Playing Catch-up Again

It has been a while since I posted as usual. There haven't been any earth shattering events however, so I suppose it's not a big problem. Anyway, here is what we've been doing.

We built some boxes for our raised bed gardens that we are putting in. Matthew loved helping daddy with the tools. At least he loved it until daddy used a saw and Matthew started crying uncontrollably. He really doesn't like loud noises. It has been really nice to be getting outside more lately though. The kids both really like that!

Yes, Easter was several weeks ago and I am just getting to it. Unfortunately I didn't get any great pictures, but at least I got some. We had a hunt and BBQ at my parents house on Friday night so it didn't interfere with conference. It was pretty cold outside that night which is why you see the picture of Matthew trying to put his hood on. Then on Saturday, Emma went with grandma to an egg hunt with her cousins on Daniel's side. She loved it. Easter Sunday was pretty low key. We had a yummy Easter breakfast and then watched conference. It was nice.

Below are some cute pics of Matthew. He loves clippies! He found several in my bathroom drawer one day and insisted that I put them in his hair. It was darling. On the other hand he really likes his tools and hard hat play set. The picture of the glasses was one afternoon when we were playing doctor. The glasses are part of the set and he just looked too cute to pass up for a picture. He recently discovered that he likes scissors. Who knew that kids scissors could cut through fabric? I had only gone in the laundry room to put some clothes in the washer, but it was long enough for him to cut 4 or 5 fairly large holes in his shirt. Needless to say, I have not left him alone with the scissors again! :)

Emma had a lot of fun in the soil we got to fill our boxes for our raised bed gardens. It took a while to get all the dirt moved into the beds, so Emma and the neighbor girl decided it would be fun to burry themselves. Unfortunately, I didn't think to take off her light pink jacket. Most of the dirt came out, but it was still a little dingy in some of the seems. Oh well, she had fun. She also loves making cookies, especially the part where she gets to lick the beater. She always has a chocolate face when she's done. The bottom left picture is her favorite part of the doctor set. She loves to pretend that the person who is sick needs to throw-up in the little kidney shaped dish. That is what she is holding below her mouth. She's so funny.

That's what we've been up to lately. Not much, but at least it's recorded now!