Egg Hunt with the twins!

Here are our hostesses Ro and Ree....they are at the children's buffet table. Their mom likes to put out stuff that kids will eat freely. The girls love it and know that they are allowed to eat whatever they want. I think all of the kids grazed over and took a few bites before the Easter Egg Hunt.

The girls Grandpa hide the eggs all over the yard. Most were pretty much out in the open. I don't think any of the kids were over 5 years old so it was lots of fun. Savannah was enjoying herself but also not too excited to get too many eggs. I think she was just looking forward to running around and playing with everyone at the party. It had been cold all week so the warm sunshine was great!

Since Kyle is on the older end of the kids, there was a special treasure hunt with 13 clues for him to find the Golden egg. He found it after about an hour and the little kid hunt was over. Made him think and he got a $5 bill on the final egg!! This was the clue to find the next one in the coldest place you can find in the house. I helped out and said to check in the freezer!

Savannah shows off her haul of eggs, while G. keeps looking for more.

Okay Mommy, I think I am done can you hold my eggs? I want to go play!

Egg hunt over and time to get in the sandbox and get a little dirty! Savannah had a great time playing with her friends.

Kyle still on the hunt.......

The kids enjoying a yummy brunch of eggs, fruit, potatoes, veggies and more!

Ro is decorating some dyed eggs. I noticed the girls had disappeared and it was getting to be time to go since other people had left the party. When I went inside to see what had happened to Savannah I found them dyeing eggs!

Look Mommy, we decided to make a BIG mess!! Actually the girls Grandpa had it under control and he pretty much let them do whatever they wanted....reminds me of a certain Papa that we know. We actually did not dye eggs at our house this year. Kyle did not want to do it and Clark said he would give up eating blue dyed egg salad for a week! I'm sure I will not get away with it next year because Savannah thought it was lots of fun.

We had a great day before Easter at the egg hunt and stopped at the park on the way home. It was a beautiful day and the kids were still excited. Kyle and Clark had not been to the park we went to but Savannah and I had eaten lunch and played at the park before so she was the expert telling Kyle how to climb the rocks and slide down the slide. After the park play we went home and someone was almost all the way asleep when we pulled in the driveway. I think we all took a small nap and then hung out and watched a movie together. Later that night I cooked up our breakfast for the next morning......creme brulee french toast.....family favorite for the holidays!

Sacramento Fun with Rebecca.....

In Fourth grade, the kids learn all about California History and how the railroads and the Gold Rush changed the way Americans came to California. Rebecca has the same teacher as Kyle did in fourth grade and they take a day long trip to our state capitol to see Old Town and other things they learn about. I know it is a very long day for the kids and when Michael and Tina said they weren't going to go with Rebecca I volunteered! It was nice for me to catch up with Kyle's old teacher and to spend the day with my niece! Here were are at Arnold's office! Yes the governator.......he just bought and had this art piece installed. I am putting Rebecca in the picture so you can see how HUGE it is. Look at his paws.......massive and impressive-glad we did not spend state funds on this but I would be much prouder of this then the pile of doo doo we have in Downtown San Jose!!

Our state legislature was out for Spring Break so no seeing them in action but then again every time I have ever been here they are always on break or doing nothing.....now that I pay taxes it would be nice to see them actually doing something. It was also the first time I had been to Sacramento and not seen a protest of some kind. Nice for the kids to be able to take a tour and see what was in the buoilding.

Entrance rotunda.....so pretty and painted in many different colors. Would love to have a house this big so you could have a HUGE Christmas tree!!! Of course I would need a staff to help me decorate and clean but still be pretty cool.

Outside.....it was sprinkling when we got here and we all had to go thru the metal detectors to get inside. Passed the scan with flying colors and enjoyed the visit with the kids.

We went to the Railroad Museum to see lots of trains and to see how transportation was changed. We happened upon a day that the tour was run by volunteers dressed in period costume who had the kids re-enact different parts. Rebecca got to help drive the golden spike into the final piece of the railroads that connected the west and the east.

Place settings in the dining car.....some beautiful pieces of china from the many railroad lines are preserved here.

These fake chefs freaked the kids out. As we entered the train, there were some fake people but also some of the volunteers were sitting around the train. Gave the kids something to scream about but I think it helped to make it that much more real.

Rebecca walking thru the dining and sleeping cars. She was bothered by the fake people and was happy that I was able to tell her what was coming up next. She went thru quickly but not as fast as Kyle and his friends did 3 years ago. This time the volunteers took up most of their visit so they were not able to run free around the museum. I think the kids missed out on seeing the different engines and such but it was super awesome to not have to spend time in the gift shop with the girls!!

This is one of the actual trains in the first room. So big and impressive. It is a great place to visit and see so many trains. Clark and I visited last year with Savannah for his birthday and he enjoyed his time walking thru and reading all about the trains. We visited the Old Town and the kids got a lesson in the Old School House. We also visited Sutter's Fort and they were having Pioneer reenactment too. Our group was a little strange so we made our way through the fort and waited for everyone else to be done. Personally, I think they can skip the fort and see something else more interesting....maybe the Leland Stanford house or the Crocker Art Museum!!!!

So happy to be on the bus and since it was a coach type bus much better 2 hour ride then the school bus. I caught up on my newspaper reading, watching Tales of Desparaux and read the second book of the Twilight series finally. I still have more to go but it has been a very looonnngg time that I was given 2 hours of free time on my own. The kids were much calmer then when Kyle went. The bus seemed less crowded and less noisy. Most of them ate the candy they bought in Old Town and played their Nintendo DS's....best investment ever from the parents. I guess now I will have to wait until Savannah goes to 4th grade to do this trip again although I think Clark or Papa might claim they want to go too.

Savannah's First Day of Preschool!

Here is the Happy Bunny Savannah created on her very first day of Preschool. We thought she would be a little bit nervous to be left alone but "Bye Mommy!" came right out of her little mouth and she was ready to have a great time!

Getting her nametag and cubby number. Cute butterfly from the teacher on it too! My girl loves to put stuff in her cubby so I'm sure we will always have a full one when we go to pick her up!

Waiting outstide for class to start. Starting to get weird smiles from her so I just take multiple shots-and hope she does not hear the camera clicking away. 3 1/2 is a fabulous age and she is sooooooo excited to tell everyone she knows about preschool and the fun it is there. They also have scooters and trikes for outside time.

That's her class....the Wee Three's! Cute name for the 3 year olds! We should be able to do this class one more time before we move to the next class. This class is 2 hours, two days a week. My non-morning child will have a little bit of a hard time waking up and getting bath and breakfast before she is out the door but the thrill of going to class has helped along. Grandma says she is very tired after class and wants lunch, story and a nap. Kyle is on Spring Break this week so he is going to go and help on Thursday. We will be the snack providers! So exciting to bring snack and your adult helper. I booked her on the first available and forgot I have billing on that day so I am not able to go too. Bummer!!!

Right before we left the house...but look at the blue eyes....sparkling and excited to go!!

Hope she continues to love school and learning. She also started gymnastics and loves it. I'm sure we will try and do a couple of rounds of that just like she did dance. So far everything Savannah has tried has been fun and exciting for her. She still really wants to ice skate so I keep putting it off until she gets a little bit bigger and is able to go by herself. Skating was never fun for me and I would hate to have to participate and take out the whole class of small kids with one swoop! I know I was not meant to be a beautiful ice skater but maybe Savannah will be able to!!!!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Springtime....

On our girls only weekend we decided to decorate for Spring! A couple of bags of cheap jelly beans and we have.......

A yummy bowlful of fun! I have these by the front door so as everyone comes in or goes out they usually grab a few and relish in the yummy goodness of pure flavored sugar!!!!

Savannah had a great time being my helper and couldn't wait for the next project....

We decided to decorate the dining room chandelier with Easter eggs. We bought the plain ones in many different colors and some more foam stickers to add on top. We also used regular stickers that we got at Walgreens.

Hey, my purple wall almost adds to the spirit of springtime.

Our finished project. We also added one egg to the front door. He looks a little lonely but Easter will be done soon and I will switch to some springtime flowers instead.

Our masterpiece eggs......Savannah's favorite is the pink one with sparkly pink and purple egg stickers.

Making the best one....

Who's that girl behind the egg????? My very fun helper and Martha Stewart Jr!!! It was a great day to craft and have girly time!!!! I'm sure it won't be long before she will be scrapbooking and more with me.