April Vacation

Visiting Auntie Kelsey at Quinnipiac

Playing at Elm Park

Ev and Rileigh on the rock wall at the Ecotarium

Sophia and her BFF Kaelyn at the Ecotarium

Ev and Rileigh being silly at the Ecotarium

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to our friends and family! The kids had a great day today - it started rather early though...Ev was up at 5:30am - he was definitely the most excited we have ever seen him for the Easter Bunny's arrival this year - prime age I guess! He was good though - he waited in his room, and was so cute singing to himself, trying to keep busy...Sophia awoke around 6:15 and we all went downstairs to find that the Easter Bunny had, in fact, visited our house, left some treats, and hid lots of eggs! Sophia was most excited about her chocolate bunny in her basket and her little Ariel princess doll. Evan was more excited to find eggs. The kids got all fancied up for church and actually did quite well sitting in church with us this year. We then headed to Nana's house for a lovely brunch and another Easter egg hunt. That Easter Bunny was quite clever and crafty this year with his hiding places. He also took on a healthier approach which surprisingly got rave reviews from the kids - lots of goldfish, raisins, bunny grahams in the eggs as opposed to all candy. (wasn't sure how that was going to go over but they liked that stuff more than the chocolate and jelly beans!!!) We got lots of pictures and actually managed to get a couple where both kids were looking at the camera and smiling! I realized this weekend how important this blog is to me. I went looking for last year's Easter pictures to show the kids how much they had changed and realized that I didn't put any pictures or video on the blog last year at Easter :( We did find lots of other blog posts, pictures and videos from this time last year and had a lot of fun looking back and seeing how much everyone had changed...so my new resolution is to get back into blogging! We hope our family across the miles had a Happy and Blessed Easter!

Sophia had her last dance class this morning although we will be signing up for the next session which starts up again in 2 weeks. It is a little "Mommy and Me" class with lots of music, intro to ballet and tap steps, parachutes, bean bags and stretching exercises. She loves it! I think she likes dressing up in the dance attire and tap shoes the most! And she has met two little girls that will be in her pre-school class in the fall. She was so excited to get a ribbon and a ballerina stamp today. I brought my camera this morning and was able to get a little video - which made Evan SO happy because he has been upset that he always has to go to school on the mornings that Sophia has dance class!