Easter Egg Hunt

 In trying to think of what to say for these Easter posts, I feel like such a humbug....

I don't think there are any good or effective community Easter Egg Hunts. They are all sooo crowded, and the kids hardly get anything. And with separate the ages so you have to stay for like 2 hours so each kid can be in their age time slot. If you try to combine the ages, its too easy for the other or the younger isn't quick enough. Anyway, we were happy to join some friends in our ward, the Thunell's for brunch after soccer games and the hunt. They have a nice big yard and the boys had a lot of fun.

Before the hunt

Jon always hides eggs in/on the best places!

Thinking...where else can I look?

The loot

Our friends put little toys in the eggs. I think that is what we're going to do from now on. There is WAY too much candy involved in holidays!!

Coloring Easter Eggs

In the name of tradition, I am keeping this alive...I'm getting pretty bored with it. But the boys (all of them seem to enjoy it.)

Max is starting to better understand how all this works. He had a great time!

Jon deep in thought with the creative juices.

Max so excited to see his egg changed colors!

Of course Jon's were the best. He made of fun looking "dinosaur" eggs with interesting colors and designs.

 (I don't seem to have much commentary since these are back posts and a lot has happened since then. For the sake of journaling, I really need to get on my game!)

Standby for more Easter posts. And Costa Rica pics to come!! 

Easter Door Decor

As you can probably tell, I am getting my craft fixes by making door hangings that correspond to the given season or holiday. For Easter, I thought of doing something like this door frame with ornaments but instead using eggs. I found these sequin eggs at Michaels for a dollar each. I fell in love with them. (So....yeah I admit it, I love glitz!)

I wanted to include grass and a frame that looked like a basket to incorporate other Easter-ish decor. It was a black frame so I spray painted it. I should have used a spray primer on top of sanding. After the paint dried, I was expecting this to take about an hour to make at the most...but honestly it took me half the day. I had floral grasses that I cut up and glued to the back of the frame.

Then the frame wasn't big enough to hang the eggs like I expected. So I was trying to figure out how to make them all fit and look good. After lots of variations, I ended up gluing them in the arch and wrapping wire around a nail that I put in the back of the frame on each side and then inserting the wire into the eggs to hold them in the frame. It seems sufficient. And I am pleased with how it turned out. And I really love little birds too!

Spring Soccer 2011: Zac

Halfway through April soccer started. It was a welcome mix up to months indoors. And it was awesome this season, because Zac is starting to get it!

At the first game Zac got 2 goals. He stayed on the ball with shorter kicks and was more brave about getting in the "cluster" of kids to get the ball. There are 6 kids on a team and they play 3 on 3. There is a bigger opportunity to have access to the ball. Also, they don't do practices at this age, unless the coach is really on top of it. They just play 40 mins games, two times a week.

Two kids on the team dropped out so there's not much rest time, which gets interesting as the game progresses. But Zac does great! I'm so proud of him.

He had another game where he scored 2 goals, and then the last game he scored 3. Their team has also been pretty good at occasionally passing it to another player who makes the goal. So Zac has some assists too.  Its pretty fun to watch!

Getting ready for our trip

For 2010, Jon's company and department worked lots of hard, long hours to hit their revenue goals. There were a couple AMAZING rewards that were promised if they did. A large bonus and a vacation on the company. With a very rough holiday and lots of unforseen problems, they were still able to make the goal.

We thought we'd be going on vacation around June, but the middle of April they announced that we were going to Costa Rica during the last week in April. We had about two and a half weeks to get ready. We started Jon's passport back in February but still we didn't have it. They couldn't guarantee it would get here in time, so we had to pay an additional expedite fee to get it in time. And we had to expedite my passport completely. Luckily, mine came in 10 days! Then there was a flight to book. Maryanne, Jon's mom came and stayed with the boys while we were gone. Then there was shopping to be done. We didn't have stuff for a tropical vacation. So pretty much the middle part of April was preschool, soccer games, cleaning and organizing the house and running to provo to get everything we'd need and make sure the boys had what they'd need while at home.  Not to mention Easter was 2 days before we were leaving.  Although it was a really stressful couple weeks for me, everything worked out and got done.

Conference Weekend in Idaho

More back posting.... April was a half slow, half busy...

Over conference weekend, we went to the funeral for Jon's, Uncle John. in Idaho Falls. It was a nice little trip. It was great to see the Munk part of our extended family. We stayed with Jason and Kari and it was a relaxing weekend. The boys got to go out and ride on the tractor. This is the only picture that we got from the weekend. 

 

Perspective

Max's favorite spoon is this tiny spoon. I got it at Ikea, in the toy section. I like this silverware better than the plastic ones when he was littler. Now that he is bigger, its pretty much a joke to eat with this spoon. Its literally, two and half to 3 inches long.

He has been eating with this spoon mostly.

We're trying to get him to eat with this one...a cereal spoon. But when he complains telling us he wants the "tiny spoon", we show him.....

....this one. Against this serving spoon the cereal spoon looks like a tiny spoon.

It stops the resistance for now, until he figures it out.