Hoppy Easter!

Easter was a lot of fun! We had a family Easter basket. Auralee got a fishing pole, Taryn got a giant caterpillar, Luc got a CD and I got a DVD. Fun stuff :) The girls were able to color eggs before we went to church and they enjoyed that. Next year we'll do it on a Saturday so we will have more time and can do more.

My sister-in-law, Sarah, made this great bunny cake for desert at my in-laws. Isn't it cute!

All the (walking) Engstrom grand-kids got to hunt for candy filled eggs inside for a little while.

They all had lots of fun and scored on the candy.

Then the hunt moved outside where they hunted for more candy filled eggs and a few hard-boiled ones. The boiled ones didn't make out very well.

The whole time, I just let the girls eat whatever candy they wanted. Taryn went a little overboard and ate ALL of her candy. By the end of the evening she was paying for it and had a huge stomach ache. I don't think she learned her lesson though.

*Happy Halloween*

Halloween was fun. The girls got lots of candy even though most of our little neighborhood didn't hand any out. They got lots of compliments on their costumes. Somehow we lost Taryn's little wings and after frantically trying to make some more at the last minute, Luc suggested she use the wings I made for myself a few years ago. I thought they would be wayyyy too big and heavy for her, but I lashed them to her pretty good and they worked great! Everyone loved them. Auralee had to work on her door aproach. Sometimes she would just stand there, but after a little coaxing, she started to say "Tirck or Treat." Next year we'll have to work on her volume and exuberence. She kind of fell flat :( I like a lot of yelling and excitement.



Because we were out, we missed a lot of the trick or treaters and ended up with a lot of leftover candy. We always end up throwing out lots of candy a year later because it never got eaten. Its really my fault. I dont let my kids have a lot of candy. Im such a mean mom!