My girls 7th Birthday...

So at 8:17am and 8:19am this morning, my precious babies were 7 years old!  My how the time flies.

I am thankful though that I don't feel like I have missed out on anything.  You see I was blessed to be a stay at home mom with them for the first 3 years of their lives.  All of their "firsts" I was there for.  Then I went back to work and they were in the on-site child care facility that was amazing on site of where I worked.  Once they turned 5 yrs old, I decided to start my own business and now work from home and have been home with them again for the last 2 years...thank you Jesus!  Why do I tell you this you ask...because I don't feel like it has gone too fast.  It's odd to think that my girls are 7...but it doesn't feel has though time as passed me by.  I have been there for it all. 

This morning was a lot of fun, we bought them new "birthday" dresses and curled their hair, put ribbon in their hair, glitter, etc.  You know, the typical birthday stuff. :)

On the way to school I was telling them how special they were and that God loved them extra well and that's why he gave them an identical twin sister and best friend to share their big day with.  They both agreed.

I told them that NOTHING will ruin our big day...Erynn said, "Unless someone kicks me mom."  Good point, but I told them that it would still not ruin our day cuz we wouldn't let it and you have to let something ruin your day in order for it to.

Then I said today is going to be a fun day...and Erynn said, "That's cuz you make it so special for us mom."  Here I go choking up even typing it.  I said thank you so much as I choked back the tears.  I thought to myself, "you can't cry for crying out loud...she'll never say anything like that to you again...stay calm, stay cool.  Phew it passed."  I was done with being choked up.

Then after I dropped them off I was coming back to prepare the cupcakes to take to the school for their classes.  They were all ready with frosting and sprinkles that the girls did last night...I just had to get them ready to transport...until.....I got home and noticed that over HALF of the cupcakes were missing.  My white boxer, Martini was outside.  The "rescue boxer" we have named Tyson, he was inside...he was the culprit.  You guys...he ate 12 of 20 cupcakes WITH the paper on them.  Needless to say, he is not going to feel well today.

So off to the store, I rush to have to find cupcakes...odd, 9am in the morning and the stores bakery don't have cupcakes yet???  How could that be.  I was off to the next store...again NO cupcakes.  They did however have mini cupcakes.  So I had to buy double of those and get to school.

The girls classmates were so excited and even more excited for the girls Luau Party on Saturday.  The good Lord is going to bless us with 75 degree weather.  Thank you Jesus!!

Tonight we are taking the girls to dinner and an I-MAX movie.  Should be totally fun!

I thank God every day for the blessings in my life.  How can one person be so lucky to have been blessed with two precious babies?

7 years ago tonight...oh my!

It was April 28th, 2003...I had been carrying my identical twin girls for 38 1/2 weeks and was going in for a C-section the following morning.  All of my family had flown in and was ready for the BIG day!

I remember my feelings being nervous...not about going in to have a C-Section, I knew this was given to my by God and I would be in God's hands the whole time.  The nerves were from the thought that I had to introduce my precious babies that I had carried for almost 9 months to this BIG, SCARY world.

The picture to the left is the girls just minutes after they were born...why would you put a picture like that of yourself on here you must be asking yourself and I truly don't know...

 I cried and cried.  I remember thinking that I eat so good for them, I know they are safe, etc.  My husband looked me in the eyes and said, "Babe, it's time to share them with the rest of us."  Oh yeah, that's right, I was the only one that knew them at this point!  Silly me! 

For those of you who don't know my husband, he is about 6'1 and weighs about 230lbs.  So the above picture should give you some perspective on what a HOUSE I was.  I gained 40 lbs in my pregnancy and lost 35 lbs. 10 days after.  Apparently, it has come on times 10 since then...but whose counting yeah right.

Pic to right:  Hubby and I a day or two before delivery at a softball game for my niece.

My girls were born at 8:17am and 8:19am on April 29th, 2003.  We knew they were identical but because they shared a placenta (even though they were in separate sacs) we never had a "baby A" and "baby B" because they moved everywhere.

So the first baby out was going to be named Emilie...Em came out and was 6 lbs. 4 oz. and 17 inches long (She is on the right in the picture to the right I think)...2 minutes later Erynn was born at 6 lbs. 13 oz. and 17.5 inches (On the left in the pic I am pretty sure).

April 29th, 2003 was truly the happiest day of my life! 
God is good and I thank him every day for blessing me with my girls.  Thank you Jesus!

First swim of the year...

I couldn't believe it...the pool was actually warm enough for the girls to get in today!  They were SO excited!  This is a good thing considering their birthday party is Saturday and it's a "Luau"! 

Of course her identical twin sister would...

Yesterday the girls and I decided to go grocery shopping...now it never fails that always half way through the shopping trip we have to make a trip to the bathroom.  Not for my girls...which is what you would normally think, but for me.  The old bladder just doesn't work the same after twins pee my pants everyday. 

The girls and I go into the bathroom of Safeway and I am washing my hands, Em is getting towels to dry her hands and Er is waiting for the towels.  The rest of the stalls have since filled up since we got out.

Emilie was drying her hands and screached in the loudest almost non-human tone I had ever heard.  I instantly said to her in a stern tone..."Em, there is not a human being on earth that would think that was funny."  Erynn looked at me and said, "Mom...I think it's funny."  I said, "Well of course her identical twin sister would."

This was an epiphany for me in my life...I finally figured out a portion of my life that puzzled me daily.  The reason my girls are so goofy and crazy, is because their sister thinks it's funny!  They always have a given audience with the exact same sense of humor.  What an absolute blessing to be an identical twin. 

I laughed so hard...it was hilarious.  Not to mention...all the women in the stalls found the humor in it too.

Have a great Friday night all!

Aloha Friday...

Aloha Friday is the day to take it easy, and relax!! Aloha is hosted by Kailani! You can play too…just post a question in your blog and link up on Kailani’s current Aloha Friday post. Then visit the other blogs in the list, link up and answer their fun questions!

My question for today is:

Do you make your bed everyday?  Why or why not?

I am ashamed to say that I don't make my bed every day.  I do try to remember though...if that counts for anything.  It's not that its hard to do...it just isn't that big of a priority to me. 

Now if I know that anyone is coming over, I will definitely make it.  I don't like others to see my bed not made but as for me, my husband and my girls...we don't care.

What made me think about this was that we were at a close friends yesterday and my girls wanted to see their whole house...you know 6 (almost 7) yr olds.  They were not going to let us if their bed was not made...they would have died if anyone saw their bed unmade.

What about you?  Then...link up at An Island Life!

Friday Follow...

Welcome to the April 16 Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun.


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Friday Follower of the Week!

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Going small on the birthday party...yeah right!

Party planning is a passion of mine...any excuse to have a party and I'll take it.  I have always thrown REALLY big birthday parties for my twins (I actually believe that is a reason that God gave me twins because throwing huge parties for one child would be considered "overboard".  LOL)  

This year we decided that we were not going to go "all out". 

That was a great thought...in theory...but how do you take a party planning crazy like me and make me go small...apparently it doesn't happen. 

So the birthday party is Saturday, May 1st and I just had their invitations printed and are delivering them this week to their friends at school, softball, church, etc.  The invitations did turn out cute...considering I have never used photoshop to make their invites before...BUT GET THIS...I made the invitations, sent them to the photo shop at the closest Costco to us...uploaded them via http://www.costco.com/ photo link...and they printed them out for 13 cents per invite!  WHAT????  We had 70 invitations made (cuz I'm going easy this year yeah right) and they were only $9.75.

Above is a look at what the invite looks like....(well with a few modifications of the address, etc. being it's on the internet at all)...I didn't find very much out there in cyber world as far as digital scrapbook kits for Hawaiian Themes or Luau Themes...But this was as good as I could do with what I had.  I created it in Photoshop and for all of you out there who are Photoshop Pro's...I am far from it.  This was my first.  I did create the header on my blog...but that was a little different than having to put it in a form that I could print off and still have it look good. 

So as much as I thought I was going to "go small"...apparently not.  The list is done and the invites are out...72 kids are invited, 41 adults...and that's not counting that I put on the invite that all the kids have to come with someone or have someone here watching them as we have a pool without a life guard.  So you have to double the 72...which turns to 144.  Now going off of the old...50% flake factor....we are going to figure that 144+41= 185 divided by 2 = around 36 adults and around 56 adults...so we're looking at a total of about 92 people...now that's if only half show up!!  LMAO

Well for a party planner...this is what it's all about...the kids, the fun, and the experience.  Why size it down anyway, right?

Can't wait to show you guys pictures from the party!

Any suggestions you have are greatly welcome!

Multiples & More Question of the Week...Child Leashes?

The child harness... (or "leash" as some call it,) is a commonly debated topic among moms. As parents of multiples, our safety concerns just might make them a little more acceptable. What do you think?

This week's Question of the Week is:

• How do you feel about child harnesses?Do you use them? Why or why not?

Prior to having kids I remember feeling like child harnesses were horrible.  I could not believe people would put their kids on a leash...then I had twins.  It became very obvious right away when my twins would run in completely opposite directions and I had to determine which one was going to be in the most iminent danger first.  That's which one I would run after first.  I learned very quickly that the child harnesses were a GREAT idea. 

• How do your kids react to them?

My girls never used one but they did think they're neat because I have explained the purpose behind them.  I let them know that the mom of that child cares so much about her young one that she doesn't want that child to run off and doesn't want any stranger to pick them up.

• Do you think they are an example of laziness, or simply concern over your child's safety?

I don't actually believe that there is a parent that could use it as a form of laziness...to be quite honest with you it looks like it would be a lot of work.  Personally when my girls were little I told my husband that we were going to have them...#1 - because I am a mother bear and would not ever want my girls to wonder away from me in fear of someone grabbing them.   #2 - The thought of having them go in different directions at the same time...you could use a stroller but they start to gain their independence and then they want to walk.  Here is the reason that I didn't use them...because my girls are excellent listeners.  That's the ONLY reason that we didn't use them and it was because we didn't have to.

• If you are against them, do you think it's more acceptable for a parent of multiples to use them?

I find it WAY more appropriate for a mother of multiples to be using one.  Otherwise I guess a singleton mom could use one however that to me would be a little lack of discipline if she had only one child and that child was not staying in the stroller or holding the moms hand.  That would be a little concerning.

• Do you think negatively of other parents that use them?

Because I am such a freak when it comes to parenting...the ONLY time I think negatively is when I am watching the parent that has their child on a leash and is jerking them around.  They are not a dog.  Use your words and help this become a learning opportunity to your child to become more responsible.

Proud Mom Moment...

On a normal day of dropping my girls off at school...being blessed to work from home I don't have to be in the line of cars that get as close as they can to the curb and then boot their babies out as they drive off before the door is closed because they are late to work....oh no, not me!  We get to park and walk our girls up to their classes every morning.

I do have some strategy though...you see all the BIG kids are playing on the playground in the morning.  So we strategically get to the school about 2 minutes before the bell rings every morning.  I know some of you are saying "Shame on me"...however, my girls are 1st graders and they don't need to be bullied by the 5th graders...get me?

Anyway, there is another parent that must do the exact same thing every single morning dropping his daughter off in one of my girls classes because we are always within seconds of each other.

The other day when I was walking back to my car, so was he.  I introduced myself and told him that we must be on the same time schedule.  Blah blah blah.  You know all the getting to know you talk.

Then I told him how much I loved his daughter...you see I am blessed to volunteer in each of my girls classes once a week and have got to know his daughter very well.  What a sweet girl who must come from very sweet parents. 

When I told him that I loved his daughter and she was so sweet...he said..."Your girls are SO good in softball!!!"  ...then he said, "Oh and they're sweet too." 

OMG...how exciting...the girls are in 1st grade and he is telling me how good they are in softball. 

Being the athlete that I always was and still am...that warmed the cockles of my heart!! 

Just a proud mom moment for the proud moments book....

Have a great day!

Aloha Friday...

Aloha Friday is the day to take it easy, and relax!! Aloha is hosted by Kailani! You can play too…just post a question in your blog and link up on Kailani’s current Aloha Friday post. Then visit the other blogs in the list, link up and answer their fun questions!

My question for today is:

Do you count calories? 

If so, what is the easiest way you have found?  If not, why don't you?

I have counted calories throughout my life but have not done it over the last couple of years recently.  I listened to the audio CD out of this month's SUCCESS Magazine and the person featured in this month's SUCCESS Magazine is the Fitness Diva...Jillian Michaels from The Biggest Loser.  She is on the audio CD talking about your body and mind and how they go so hand in hand.  One of the most important things she said you can do to keep track of your weight is to count calories.  I am going to start counting calories becuase I think it's rediculous that I am in a constant battle with my weight.  I put a lot of energy into a lot of things but let one of the most important things, my own health, slip by. 

I used to be a part of an awesome website called http://www.sparkpeople.com/ this is a free website that helps you manage what you eat, what you should eat, how much of it you can eat, etc.  I am going to try to find an application for my cell phone so that I can track what I eat and the calories right in my phone.

I would love to hear any methods you have that work for you with calorie counting and keeping track of what you eat.

And if you don't count calories...please comment and tell me why?

Don't forget to leave some bloggy love in the comment section below...Happy Friday!

Friday Follow...

Welcome to the April 16 Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun.

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• Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.
• Grab the Friday Follow button and include on your Friday Follow blog post.
• Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.
• Follow as many other blogs on the linky as you’d like.
• Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you’re from Friday Follow.
• Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.
  
  This list is new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up each week for new participants to find your blogs. The list is only open to add your blog links on Fridays. It will be visible all week to visit the blogs listed.

 As hostesses, we realize the time required to participate in Friday Follow. Due to the overwhelming number of entries each week, we understand everyone, including ourselves, may not be able to follow every blog. To keep it fun, follow what you can at your own pace. We appreciate your understanding and thank you for your continued participation!

Friday Follower of the Week!

 Congratulations to The Human Race 600, this week’s Friday Follower of the Week! Each week we will randomly draw from all the links, one Friday Follower for the next week’s Friday Follow, and the chosen blog will be placed in the highly coveted number 4 position on the blog hop. We love your participation and want to give back to you! You could be next!

Welcome to the Ultimate Blog Party 2010...

***I will be leaving this post up for the week of the blog party...then it'll be back to the usual.***

This is my first time participating in the Ultimate Blog Party!

The party continues from April 9th thru April 16th, so you still have plenty of time to join us!

The idea of the Ultimate Blog Party (UBP) is to create a post that describes you and you link it up on the main UBP post over at Five Minutes for Moms so that others can stop by and visit you! It is a great way to meet new friends in the blogosphere!

Okay, now that that is taken care of, time to tell you about me! 

I am a wife to my high school sweetheart, the youngest child of 5 kids, mom of identical twin girls, work at home mom, and animal lover to the core!

We have two boxers...an albino boxer named Martini and a brindle boxer named Tyson.  Those two dogs have a better life than most kids. 
We live in Northern, CA...where I was born and raised.  I went to college in Ashland, OR and then moved back to my hometown to raise a family.  It's a beautiful small town community and we love it!

I lost my voice when I was 29 (now I'm 33) after I caught a cold...and never got my voice back.  So I have a permanently raspy voice...ughh!

I LOVE party planning...and being blessed with twins I believe is a reason to have a HUGE birthday party every year...we have pulled off some really good ones.  My favorite was their 5 yr old birthday...it was a Carnival...and I do everything super inexpensive as I know a lot of people with a lot of talents. *wink *wink  We had a magician (who also did balloon animals...bonus!), cotton candy machine, face painting, all the carnival booths, etc.  It was awesome!  The girls loved it!
See picture to the left...the yard of our old house before the kids arrived

We are in the process of planning their party for this year which is on the 29th of this month when they will be 7 yrs old.  We are doing a Luau!  I can't wait...I'll post pictures directly following the party for sure. :)

I watch little to NO TV...NO NEWS...there are times when I watch a program with my husband...usually "Modern Family" which is a friggin hilarious! Why?  Because I believe the filter of news is so negative and there is SO much good that goes on out there.  I am committed to making so much good out there and I believe that what you put into yourself is what you are going to put out...for example, garbage (like news) in, garbage out...good in, good out! 

I love animals, love to travel, love scrapbooking and crafts and love to read.

I work from home and feel blessed every single day to be able to be a room mom to my twin girls, I'm in charge of my own schedule, and am a really hard worker knowing that with what I do...if I work really hard for about 5 years, I won't have to work hard for the rest of my life.

I am a committed Christian and am thankful every day for the lessons and blessings that the Lord brings.

As much as we try to live a "normal" life..we have a pretty crazy life style...working from home I have a deal with my husband (who works for our city that we live in)...that if he and I work together, I can run my business really hard right now so that we can enjoy the rest of our lives.  With that comes the craziness...so my husband does the cooking, cleaning, laundry, and the night time routine with my girls.  I am blessed to be able to take them to school, pick them up, volunteer in their classes every week and get to have a couple of hours with them after school every day.  Our kids are our whole lives!

I am a complete mother bear...I don't trust ANYONE around my kids.  I say ANYONE...but have to correct that, my mom has my girls as much as I do and I will let very select family members have my girls over night at their houses.  Why?  Because you can't trust anyone with your children.  I know that we are to teach our children how to handle situations that they may be put in...and we do that.  But I am also a firm believer that it is our job to NOT put them in those situations.  Just yesterday we learned about VERY close friends of ours (they divorced and lived in separate houses) and the dad had a room mate for years and years...a friend of his from child hood and just found out that this "room mate" not only molested his own children but allegedly molested my friends two girls as well!!   There were MANY times that the dad left the kids at home with this roommate by themselves. 

So I am 100% committed to having the coolest house on the block so my kids will want to be home and all their friends will want to be here too...so far it's worked out pretty good. :)

I love blogging...I started in October of 2009 and just did it for an outlet...but have met so many amazing people, learned from so many others experiences...especially from identical twins and moms of identical twins.  It's a complete network of moms and friends that I wouldn't have ever had otherwise.

I am excited to be a part of the blog party...and hope you hop on over to 5 Minutes for Mom and take part in it too.

There are so many cool prizes to be won at this year’s Ultimate Blog Party, but my top three picks would be:

• Toshiba Satellite L505D-ES5025
• Be My Guest Certificate ($250 value) for a two night stay in the Hilton Garden Inn By bloggin2noggin
• USC17 - $200 gift certificate to Apple by CmomGo

And if my top three picks are already chosen, I’d love any of the following (in order of preference):
7, 70, 112, 95, 49, 31, 32, 65, 105, 96, 111, 85, 67 ( or anything to do with little girls...as I have 7 year old identical twin girls.)

Friday Follow...A Celebration of Followers...

Welcome to a SPECIAL edition of Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun.

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•* Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.

•* Follow as many other blogs on the linky as you'd like

•* Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you're from Friday Follow

•* Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow

The list is new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up each week for new participants to find your blogs. The list is only open to add your blog links on Fridays. It will be visible all week to visit the blogs listed.

As hostesses, we realize the time required to participate in Friday Follow. Due to the overwhelming number of entries each week, we understand everyone, including ourselves, may not be able to follow every blog. To keep it fun, follow what you can at your own pace. We appreciate your understanding and thank you for your continued participation!

Friday Follower of the Week!
Congratulations to Jill's Real Life, this week's Friday Follower of the Week! Each week we will randomly draw from all the links, one Friday Follower for the next week's Friday Follow, and the chosen blog will be placed in the highly coveted number 4 position on the blog hop. We love your participation and want to give back to you! You could be next!

Aloha Friday...

Aloha Friday is the day to take it easy, and relax!! Aloha is hosted by Kailani! You can play too…just post a question in your blog and link up on Kailani’s current Aloha Friday post. Then visit the other blogs in the list,  link up and answer their fun questions!

My question for today is:

Do you pee in the shower?

Ok..Ok...I know this is a totally random question, but I have to admit, I have been a bartender among many other things for the last 10 years and this is a common conversation starter at the bar and I am always blown away by peoples responses.  It's about 50/50 I have found on people that do and don't...so don't be embarrassed, just answer the question.

For me...I do not pee in the shower.  I have always gone right before I get in the shower for no other reason than the fact that as soon as I hear the water it makes me have to go so bad I couldn't wait until after I got in the shower anyway.  When my girls were really little and they would shower with me, it never failed the second they would get in they would have to go potty.  So there were a couple of times that I just had them stand over the drain and go.

Don't forget to leave a comment and then go link up at An Island Life...Happy Friday!

The girls asked Jesus in their heart...

The girls were home on the Friday prior to Easter since they already had their "Spring Break".  We were sitting around talking about Easter and I asked their girls what they thought Easter was about?  They both said, "Chocolate bunnies, jelly beans, Easter bunnies, etc."  I said, "Now what is it really...?"  And they didn't really remember what it was about.  They knew it had something to do with Jesus...but not sure what.  Mind you, they are only 6 years old. 

So I thought it was a good time to read them the story in the bible...so we opened the bible to Matthew and started to read.  The girls were amazed...they said, "OMG mom...he had to carry his own cross?" and "I can't believe the earth shook when he died."  They never really knew the magnitute of what Jesus had done and how awesome he was to rise again on the 3rd day. 

They love Jesus so much...this is something that we have taught them since they were little babies.  They love the Lord 1st, themselves 2nd and then everyone else.  This was not taught to me and I remember the time when I was a teenager and learned that I needed to love the Lord more than anyone else.  That was really hard for me...I remember thinking that I was betraying my mom if I loved the Lord more than my mom.  Then when I accepted the Lord in my early 20's...it all became clear and I totally understood.

So at the moment that I was done reading the bible to the girls...I asked them if they wanted Jesus to live in their heart.  They both said yes and were very excited.  We said the prayer with each one of them.  It was so sweet and so special and they truly understood what it was that we were celebrating yesterday.

I am so thankful for the amazing presence the Lord has in our life.  He is our everything!

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Celebrating 100 Followers...

Here it was in October of last year and my dear friend Amanda showed me how to start a blog.  I remember feeling super excited about the fact that I really got to journal all the things that happen in our family.

I also remember thinking how is anyone ever going to want to follow me.  I just watched what other people did and learned a lot in the beginning of what NOT to do.  LOL

Then the followers started coming.  I remember being so thrilled at the fact that I had 3 followers...no that wasn't a type...I really did say 3!  Just the thought that I am journaling my thoughts and learning how theraputic it was...and people really read about and learn from your life. 

I have had the opportunity to connect with so many awesome moms from all walks of life...stay at home moms, several multiples moms, work from home moms (like myself), working moms, stay at home dads, etc.

In the short time that I have been blogging...156 posts...I have been featured on Multiples and More and Something To Talk About.  That was such an honor.  And Multiples and More has asked me to write a guest post on working from home while raising twins and how I balance the two.  So that will be coming up in the next couple of weeks. 

I am thankful for all the followers that I have and want you to know that I follow you back and enjoy each and everyone of your blogs.  Also, thank you to all of you who have in someway or another influenced my blog.

God bless you all and please remember the reason for the season tomorrow.  Jesus gave his life for our sins...and we should be forever grateful.  I am thankful to be a committed Christian above all else. 

Happy Easter!

Aloha Friday...Easter Traditions

Aloha Friday is the day to take it easy, and relax!! Aloha is hosted by Kailani! You can play too…just post a question in your blog and link up on Kailani’s current Aloha Friday post. Then visit the other blogs in the link up and answer their fun questions!

What is your favorite Easter tradition?

Mine is a post that I posted earlier this week...{click here} to see it.  When my girls were little we started making clues in plastic Easter eggs that would direct them to where their basket was at.  Since that first time, we have just continued to do it.  We actually type up the clues and cut them up so there is no handwriting to recognize. 

What I realized yesterday was how fun this is going to be as they get older and older and we can really send them on a wild "Basket" hunt. 

Happy Easter everyone!

Don't forget to leave a comment...I'm looking forward to hearing your favorite recipes, any traditions, etc.  Then go link up at Island Life.