Easter Saturday bike ride

The Saturday before Easter we went for a bike ride after dying eggs. We rode up to the park and had a good time playing.


Sydney liked to hang on the "turter."


Maddie liked the turter too.


...and slide down the slide.


...and hang on the water fountain. Apparently she likes hangin' out.


We can see where Syd gets her energy. Allyson enjoyed going down the slide as well.


Little Ally likes the tire swing and the regular swings. She was going much higher than this but I didn't get any shots of it.


Mom and Allyson were a little tuckered out after the "long" bike ride.

Making Soap and Cards

I know I'm a little late (again), but here's some Stay-cation activities that we enjoyed during our Spring Break.


Card making, by Allyson. I was a little late for this because of work so I just made the kits for each card.


Soap making: fun but very precise process. I can't wait to use our soaps!


Ally looking so beautiful as she stirs the mixture.


The different scents of soap we made.

Picnic at the Duck Park

Saturday Ally, Sydney, Grandma D, Nathaniel, Susan, Tyler, Aubrey, and I decided to make good use of all the old bread I bring home from the bakery and go feed the ducks at the fishing ponds. Unfortunately, the ducks were not very hungry and we still have a ton of bread but we did have a fun picnic and a good time!


At the "Blue." The park has a blue shade cover and Syd wanted to go play there.


Tyler entertained himself by taking pictures with my camera. Not bad!


Apparently he needed to take a shot of Aubrey's cute hair too.


They did this on their own while we were walking to the park. We tried to get all four of them lined up but there was little cooperation.


Syd walked a little ways away from us and lay down in the grass. I asked her what she was doing and she replied, "Sleeping."


Aubrey wanted to sleep too but she just couldn't bring herself to put her head on the ground. She does look like a little model though!


Tyler enjoyed catching ladybugs and made me hold them for him while he played. *shudder*