riding bikes

Mike brought the kids bikes down on his trip to MI last week so we took the kids to an empty parking lot to ride them.  This was Anna's first time on a bike and she was thrilled!  she couldn't figure out the pedals but she didn't care. 
 

 

Daddy helping Anna ride

 

Josh found a pile of mulch and of course had to ride over it :) 

 

 

park with nana and papa

 

 

 

 

 

 

spending time with nana Cook

Nana and papa Cook came to visit us for the Easter weekend and we were all really excited to see them. 

showing nana his Reading Eggs game on the computer
 

Checking out nana's Nook reader 

 

 

watching Totoro before bed and eating popcorn 

 

homemade peeps

I LOVE peeps and decided we'd try making our own this year. 

pouring the honey surup into the gelatin 

oiling the mold so the marshmallows don't stick 

filling the molds with marshmallow 

piping the "chicks" 

 

 

finished "peeps" dipped in sugar (dyed with beet juice from the eggs) 

dying Easter eggs

We dyed eggs again this year using natural food dyes.  It takes a bit more time to dye them but it's fun to see what colors things will make and I feel much better about feeding the dyed eggs to my family. 

Getting the dyes all set up
 

from left to right: beet juice, carrots, turmeric, spinach-turmeric-red cabbage, green tea, red cabbage, red cabbage-beet juice, coffee

Josh with beet juice on his hand after putting his egg, and his entire hand, in the dye 

 

drawing on their eggs with white crayon 

 

Finished eggs, back left to front right: beet, carrot x2, red cabbage x2, cabbage/turmeric/spinach x2, green tea, turmeric, beet/cabbage x2


 

painting easter eggs

The kids painted some paper mache eggs today to use for our easter morning egg hunt
 

 

 

 

"gotta have blue hair!"
 

 

 

misc march pics

snuggling in the chair again

 

 

Nothing sweeter than a sleeping kid!
 

 

Robyn on her nest in the tree off our balcony