I was going to wait until her 3rd birthday...but I woke up today wondering what to do with our Saturday...and I just decided to get Emily's ears pierced!!
She was a rockstar! She was really brave being around 2 strangers cleaning and marking her ears. Right after they were pierced, she broke down into tears.
Thank goodness that had suckers there...that's what calmed her down.
She now loves them and likes showing them off...she even picked out some more sets of earrings.
I was suppose to have a Jamberry meeting in Dallas this afternoon...but it got cancelled last minute this morning. So...we packed up the kids...and headed to Dinosaur World! So much fun!!
Excavating stones...Elliott got some pretty ones.
Feeding the koi. Emily was quite dainty and would only feed 1 food pellet at a time!
Digging for fossils! We found some cool ones...but were only able to keep 3. Elliott wanted to keep all teeth.
Posing in front of an allosaurus. They had a lot of life-size dinosaur replicas on the pathway....so much fun. This was the only one I took a pic of.
Emily was refusing to smile. So hard to get a decent picture of these two here!!!
I buckled someone's seatbelt....it was the end of the world!
Silly pics of my boy...this was suppose to be his happy face.
Mad face:
And silly face:
At lunch with Elliott's buddy
Guess what I'm doing!?! I'm finally sewing!! After months of no sewing...I finished setting up my sewing room yesterday...and I'm working on one of my quilts. So excited!!
I haven't sewn or quilted anything in the past 3 months!! I can't believe it. In our new house, I am sharing my sewing room with the kids' play room. That's a good thing and a bad thing. I like that I'll be able to be with them when I am sewing. The bad thing is....they have tons of toys!! And they take up way too much room!
So Donna was going to be getting rid of some file cabinets...I asked if I could have one. I was just going to spray paint it white...but it wasn't going on as smoothly as I was anticipating. So then I thought I'd mod podge fabric on it. I got this fabric really cheap from someone selling all their fabric...and I have tons of it. I really liked how it turned out! Sometimes things just don't turn out as pretty or as neat as you envision it...so I'm really happy that this did! Plus it looks crafty...like it belongs in a craft room! I just wish I had the room for 2 file cabinets!
Then it was time to go through my fabric. Patrick had some comic book boards from a while ago. So I snagged them and wrapped my fabric around them. Sadly...I have more fabric than his 100 board stash...so I did have to order more. Here's a pic of my wrapped fabric...oh so pretty. I still need to organize by color. And then I'll be happy!! I am still thinking up a way to store my fat quarters. You can see the fabric I used in the drawer...and how much I still have left!!
I really can't wait until I can get into my sewing room and start sewing!!!
Pink eye is super yucky! I've never had it myself...and never want to!!
Elliott got hit Friday morning. I noticed it was slightly red and puffy...then a few hours later it was quite yucky. We were in Houston...and we haven't switched over to a new pediatrician yet in Burleson. So I called his pediatrician in Houston. They were way too busy...so they called in an rx for him. Thank goodness!!
Sunday morning...he woke up with his other eye crusted close. Darn it! We have been trying so hard to keep all hands washed. Hopefully, the rest of us won't get it.
I took this pic of him on Saturday...what a fun creepy face he's making to go along with his creepy eye! Lol!!
He's been such a trooper through it all though!! I've been so impressed with him!
We began our Easter celebrations on Monday night FHE....we had our lesson on the Resurrection using resurrection eggs. I was so happy to know that Elliott knew most of the story. The kids had fun finding the eggs...and then re-hiding them after the lesson.
Good Friday was pretty busy. We rented a truck and went to Houston to get some furniture from Patrick's parents. They are selling their house...and were so generous to us to give us some of their stuff. And of course, it was so good to see Patrick's parents again...we hadn't seen them since our big move. I was also able to swing by Kate's new house. It's been almost a year since we've seen them....so just me and Emily went. It was short...but it was so good to see them again!
Saturday...we spent the morning watching general conference. Then Patrick's dad came over and spent the day with us. We had our Easter dinner...it was way yummy! We then mostly just hung out with his dad. It was so beautiful outside. We put up the hammock that Patrick's mom gave us. The kids had so much fun playing in it! Then Patrick's dad took us shopping....the kids got some fun outfits and we got a housewarming gift! It was super fun and way generous.
When we got home it was time for the kids to dye eggs.
Look how moody my little girl is being...then she completely turns her back on me! That toot!
I'm not sure what's with this pouty face! Lol!
I love the easter tongs we found last year...they really do work so well! But in reality...using hands is just so much easier!!
I'm loving Elliott's expressions in all these pics!
Last year we dyed eggs with kool-aid...I wasn't a fan. This year, we used regular food coloring. I loved it! I was actually out of red...but I found a partially dried up one. Which made the fun pink speckles....I thought they turned out really well.
We then said goodbye to Grampy Steve. Emily even gave him a hug goodbye...which is HUGE!! Emily gives everyone a cold shoulder in the beginning...after being together all day...she usually warms up a little. But to give a hug...that's a big thing!
Saturday night, we made resurrection rolls...we didn't take any pics. But this was probably my favorite activity. Even Emily got into it.
Easter Sunday was pretty low key...we mostly enjoyed spending the day together...which I prefer! The kids did the easter celebrations in the morning...then we spent the day watching general conference! I loved that Easter fell on general conference weekend this year!!
It rained all night...boo! So the easter bunny hid all the eggs on the back porch.
Probably my favorite pic! I love these guys!!!
I love this little family of mine. I am so grateful that I get to spend FOREVER with them....thanks to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am so thankful that we were able to focus more on Him this Easter season than in years past.
And if you haven't seen this video...you NEED to!
And in case you couldn't tell...Elliott is dealing with pink eye. His left eye got hit Friday and his right eye got it on Sunday.
