Easter 2016

What a fun time we had coloring eggs with Gigi and Papa.  

The kids really took their time this year and made some of their best eggs to date

All done and ready for the bunny

Let the Easter morning egg hunt begin

I love how excited the kids get to find tiny soldiers and shopkins in eggs

And then on to the mother load.  How did that poor bunny haul all that into the house?

 The millennials have brought back polaroids

Wizard's chess

And after that hard fought match, it was off to church.  They clean up pretty nicely.

And after being good for over an hour, it was time to dig into their first ever chocolate bunnies.

Happy Easter!

Pinewood Derby & Dance Convention

It has become an annual tradition for Dad and Finn to go over to Uncle Pappy's house to work on their pinewood derby car.  Uncle Jon was, after all, a scout who had won 3rd place at his pinewood derby.  Last year, Finn tied his godfather.  But this year, they had a big plan to redistribute the car's weight and do even better...

And it worked!  Finn came in first place.  He was beyond thrilled.

With his trophy and his winning car.  That's a happy boy.

The girls and I were not able to witness Finn's winning races, because we were near O'Hare at their first dance convention.  All I can say is WOW!  Dance moms are a bit scary.  But the girls had a good time.

And to cap off a busy/victorious weekend...the boys went to a Blackhawks game.  

A warm March day

You have to enjoy these days with a nice bike ride to a park

Finn as Steve Jobs

For his biography project at school, Finn researched Steve Jobs.  He did a really great job understanding and summarizing Jobs' major accomplishments.  I even began to appreciate Steve more through helping Finn.  And boy does Finn make a cute Jobs, if I do say so myself.