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Despite appearances, my children are still NOT potty-trained. Patience. Definitely a lesson in patience.

So many "pretties"

Did you know I thought barrettes were called "pretties" until college? Kelsie got some pretties in her easter basket. She kept handing me more to put in her hair - it was good entertainment.


I love how happy she is in this one - I can tell I caught her mid-laugh, which I rarely do - she likes to pose a lot.

Egg Hunt

Sorry about the faint background squeal - our camera is puttering out. Of course it probably didn't help that I left it on top of Mom's van a year ago and it flew off - I should be grateful it still works, huh?

Easter Egg Hunt - it was more than a little cold!!!

Easter Morning in Burlington

Gotta have the peep face-stuffer pics - I think this is going to be a recurring picture over the years!

You have to give him SOME points for relocating to the couch - plus, it was like 7 in the morning on his day to sleep in.






Grandma way a lot better about letting the kids do the dying. When I did it, I mostly just let them pick the color. Kelsie practically THREW the eggs into the cups (she only broke a few). It was a BAD idea to try to move the mugs away from her, as she JERKED them back, usually spilling dye all over the counter. Tyler's eggs were all "unique" colors, because he liked to try them in all different mugs - a lot of browns.

Painting Easter "Baskets"

Easter Prep in Cody

Judy had some easter shopping to do in Cody, and I had a plethera(sp?) of sugar cookie dough to roll out, bake, and frost. Tallon and Kristen were very good about not eating too many. MY kids, on the other hand, had a VERY healthy dinner of sugar cookies (or in Kelsie's case, mostly straight frosting).




I think Kelsie put like an inch of frosting on this - it was the only cookie she frosted before she opted to stop frosting the cookies and start frosting her tongue.


The Barker tongue (though I found out that Judy's kids do that too). The one below is a little blurry, but I just love how it is poking out of the side of his mouth.







Ummm...I was amazed at how bright the colors turned out, and was wondering why most of the eggs were peeling a little bit. Found out a few days later at Judy's house that you're supposed to add WATER to the mix - I guess I stopped reading the instructions before I got to that part. 3 tablespoons of vinegar didn't seem like enough liquid in the mug...so I added more until it looked right. So if you want eggs that look like ours, remember--STRAIGHT vinegar, no water!