Easter, Beach, Etc.

Easter...

We didn't go to the Lyman egg hunt this year, since both girls had speech at that time. We colored some eggs the night before, for fun. Nothing fancy, just food color and crayon for designs. They liked dipping them in different colors to see what happened. Sunday was rainy, so no outside egg hunt. I had scoured up all the little toys laying around, and stuffed them in eggs. I bought one bag of M&Ms, divided some of it into the eggs. When stuffed, we have a grocery bag full. Mark hid the eggs while the girls and I straightened up Meghan's room. They had such a blast searching for them! Jenna wanted to open each one as she found it, but we finally got her to just put them in her basket, and they opened them at the end - it didn't matter who had found what egg, and the candy ended up split fairly evenly. They also each got a chocolate rabbit, but Meghan didn't want hers. She is very particular about her candy! They had already picked out and opened their toys the week before, so it was a fairly laid-back Sunday aside from the egg hunt!

Last Sunday we went to Washington Park, outside of Anacortes. We like to take a picnic lunch and go there. There's a playground for the kids, a boat dock for small boats where people pull big boats with small vehicles (we just shake our heads!), and lots of gravel beaches and tide pools. The field next to the playground had all these little white flowers. The girls had fun clambering over the rocks.

I went through the girls clothes today, pulling out stuff they don't fit in anymore. Jenna still has a good selection, since I also pulled out the stuff from Meghan. Meghan's closet is looking a little peaked! Unfortunately, she's at an awkward size - too tall for a 6, too skinny for a 7/8. Though some of the Tshirts these days are sized totally weird - she has a 10/12 that is just a little wider than a 6/8 - wider, not longer! School dress code is that no belly should be visible, even during movement. I'll end up buying boys clothes just because they're cut longer! I'm buying patterns on sale, and plan on sewing most of her clothes so they'll fit her.