Here are some pics from Easter weekend...
Caitie and I made Krispy Easter Eggs. They're made like the regular Rice Krispies Treats, except they're egg shaped and decorated. I got the idea from the Pioneer Woman's blog. They turned out kinda cute. We did this on the Friday before Easter.
We went to Woods Canyon Lake the next day (saturday). The lake area was closed, which is unusual, but we made the best of it. We found patches of snow on the ground. The girls had a blast. Here Caitie is throwing a snowball at me.
Caitie loves snow.
Bailey tried to build a small snowman but her hands got cold and she gave up. We didn't bring mittens... I didn't know it was cold enough for there to be snow on the ground. I guess I should have checked the weather conditions first? um, yeah...
Michael throwing a huge clump of snow in the air. It was pretty cool lookin' when it would smash on the road.
Walkin' down the road...
Michael suggested I take some pics with the camera on the road. Here is what I got... I like how they turned out. There was no traffic due to the road being closed to vehicles, so it was a good time to take these kind of pics.
All four of us are in this pic; I used the self-timer for this one.
When we got home on Saturday night, we colored Easter eggs. Everyone got to bed pretty late that night, especially me. After everyone went to bed, I had to get the girls' Easter baskets ready and the egg hunt clues printed, etc. About the time I got to bed, Caitie came and got me up to go huntin' for her Easter basket. ha
While Caitie was out of school for Spring Break, we did some craft projects. One of them was this bunny. I had fun makin' it. I put the first clue on his feet. I put the clues inside plastic Easter eggs.
Lookin' at the clue...
Here they are after finding their Easter baskets.
After they went through their Easter baskets, they went on an egg hunt in the house and then out back. They looked for the colored eggs inside, and the plastic eggs filled with money, little rubber balls, and candy, out back.
They both got 'grabbers', for lack of a better term, to help pick up the eggs they found. It's the lazy way to pick up the eggs; can't have them using all their energy bending over and reaching up, etc. ha Yes, I put one of the plastic eggs up in a tree.
I got the girls coloring books and regular books explaining the real meaning of Easter. Here is Caitie reading her book.
I suggested we go get some Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast. Yum! Caitie picked a blueberry muffin, but ate her share of the donuts as well.
I got a pretty bracelet craft to put in Caitie's Easter basket. Each 'jewel' and bead means something... the clear means 'purity', and the other jewels/beads have meaning as well. It's to teach what God expects from His children. It has a cross charm as well. She did a good job putting it together; I think it's pretty.
I made a nice ham dinner and we finished watching The Bible program that was on the History Channel at dinnertime. Bailey conked out while I was makin' dinner. She loves her yellow bunny and chick, and Caitie's purple bunny as well.
We had a nice Spring Break, with the exception of Bailey being sick for part of it (with a cold), and a nice Easter. :)
