Happy Hippity Hoppity Day!

We had a great Easter! For brunch I made Vanilla Cinnamon French toast with fresh strawberries on top as well as sausage. Then we went to the Easter Service. During the sermon, Claire announced, "Mommy, I gotta go poop." Luckily, we were in the back, but since I heard some giggling around us, I knew that people had heard. Oh well. I'm happy to have provided them with a tidbit of amusement.

When we came home Easter Bunny (aka Daddy) hid some plastic eggs all around the house. I wasn't going to hide more since we had just done an egg hunt with our playgroup on Friday, but it was so nice out! I only put 1 jelly bean or 1 MnM in each egg. She had so much fun finding them! And she did a really good job! On Friday, she only found about 6...she wasn't into and didn't really get it. I think it may have been too busy for her.

It was a BEAUTIFUL day outside. We spent a lot of time outside on the patio and in the sunshine. Man. Too bad it's bad to "lay out" -- I totally dig the little "sun-buzz" from being out in the sunshine.

For dinner I made ham, scalloped potatoes, asparagus, and a dessert. I rarely ever make a dessert. I made "Brownie Banana Split Pizza" -- and it was sinful. It was a brownie mix baked on a pizza sheet. Then you mixed cream cheese and powdered sugar. Always glorious in combination! Then you layered a can of crushed pineapple, a banana, fresh strawberries, and some maraschino cherries. Claire of course had fun helping me make it. Of course she was licking each cherry before she put it on the "pizza" LOL! Good thing it was just for us!

Then I sat outside some more while Claire ran her shopping cart in circles around the patio. I was tired of looking at some trash along the back fence, which is actually the neighbor's property. So I grabbed a plastic grocery store bag to pick up the trash. They are mostly those flyers that they hang on doors. Seriously. I want to boycott any place that will not pay for a mailing. And they never stay on the doors. They end up all over the freaking neighborhood as muddy pieces of bright yellow paper. Freaking annoying as hell. The other thing that irritates me to no end...typos on the ads. Things like "PAYING TO MUCH FOR.....?" SERIOUSLY. You can't use the right form of to vs. too on an ad...I am so not patronizing your business.

But anyways, we had a very nice Easter at home. This was about the first time ever not spending Easter with my family. Actually, 2nd I think. The first time was when I was an exchange student in Germany. But it was a bit odd. Last year, Holly got married on Easter weekend so we were all together for a big Easter dinner and festivities. I didn't go to church last Easter though, since we were up to midnight or later for Holly's wedding reception. So Claire and I took a nap while the others went to church last year. ;)

It's crazy to think that last year at this time, Holly was single and living on her own (until the 11th anyways) and now she's married and more than half-way to having her own little baby! How time flies!

So here's my latest ponderance...should I bother writing a birth plan? Seriously? I was like wanting to....but I wrote one last time, but it's so not going to matter because they just skim it and don't really care what it says anyways. PLUS...they are "meant" to be broken. So if I just don't plan one...nothing can really go that wrong? Me.frustrated=true about this. So if I just don't plan for anything...then what? It's not like I'm going to get a homebirth setting in a hospital, because it just doesn't work that way.

Anyways, hope you all had a great Easter! I've got lots of pictures and videos to share soon! :)

Welcoming the Warm-Up!

I am so glad that winter is over. Time for no coats! Time for sandals! Well, almost...close enough! Claire loves dresses. Have I mentioned that she wants to wear a dress and tights every single day? Well she does. Then she asks for a necklace and/or a bracelet. "CUZ Princesses wear them. I need a necklace so I be a Princess." That's logical!
She loves the Easter Egg tree. As you can see, she's very excited about going outside and getting to touch them. Haha. I have some Easter decorations inside she's not supposed to touch, so apparently touching these is a thrill.

I have to say, it does add some nice color to the bare tree and still brownish grass!

These pictures were actually from about a week ago, and the pictures with snow piled up were from about 2 weeks ago. Ha. I got an early jump on my Easter decorations. Now, I'm planning to take them down like the day after Easter so that they won't remain up until like July (new baby = distractions!). Not "due" until the 16th, but Lordy, with all the Braxton-Hicks I've been having, I would say...anyday now! ;)

Spring is just a few more days away!!! YAY for warmer weather!

Easter Egg Tree Fun

Claire has moved up a coat size. This a 3T. I'm hoping it still fits next fall since it's really cute. It's a really pricey London Fog one I got on clearance for less than 15. It fits my "coat selection rules" meaning, coats I buy have to have hoods and pockets. I hate coats that don't have hoods and pockets.
We had a huge pile of snow that Claire was able to enjoy and play in during 40 and 50 degree weather. This was really nice because she didn't freeze! I did not put her snow pants on her, and she sat down in the snow. She quickly realized that she would get a wet butt. Ha. She was pretty distraught because she goes, "Why I WET? I NO PEE!" Poor potty-trained girlie was all confused as to why her butt was feeling damp.

She had so much fun making castles out of snow ... and then stomping them.

This is the easiest and perhaps cheapest craft ever. I used about 3 bags of Easter eggs from the dollar store...cost $3. All you have to do is tie some string in a circle, like a bracelet and then close the egg on top of the string. I hot-glued them around where they close, so maybe I'll get a 2nd season out of them, but they tend to hold up pretty well considering how cheap they are.

And PS...this coat is the only one that fits me now. I tried on my other light weight jacket today and totally just put it back. It doesn't even close at all. That's ok, in about a month from now, I plan on losing at least 15 lbs overnight. ;) LOL...when I had Claire that's how much I lost from just her being born, fluids, placenta, etc, overnight. ;)

And nope, we don't have a name. And nope, we're probably not going to decide until the birth.