He is part monkey after all!

I knew it, I knew it! He is part monkey after all!!

(I am catching up on my posts, there are three others after this one.)

Snow

I have grown up in Missouri and should be use to its tricks and changes in the weather. So my lesson learned this year is, don't put away the snow gear in March. I did put it away and then we got 11 inches of snow! It all happened on a Friday night and Saturday and then was gone by Monday morning. So crazy, but we had a blast with the perfect snowman kind of snow.

Easter

The girls enjoyed (don't let Megan's face fool you) a private Easter egg hunt with our neighbor. Victoria's older brothers hid 96 eggs for the three of them around the school playgrounds. In fact, they hid them so well that nobody could find about 15 of them. The three of them still found plenty nonetheless and some lucky kids might find the other ones someday!

What is Easter without some good, messy egg dyeing?! This year I read about using whisks instead of those flimsy wire dippers. It was a success! After dyeing the eggs we glued on googly eyes, pipe cleaners and fuzzy hair. Lots of fun for the girls while Jacob graciously took a nap!

Easter was on the weekend of General Conference this year so we dressed up in our Easter best the Sunday before Easter, when Grandma and Grandpa were visiting. I didn't make the girls dresses this year. Instead, I made them matching flowers for their hair and spent most of my sewing efforts on Jacob's outfit.

Thanks for Grandma Shaw's helped on making the hat fit right. The pants and hat were made from an old pair of Gordon's dress pants. It was fun to re-purpose them. He looked so cute in his newsboy hat.

Family Fun

We really enjoyed a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Shaw right before Easter. We played outside as much as we could but the weather didn't cooperate every day. Grandma is successfully passing on her love for collecting quarters to our girl, Anna. Anna spent a lot of time emptying her piggy bank (the only way for the money to get out is the same way it went in, unless you break it). She loved counting by fives, tens, and twenty-fives and putting her coins into rolls. Grandma sent her a book for them and now she is only missing 11 states. Anna is very proud of it and even took it to show and tell today. Thanks Grandma Shaw! Jacob showed off his walking skills while they were here too. Each day he would get better and better with a little less falling every day. Jacob is definitely our most social child of the three and he only had lots of love to give his grandparents even though he doesn't see them a lot. Grandpa Shaw helped with a few home improvement projects and I had a lucky streak in a couple games of Mexican Train. We had a great time. We look forward to spending time with all the Shaw side of the family in July.