Happy Easter!

Easter

We already got some presents from grandparents and I put them in a basket for the girls so they can experience Easter morning. Claire was more interested in the baskets and eggs, while Shay liked the cards , SO at least they weren't fighting. Shay woke up first and got to do some egg hunting without her sister getting all of them first, and as of noon (when I'm writing this) there is still one left unfound! I hid them really easy and I can see it every time I walk by, but I think it will be fun to let Claire find it later today too. We enjoyed a Easter Sunday church with my family and seeing them on the computer is really nice especially since Claire is missing playing with friends.

Claire

We have enjoyed going outside so often, now that it is warm in the morning as well as afternoon we go and play in the backyard once the sun is out and she loves climbing our tree. I can tell she misses playing with kids her age because every time the neighbor is outside she wants to go play but doesn't understand that we can't. It breaks my heart and I can't wait until she gets to be social with kids again like the gym and nursery, or even just the park with random kids! She is getting really good at walking with me on our stroller walks because she likes to be out when we go. Chris has enjoyed that she likes to work out with us already and does sets between ours with our help of course and very light weight. 

Shay

Best thing about this week is that she is trying to learn how to use a fork! She saw me using one and insisted on having it and now wants one every meal. She has the motion down but hasn't stuck anything yet and even when I do it for her she takes it off to eat it. She is a good cuddler for about a minute before she gets up to go explore and play, but I got a rare chance to take a nap with her this week. Mostly she likes to get dirty outside and brings us her shoes to tell us she needs to be in the sun. Her communicating is all grunting and pointing or holding out her hand for what we have to feed her with.

Baking

I've made bread in a bread machine before, but for a recipe I saw recently it was easy to knead it and bake it in the oven. We have a lot of flour recently and it was especially fun when Claire started kneading the counter as I was working the dough. She likes to help cook and always chooses ramen or mac and cheese for food so she can cook with me. It will be fun when she is actually a help doing those things. Next will be making wheat bread with freshly ground whole wheat now that we have a grinder and wheat.