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We went to spend Easter weekend at my parents’ house and the girls had a great time. They were up at 6:15 asking to go see if the Easter Bunny came…we managed to hold them off till 7, painfully. They were thrilled when they found their baskets…from the Easter Bunny and also purses with more goodies that my mom picked out. They were thrilled to find new earrings in their baskets, along with new umbrellas.
Once all the goodies were thoroughly inspected, they collected eggs. After Megan took a fast “lead” I encouraged her to leave some easy ones for Molly. She did a good job of helping Molly find the eggs and making sure she didn’t get done too far ahead of Molly.
The weather forecast had been calling for rain all day long, so we expected to be spending the day inside. By around 11, we decided it was warm enough outside, and we were going to take advantage before the rain started. The girls were happy to pose for some photos in their dresses. I can’t believe how big they are getting…
They played with the remote control monster truck a bit…that’s what every girl does on Easter when she’s all dressed up, right?
And they broke in their new umbrellas a bit, insisting that they were perfect for parasols as well. That was all ok until a gust of wind turned Megan’s inside out. We decided to put them away after that so they would actually have a chance to use them IN the rain sometime!
Topped off by a yummy meal and a chance to visit with my mom, we really had a good weekend. We did miss my Dad, though – he is in Hawaii with Philip & the boys right now while Kathy is at training for work.  Megan has been using her camera quite frequently these days. The last time I peeked, there were about 2 dozen “portraits” of each of her dolls, horses, and Littlest Pet Shops, not to mention the goofy images of Molly. She spent a good bit of the afternoon yesterday roaming around my parents’ yard snapping photos of flowers and her sister. I will try to share some of her photos sometime soon, but for now, here are some that I took of her as she “worked”.
“Mommy, you take my picture while I take yours!”
Taking a photo of Molly – her foot is forward to demonstrate how she wanted Molly to stand.
Checking out the pictures to make sure they got a good shot.
Molly was more than willing to demonstrate her pose for me, too 🙂
For a change of pace, we decided to paint Easter eggs this year rather than dye them. We used water color paints and pencils, trying to follow this method. You will see that our didn’t quite come out like hers, but they are pretty anyway. This method has the added benefit of being able to wash off the paint if it doesn’t come out like you wanted. Molly used lots and lots of purple and green. And the mark on her forehead is in fact paint 🙂 She seemed to enjoy herself.
When Megan sits down to work on something like this, she is very focused. She loves working with water color paints.
Some of the finished eggs:
{this moment} – A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by SouleMama.
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