First Days of Spring

So it is already spring. I was thinking about this the other day and realizing that it has been a whole year since Kira, Kaya and I went to visit the Rush family in Mexico. Our first day there, Kim had to make a mask for Quincy to wear to school for the first day of spring. It was so much fun that we made them for all of the kids to enjoy. When we went to pick him up at school, all the kids were wearing them. He was waiting for us and flapping his bird wings.

Panoramic Easter Eggs

As a kid I was alway mesmerized by these little eggs. It looked as if it was a real world "for easter creatures" in there. I think that we would usually get them from our Grandparents. The easter bunny that visits my house cannot afford to buy these little treasures at $5-$20.00 a piece. So, we decided to make a memory all of our own.

Joyce Wynn, a really crafty lady at church, had the molds to make her own and thought that my family might enjoy making them. What a process! It was fun but not something I think that we'll do every year. First you have to knead 4 1/2 cups of sugar with 3Tbs. of water to make the sugar stick together. Then press it into the mold that has been rubbed with cornstarch. Then the egg is dumped out onto wax paper. You cut the holes to peek into and then wait 4-8 hours so that the outside gets hard. Then you scoop out the sugar from the inside(we now have pastel colored sugar that we are sweetening our coffee and tea with) and let it dry for about 24 hours before they are ready to decorate. We broke a few eggs during this process and had to start over again.

I guess the point to all this is just to say I will never see those pretty little eggs the same way again. And now I know why they are so expensive. What a lot of work! My kids are dying to bite into them. I am making them wait until after easter. Hello cavities!

When you run with the big boys...

You might skin your pretty little knees!

This was a lesson Kaya learned on Sunday. She wanted to play outside after church with her big brothers. It was during a fateful game of "Johnny, Johnny can I cross the river please?" that she took her big fall. These are our first Bandaids of the season. Nothing says "little sister" like a pair of bandaged knees peeking under your dress. She'll keep up with them no matter what. She has fallen before and said to Eli "Daddy, I think I broke my knees." Then gave them a quick brush with her hand and off she went again.