Easter Weekend

 Easter weekend was great.  Ty didn't have to work at all so, it was fun to be able to spend it as a family.  Here is what the weekend consisted of:

Easter egg dying -- with sparkles, of course.

I taught Mckinlay how to embroider.  She is loving it and keeps calling it her "knitting."   It's pretty cute how into it she is. 

 As per tradition, on Saturday we went out for an early dinner while the "Easter Bunny" {aka neighbor Holly} came to our house to hide our eggs and fill our baskets.

 The anticipation was almost too much for the girls to be able to eat their dinner, but the wait paid off because they got "Barbie and the Mermaid Tale" part 1 and 2.  {and now I can't get "she's the queen of the wa-a-a-aves..." out of my head} I've never seen two more excited girls.  

Mckinlay said: 

"How did the Easter bunny KNOW i wanted this so badly!?  Is the Easter bunny my brother or something?" 

Funny she would automatically assume it was a non-existent family member, and not, perhaps, her own mother.

We had a great Sunday filled with sunshine, family time, church, yummy dinner and enjoyed watching the Church's new Bible videos and teaching the girls about Christ and the Resurrection.  

It was a great weekend!  

april fools!

Mckinlay has been eagerly anticipating April Fool's Day.  About a month ago her friend Molly told her about a trick they played on their dad last year.  They put Jello in cups with straws so it looked like juice, and he fell for it.  Mckinlay thought that was the funniest thing she had ever heard and has been planning on tricking Dad the same way.  She talked about it all the time.  Usually at the dinner table.  She'd look at me and say something like "Mom.  Don't forgot the thing we're gonna do.  You know, when we trick (head motion in Dad's direction)." Then she would giggle and giggle.

I made the Jello cups Saturday night.  I knew she had forgotten April Fool's was the next day, but I also knew she'd be sad if she missed her day to trick Dad.  I decided I better come up with a few tricks for her too.

I snuck into her room and drew a big curly mustache on her while she was sleeping.  It was all I could do to not wake her up because I started laughing so hard.  Then I put some blue food coloring on the blue bristles of her tooth brush.

The next morning she came in, as she usually does after waking up, to say good morning.  Mckinlay wakes up early so she goes back to her room to play while Ty and I sleep a little longer.  A few mins later she comes back in and says, totally confused: 

"Mom.  I have a mustache on me!"

I said:

"That's because it's April Fools Day!"

Then she ran out of the room and started jumping up and down in front of the mirror saying: 

"I grew a mustache for April Fool's Day and it's SO funny!" 

She could not stop laughing.  

Then she ran down stairs and came back up and said confused:

"Mom, there aren't any decorations up for April Fool's Day...

Oh wait a second, I'M THE DECORATION because I have a mustache on me!"

Unfortunately she took a bath before I could get a picture.

But after her bath she brushed her teeth and about died laughing because her mouth turned blue.  

She didn't want to wipe the blue off her face so she could show her friends who were all coming over for our traditional Conference Brunch. 

While cooking breakfast we pulled out the "juice" and "tricked" Dad.

Several times during the day Mckinlay said: 

"I love April Fool's Day! And I love 'Gennifer Conference!'  This is the best day of my life."

...and just for cuteness sake, here is Liza with her solo version of "Pearly Shells"