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It’s that time of year again! Time to bore readers with holiday traditions like dying eggs. If you aren’t directly related, you might want to skip this post. just sayin’…

Apparently soaking eggs in dye requires intense focus:

This is how an almost 3 year old dyes eggs. No cracked shells, minimal dripping, easy clean up! I’m talking about the eggs here, not the kid…

The more senior artists had some fun with freehand design. Looks like this painter is really senior! Is that gangrene setting in?

I think we’ve got a rhythm down now…dip…

…check for authentic color…

…and decorate! I think this egg wanted to be green & yellow. That would explain why it’s “crushed”! 

Ok, let’s try this again. Dip…

…color authentication…definitive and flawless!

Decorate! Hey, who let you have the paint brush?!

Look at our budding artist enhancing dyed chicken eggs with rabbit feet stamps!

Sharing is caring! Or not caring. Depends if you’re the share-er or the share-ee. Thanks for being a good sport Binnie! 

Brinley says this one looks like the Earth. Does Summer last longer on that planet?

Eleanor discovered that if you eat enough candy it starts gravitating towards you. wowowowowowowow…

Don’t you love the ‘do? We had Stake Conference on Sunday. Like any other Sunday, there comes a time when Eleanor doesn’t care about anything except letting you know she’s missed her nap…The last hour of the conference was a rough one, but that didn’t squelsh the excitement of hearing L. Tom Perry speak or having the opportunity to shake his hand afterward. Easter-Awesomeness!!

We tried to pad Eleanor’s easter basket with healthier options. What the?! This isn’t candy! Normally bananas are my favorite, but not today! Pblbleh! How dare you trick me!

So you’re trying to keep me healthy on Easter, eh? I’ll show you what I think about that idea…go long! No really long! Like on the next continent long. See ya!

Oops I almost forgot about the other children. They were moving around the yard at supersonic speed, so can you blame me? It appears the Bunny knows Rowan well. I didn’t know Dora could lay eggs…

Nice haul! Are you sure you got them all? Especially the real ones???

Aaaugh! Watch out! It’s a drive by food-ing! She’s gonna throw bananas and hard-boiled eggs at us! Run!!!

A couple of months ago Drew & Brinley were told not to come to school. It wasn’t a holiday, snow day, bad behavior or sickness. What could it be? It was the cold. It was so cold outside that school was cancelled for two days!

Now, we’re not going to sit around and watch movies all day, right? Of course not! We’re going to make our own custom-fitted jammies, caramel popcorn and then watch movies all day…right!

“All day” is a relative term, of course. You’ll notice that bed-head of Drew’s suggests that “someone” might have turned off their alarm clocks in the interest of more sleep…

Ah! The reveal! Are you sure those pants are environmentally friendly?

The work is almost finished. Give us a preview Brinley!

Elastic waistbands, buttoned up shirts, high waistlines…feels like a fashion show for old people. Comfy! But I’m not too sure how snow boots fit into the style…

But the models seem confident that this look is hot!

Now while we’re all impressed, this post has to take a detour in time for a moment…Almost a year ago Drew & Brinley decided they weren’t going to let Mommy be the only one in the house who could make a quilt. So they picked out some fabric and got to work…

These little quilts aren’t just for looks; the fleece underside keeps them warm on days when…well, on cold days when school is closed!

Hold on, we’re not quite finished with our wrinkle in time yet. The quilts have been used for months now, but Drew & Brinley wanted to proudly display their finished masterpieces before continuing. It just so happens that this day was Crazy Hair Day at school, hence the upside-down punk-piggies…

…and the super-wave-dave faux hawk. Sweet homemade blanket, dude! Ok, back to the story…

At last, the premiere of a movie they’ve seen 20 times before finally arrived. Were they still excited? Yes. But that was because they got to eat caramel popcorn in the living room on their own quilts and watch the movie at the same time! 

Eleanor was pretty excited to be able to chill like the big kids with her very own bowl to snarf.

The animated feature droned on, and Eleanor’s attention wavered. She was out of popcorn! How to solve this dilemma? Find the biggest bowl of them all. Hey! That’s my popcorn!

The problem with this was that the popcorn in her bowl was hand-picked for baby-sized mouths. Drew, do the Heimlich! Bleh!

…There lived a beautiful princess. She had four babies first, and then finally got to move into her very own castle. The place needed a little sprucing up, but this was an opportunity that she and her dragon had been dreaming of for 9 years. So off they went, enjoying their time with the little ones as they made plans for transforming this quaint quarters into a resplendent roost!

A year rolled by…was the princess pleased with the progress of her pad? Let’s ask the magic mirror! Lookin’ good!

Isn’t it a good thing that dragons aren’t afraid of heights? The previous inhabitants painted the walls to suit their fancy, but they weren’t all that cautious when it came to avoiding the ceiling. So, all has been made new!

What a precarious perch! Careful dragon, don’t forget you left your wings at work!

Descending to the dungeon…Alright enough with that princess mushy goo! The earth tones are out and the jewel tones are in! Out here in the man-cave we’re making space out of thin air! Oh yeah! Hey Mommy! Daddy says this is my new bunk bed! Haha!

Ok, back to work. Drew you hold up the shelf with your head while I put the screws in. Let me know if any poke through. Ai!

It’s been great to look back over the last year and see all the fun we’ve had making this place our own. We’ve definitely caught the home improvement bug, as we have big plans for this summer. Most of all it’s been great to have the help that we’ve received from the kids and all of you who have stopped by to lend a hand. Thanks for your help!