Hoppy Easter!

Wake up! The Easter Bunny came!


He brought chocolate, toys, shoes, and underwear!!!


We think we found all the eggs...

Time for Easter brunch in our twirly dresses!







Then some after-Brunch hair styling...





Post-brunch food coma...

Hoppy Easter! ;)

Tulip Fest 2011

This weekend, we seized the first (and one, and only!) 70 degree day of the year so far, and headed south to the tulip festival in Woodburn. We enjoyed an egg hunt (where Aubrey learned that in this case, taking your time doesn't exactly pay off), the beautiful tulips, bounce houses and "bungee jumping," some good photo ops, lots of opportunities to stretch our legs, and of course, the sunshine!!

Daddy and daughter

This pic is from Spring Break, when we visited a new family-friendly restaurant and play place. I recently rediscovered it on my phone, and it made me giggle. These two peas are certainly from the same pod! :)

Family day at CM2

Last weekend, we enjoyed a Saturday of fun play at CM2. The girls love this museum, because (as the apron says) it's a place where they can get messy. I think Aubrey's favorite part was the Curious George exhibit, where she scored several holes-in-one at the putt-putt course(!), and Camryn was enthralled by the new veterinarian exhibit. She drug the poor stuffed dogs around forever, it seemed, and by the end, had herself convinced that we need a dog. (Because I need *that* kind of messy at our house!? Sheesh...)

MS Walk 2011

Full of herself

After multiple not-so-funny jokes at dinner tonight (see previous post), somehow the conversation turned to the meaning of the word "genius." Naturally, Camryn described herself as one, so again, I probed further. We talked about he fact that you could be very good at many different hings, and regrettably, I asked Camryn to name a few she is good at. Here is just fraction of the list she rattled off (since I'm so old and everything, my ancient brain just couldn't remember them all):
Singing
Dancing
Art and drawing
Writing
Math
Reading
Using manners (sometimes)...(Ha! At least she admits it!)
Being nice to my sister
Turning off lights
Petting Maggie
Listening to my teacher
Being safe
Keeping my sister safe
Being nice to my friends
Baking and cooking
Giving hugs and kisses
Brushing my teeth
Feeding Maggie

Now, she does have a point here. Among other things, she is pretty good at all of he aforementioned subjects and actions. I found that she really is pretty in-tune with her personal strengths and weaknesses. The problem I found was with her answers to my follow-up question. I (again, regrettably) asked her what were some things Mommy is good at. And though she mentioned a few positives (giving hugs, taking care of us), the list was significantly shorter, and started with, "Telling us what to do..." and ended with, "...and signing checks."

Old Fashioned

So tonight at dinner, Camryn was entertaining us with some of her best jokes. After three or four good ones, she said, "Oh, I know! I've got an old fashioned knock-knock joke for you!"

After listening to said (un-funny) "joke," I probed further.

"What does 'old fashioned' mean?" I asked.

"Well," she replied, "It means it's like from a really, really, really, reeeeeally long time ago. Like in the 1980's!"

Wow. I was speechless. I had no idea that I myself, am practically an antique.