Easter Egg Hunt

On Saturday, we headed over to my parent's church for their egg hunt. They had a really good set up complete with a bounce house slide.

Which Sophia was tentative with at first.

But by the third time, she was going solo.

Did I mention she loved the slide?

She did venture out to the bounce house.

And face painting.

And then there was more sliding.

We were killing time between the slide and the egg hunt.

And the moment Sophia had been waiting for...the Egg Hunt.

Sophia had a really great time! And so did I. It was really fun watching her interact with other people. The concept of a line is lost on 2, almost 3 year olds.

Just a Swinging

You know it's been a busy weekend when I only had time to take about 4 pictures. This is one of them. :)

Friday night and Saturday day, I spent time with my sister Robin scrapbooking at a scrapbooking special event. I got SOOOOO much done! I feel so caught up. Almost. Just Nov and Dec and them I'm completely caught up. Yea!!!! I had a great time with my sister Robin and Russell and Sophia managed to survive without me just fine.

So on Sunday, I took over Sophia duty and gave Russell the day off to do whatever he wanted. He went fishing. We went to the park (all she wanted to do was swing), to Target and to my parent's for a quick visit. We also brought Russell some lunch on our way home. It was a good weekend but went by way too fast.

Only 31 days and 15 hours until summer vacation! Yippee!!!! I have a count down app on my phone. Love it!

Tu-Tu Cute

My friend Tricia had said she wanted to have a pink tu-tu for her 40th birthday. I didn't know how to make one but I did a little research and made a practice one for Sophia as seen on my other blog Kaminski's Creations. I finally finished it this weekend and also found a tiara. I gave it to her last night at bunko (a little early since her birthday isn't until the 30th but she is taking a trip to Hawaii for her birthday). I think she has the right idea about turning 40. I need to start saving up for a big trip too.

I'm pretty sure she loved it even though it was a little full.

We thought it was cute that she matched our bunko doll, Flat Donna (long story).

Happy early birthday Tricia! You make turning 40 look good (and fun)!

The Rest of Our Sunday

After our playdate, we headed home for lunch and a little yardwork.

Sophia was very excited about her new Princess flower pot.

Russell also did a lot of work in the yard. He's in the process of replacing our edging, planting flowers and adding a flower bed on the west side of the house.

Sophia kept saying "it's growing, it's growing!". It was really just that the water made the soil pellets expand to fill up the pot. But she was impressed. boy will she really be impressed when/if flowers start coming up.

And we're planting some herbs to start an herb garden.

After bathtime, we let Sophia have a piece of cake that Uncle Brice sent home with us from his birthday party on Saturday. I probably should have given it to her BEFORE her bath.

Sophia was very thankful for her cake and said a prayer for it. It's the one she does at school.

Look at that sneaky little face!

Playdate With Atticus

On Sunday morning, we met up with Sophia's best bud Atticus. Sophia insisted on bringing her "bike" and her new helmet.

And off they went!

They played on the see-saw. I love this standing one!

They swung. In fact, they almost feel asleep on the swings.

And they kicked the ball around a little bit.

The only thing they didn't do was go for a nature walk. Couldn't quite convince them it would be fun. Maybe it's because the wagon and Apollo pulling the wagon really fast, were missing.

Uncle Brice's Birthday Party

For Uncle Brice's birthday party, we headed to Haslet, to his friend Kathy's house. She lives on some acreage with I believe 33 horses (mostly miniature). They usually have a bonfire but since there was a fire ban and super windy, the bonfire part was canceled.

But Sophia did get to see the horses.

There's Kathy, feeding the horses.

And Sophia helping.

There's the baby horse. She's only 9 days old.

I was so proud of Sophia. She wasn't afraid at all to pet them or feed them. Maybe having the fence between them helped.

And she was even unafraid around the dogs. Granted, they were MUCH smaller than Dude, her only frame of reference.

She even enjoyed chasing this poor dog around. Poor Ruby, the dog.

Gig 'Em! Her Uncle Brice was trying to get her to say gig 'em and hold her thumbs up. But it was not going to happen.

Then Uncle Brice broke out the silly putty.

And it DOES bounce!

What a fun night! And Sophia was on her best behavior. Must have been because she napped until 5:30. We didn't get home until almost 10.

Sadly, she still woke up at 7 a.m. And of course it was my turn to wake up with her. Figures!