Happy Easter!

This was our first year to dye eggs. That was interesting. Seven of our twelve eggs made it. Emmy gave us these fabulous egg-decorating kits and they were a huge hit!! They truly were so cute and had adorable stickers to put on the eggs. A little like scrapbooking and egg decorating combined into one activity.

Easter Morning and Afternoon

We hope that everyone had a blessed Easter. The kids seem to actually "get" the Easter story this year; not completely, but here's to hoping that when someone asks them about Easter, they talk more about Jesus than the Easter Bunny. Hmm. That might be a little optimistic on my part. ;)

Walker found an egg with two packs of Smarties. Whenever he finds candy, he immediately thinks of sharing with Lainey. So here, in this picture, he's telling me, "One for Sissy and one for Wah-kuh."

The Easter Bunny left footprints! (Thanks, Mom! I still remember you...um, the Easter Bunny...doing this!)

See how dark it is? A major storm came through and darkened the sky...this picture was taken at about 8:15 a.m. My lighting on all of these pictures is terrible. Couldn't get it right, and especially with the two small kids running around. :)

cute little Easter feet

Yes, we're still moving...end of May. :) Hence the boxes!

Later in the afternoon, we went to Greg and Tisha's for our annual Easter dinner and Cascarone egg hunt.

We made it a rule to not crack eggs on Walker's head, knowing that he might freak out. But, as you can see, he enjoyed the process immensely and didn't get emotional about it at all.

Lainey had fun, too. :)

Collin somehow managed to avoid getting an egg cracked on his head. Here Uncle Greg is trying to grab him so that he can get in on the fun. :)

Ella did the honors. :)

Happy Easter to ALL! Thanks to Greg and Tisha and Bud and Yiyia for a fabulous time...as always!

Walker's "I no like..." and "I don't want..."

Walker is quite opinionated. Much to everyone's surprise. :) Our favorite saying (and the one most like nails on a chalkboard) is "I no like..." and just fill in the blank. As I've posted previously, this phrase can be applied to anyone, anything, anywhere. He'll name his shirt, his pants, his cousins...you name it.  He's actually started saying "I don't like..." but we like using his original wording because it's funny. I think the phrase that started it all was "I no like pants." (On one occasion, he even told me that he "didn't care for pants." The boy likes to be without pants!)  On Easter morning, he told us that his shirt had "too many buttons...I don't like buttons." Yesterday Walker told me, "I don't like to wipe my bottom" (um, sorry Buddy, but that's not a choice you get to make). Today he told me "I don't like those fruit snacks...they wet." (What he meant was that they were shiny. He prefers dull fruit snacks.) And then later, just before we left for dance, Walker said, "I don't like anyfing (anything)." That is a true statement some days. Being three is hard! 

Periodically, he gets mad at his trains. I'm not sure why. But he does, sometimes. We know he's particular about which trains he likes and he's very specific about wanting to play with trains that are "happy." Maybe he doesn't like the face on a certain train that day...who knows. Whatever the reason, he will sometimes put his trains behind closed doors. And he makes sure that the trains stay behind closed doors. The pantry is one of his favorite places to put them.

And this morning, Walker was mad that I wasn't playing choo-choo trains with him so he covered his track with pillows and said, "I don't WANT to play choo-choos." Well, okay. What a funny little boy he is. Very particular, very opinionated, and might have a touch of toddler OCD. ;) 

Walker's Soccer Pictures

Oh my gosh. What an ordeal. Thankfully, our 8:00 a.m. game was rained out so we just had to show up for pictures at 9:00. Well, I thought that wouldn't be too hard for us to do but it was a terrible ordeal! Shoulda known. :) Anyway, here's a few pictures of the photo shoot...

Walker wasn't feeling picture day. When it was his turn, he started kicking his legs and crying and refused to stand upright. The grand finale was him kicking off a shoe. He kinda stopped crying after that, but then refused to hold the ball. Spaghetti arms. 

This guy next to him was holding the ball because Walker refused to. (And by this point, we lost all hope of getting a smile.) So this guy's hand is visible in Walker's individual soccer picture. I didn't get a picture of the few times Walker picked his nose while standing up there. Oh my. Well, as my friend Candice said, if he had smiled it wouldn't quite have been indicative of the way he felt about his first season of soccer! :) So true!

Walker's buddy Evan was feeling pretty crummy this morning...he had a bad ear infection. But he wasn't gonna give anyone a smile, either. :) 

These boys crack me up. They are so much alike. (Their sisters dance together, so they are around each other quite a bit!)

And, because I seem to like to videotape and photograph all of Walker's meltdowns, here's a little video of the group picture shot. :)