Happy Easter

So, this is an extremely large Easter bunny decoration that Jeff's mom brought over. Luci loves it. The bunny lived in her bedroom for a bit and then made its way down for breakfast one day and stayed at our kitchen counter for about a week. Luci especially liked to take pics of us and the bunny, often times during breakfast. Now the bunny has moved to the dining room table where she is enjoying being part of large family dinners....(please note, Dora is not being strangled around bunny's neck, she is being "carried" as mommy/daddy/aunt sara carry Emme in the baby Bjorn...)

After many fun Easter festivities the big day was finally here. As much as I gave my own mother grief for dressing me and my sister in matching outfits as children, I couldn't RESIST these dresses (thanks so much Laura!!) and had so much fun getting them all decked out for church and dinner at my parent's house.

Playgroup Easter Party

For the playgroup Easter party this year we decided to have all the families to our house for brunch and then there was a community Easter egg hunt at Beverly Park. The girls had a great time (minus our unhappy bunny in the pic below) and as always it was lots of fun to have them all together for a holiday celebration!! This was also where I discovered that Luci LOVES the easter bunny, when she saw the one at the park she begged to go sit by him and waited in a line to do it, all this from the girl who would have NOTHING to do with Santa....go figure.

Our Girls

One of the rare times Luci would actually let me get a pic of the two of them together....she loves her baby sis and is so sweet with her but is really weird about getting her picture taken. I chalk this up with the 8 billion other things I don't understand about 2 yr olds.

All Smiles

We still haven't managed to capture one of Emme's sweet smiles completely on camera but these are close...

The Girl Loves to Bake

Like me Luci loves to "help" out in the kitchen. But make no mistake, I was not actually cooking these brownies myself, Sara is our resident baker in this house....I was teaching Luc how to get every last bit of chocolate out of the bowl with a spatula. Much more efficient than a spoon.

(Please also note that this is Luci's favorite dress....not only does it seem like its the only thing she is ever wearing in pictures, but she has also insisted on wearing it the past 3 Mondays to school. I promise she has other options....)

Happy Birthday Aunt J!

We Love You!!

The Great Blog Takeover

Hi Everyone! (Or maybe just "one" - given that I update this so infrequently I'd be surprised if anyone ever checks it anymore...) At any rate, this is Nicole speaking (typing) and I wanted to let you all know that I am staging "the great blog takeover." It has been wonderful for the past two and a half years interpreting what our sweet little Luci is thinking about the world around her, but I assure you these days she is more than happy to tell you herself! (Not to mention I have no idea how to speak for both of them and keep the blog time even...) So, I'm changing the format and from now on will just be typing as myself, but will be sure to include all the cute pics and quotes from the girls as they come along....stay tuned am hoping to get some new pics up soon!