Easter 2012

We had a fabulous Easter weekend at Aunt Mel, Uncle C, and baby oli's house in St. Paul, MN!

We love living so close and inviting ourselves over for weekend get togethers. ;-)

Ready for the easter egg hunt
pic by aunt mel

We really enjoyed the trip to the local zoo and lunch after!

Another highlight was a trip to Mall of America. Last year, Iz went on one ride and cried the whole time, so we wondered if she would be interested this year. Well....she LOVED them! And bodes....forget about it- he also LOVED them! We had so much fun watching their little excited faces on the kiddie rides. Another highlight was g and my "date" on the adult roller coaster. For those 3 minutes we felt just like kids again- thanks babe, i love you.

iz on the carousel

bodes on the carousel

trying to capture pic of bodie with his hands up on roller coaster- failed-
but got g in green coat- lol

favorite non-ride at the mall

waiting for blues clues ride to start

g and bo on blue

 On Sunday we enjoyed the zoo, then some time back at the house for some Easter adventures. Painting eggs= one of my favorites. The kids had a blast and uncle C joined in the fun, and helped with all the set up- thanks Uncle C! We had a small egg hunt in the back yard and the kids loved it. Bodie following in his mom's footsteps -eating all his candy immediately. Biz showing some more self control, like her aunt mel, saving some of her eggs for later (with encouragement, =)).

sparkle eggs!

ready to find some eggs!

the preparation

 We LOVE to spend time with baby oli, and pretty much the kids and I fight over who will get to hold him or play with him at any given time. ;-) 

baby signing time

bodes on the hunt

surprisingly not getting messy, ;-)

iz lovin the egg decorating

candy time

Loving sister time, complete with mocha's and cake! 

 Easter 2012 was a blast!

family pic, so perfect for us