These Girls!

 I LOVE MY DAUGHTERS!

Easter

We had a wonderful time teaching the girls about Jesus and Easter time. When I asked Claire what she learned from the Easter lessons, she said, "Jesus died" and I said, "yes, isn't it great that he died for us?" "No mommy, I don't want Jesus to die," she said in such a sweet little voice too, so I had to explain, "it was a good thing because he came back remember? And now we can see him again." Then she was happy. We had our Easter baskets full of presents yesterday with a new coloring book, a dress, a hat, and some candy for each of them. I also spent some time this week making them a princess matching game out of fabric which they play together but love it when daddy or I play with them too. Shay always has to find the card that has Elsa and Anna, and she wins no matter what if she gets them because she is more obsessed with them than any of the other princesses. I had planned to decorate Easter egg cookies with them but the weekend got away from us so we ended up just eating them instead.

Claire

Do you see how cute she is? She is getting to be more frustrating because she likes to bring toys out into the living room (why when you have a whole toy room??) and even though she pinky promises me she will put them all away...she always drags her feet. She likes to pretend she is soooooo tired and "falls asleep" on the couch when I ask her to start putting the toys away. All I have to say to get her butt in gear is, "ok I guess I'll throw them away..." then she uses her super princess speed to beat me to the toys I'm trying to pick up. Our meals have become easier for her to eat, but she doesn't like trying new foods at home, even though it is something I know we ate when we visited Idaho only a month ago. Silly girl, but just so darn cute when she is climbing into bed with us at 6:15am! They keep waking up earlier and earlier.

Shay

Just as cute right?! If you see her having pretty chubby cheeks it is because she is back into the habit of storing the food in her cheeks that she doesn't want to eat. Usually, it is the green beans or carrots that she saves for the last of the plate and then eats because I tell her she can't have a cookie unless she eats them. I still don't give her a cookie unless she swallows, but it is really annoying to see her 2 hours after lunch still have food in her mouth. After Claire taught her the 'climb on daddy' game they've been using him as their jungle gym whenever they got the chance this week. We had some rainy days this week and there was a slug they found in our garden bed. Chris pulled it out and put it on the ground, but Shay couldn't leave it alone and we had to put it out of sight. She is still changing her outfits several times a day but getting better at helping by first taking off her clothes so I have to help her put the other ones on so she isn't running around naked.