The Adventures of Hayden, Eliza & Molly

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Easter, Eggs, and More

While in Tville, we celebrated Easter. By celebrated, I mean we decorated eggs, dressed up in fancy dresses and had a MASSIVE egg hunt. 189 eggs (or thereabouts) were hidden and found. Hayden was probably the only competitive egg seeker, but everyone had fun. I watched Charlotte spot an egg and then walk PAST it, in order to pick up a different one! Enjoy the pics!

Easter egg dying! Outside, to limit the mess

Lacey found egg dying SO fascinating

some of the final products

M was happy to check out the eggs, after being banned from the decorating for grabby hands

Easter morning surprises!

the rockin' Easter bunny

a sleepy flower

I know you will laugh at the bunny ears first, but don't miss Molly's mouth.

line up for the Easter egg hunt - H is already checking out where to start.

and they're off!

love the action in this pic

Jay had a massive wipe out early on, but he recovered and found lots of eggs.

E daintily picks up an egg

Molly's got the basket, now to find some eggs

where did I put that pesky basket?

E did not have a sense of urgency in her egg hunting

Charlotte and her snazzy shoes

sometime you need an uncle to help you get the high ones

I think C is taking over M's basket, but M didn't seem to mind

time out from egg hunting to pet a sun-bathing Buster

why carry your basket when you can transport it in the gator?!!

I found one! and it came apart! There's stuff inside! (that's what that smile says)

savoring her first jelly bean

help! I need help! (can you find it?)

M goes for the bike seat, E for the egg - everybody wins!

I don't remember what she's mad about but her face cracks me up!

this also cracks me up. so graceful.

and this.

and this. no need for bowls when you can just feed them on the floor! (bonus parenting pts since the girls are wearing easter dresses and Jay has already morphed back into iron man!)

another hair flowing action shot! Hayden LOVED driving the gator.

pretty Charlotte

Jason attacks his gummy bunny. (1 pound!)

maybe this is why all her teeth fell out over the next month!

Happy Easter everyone!

Let's do it again next year!

Tville Trek

The lateness of this blog entry in no way reflects the level of fun we had on our trip. We had a blast going down to Thomasville for spring break. The kids loved playing with their cousins, the weather was lovely and everyone did a great job with all the driving. It's just taken me a while to get the blog together. I tried to take lots of pictures of cousins and all the fun, so I'll just let the pictures capture the craziness that was our spring break trip to Tville. I'm not sure Cancun can offer any more fun than we had! (also, note that spring break did include Easter. Most Easter pictures will be included in the next entry so as to avoid complete picture overload.)

dress up was very popular - here you see a sampling of the various outfits

iron man takes on buzz light year - in the next minute, buzz cries because iron man is being too fierce

line up at the door to go walk to the park. line up was VERY important in corralling the passel of cousins.

one of our favorite activities? going to get donuts! YUM times a million!

E and C work on a big one. (just kidding, the elephant ear is for the grownups!)

M enjoys a donut hole thanks to Uncle T

after donut line up - notice the JT photo bomb

Brad, Sarah, Logan and Kaylee came to play and brought a very popular bubble machine

the gator continued it's popularity. Jay was very serious while driving his youngest cousin.

He also checked in to make sure she was enjoying the ride!

stuffed elk plus children = photo shoot fail. I think the elk was the happiest and he's stuffed!

picnic on the lawn

Logan had a great time coming to visit! So fun to see him and his fam!

Jason double fists babies as Molly makes her claim while he holds Kaylee

E enjoys the little gator

crazy faces on the front porch! (notice the continued costumes...)

antlers on the front porch!

Jason supervised duck-duck-goose: house rules were that you ran around the tree trunk when you got tagged.

impromptu dance party in Cairo

Molly holds up the wall for the dance party

JT is victorious in escaping the horde

there was a lot of coloring

posing at the park

that's one full car of kids!

lineup in the Flowers Factory store while eating free fruit snacks

Kaylee leans on Molly for support - she might want to pick someone sturdier next time!

Hugs for the birthday girl! (Kaylee turned 1!)

smile, it's your birthday!

shoot, my legs aren't long enough!

this one is more my size

very careful candy distribution

matching PJ buddies!

Molly wanted in

final line up before saying goodbye

sisters!

and one more for the record books - H was really happy about the picture and leaving.

Thanks for a great trip Harrisons! Can't wait to come visit again soon!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Last Day

It's hard to believe but it's already Eliza's last day of school for the year. She got to have ice cream and hot dogs to celebrate the end of the year and all the summer birthdays. Very exciting! She even selected the same outfit to wear for her last day as she wore the first day. I don't really know if she did that on purpose, but she has never really worn it since the first day of school, she picked it out today with no help from us and then she said "I know" when I reminded her it was the same outfit from the first day. Don't underestimate her! After all, according to her 'Interview with Eliza' in the scrapbook she brought home from school, she is going to be an "astronaut and scientist" when she grows up! Yay!

I managed to make her take (yes, make is the appropriate word choice) some pictures to commemorate the day as we were headed upstairs for nap. Eliza may have been reluctant, but Molly was happy to oblige.