Easter eggs, Aunt Sarah, and Disney on Ice

It has been a BUSY week. I am going to attempt to capture all of it in one very long blog post. Here goes.

On Tuesday Lydia's preschool class had their Easter party at the park. Lydia was sooooo happy that her mom and sisters came to the party. She introduced all her friends to her sister Claire, and made sure Claire sat with them for lunch.They had an easter egg hunt, pizza, and then played on the playground.I lost track of Claire for a moment, and then looked over to see Lydia's friend David pushing her on the swing. It was fun at first... then she got a little scared. On Wednesday night my sister Sarah came into town. The girls spent some time with her and grandma making some Easter treats. They decorated egg-shaped cakes with frosting and all sorts of candies. Claire's decorations never made it to her cake. In fact, even the icing didn't last long. It's not hard to tell which ones Claire, Lydia, and Sarah made. The girls also tried to go swimming in grandma's pool. Every day that it's warm outside Lydia asks "Is grandma's pool warm yet??"
The girls got sunscreen and swimsuits on... then realized that NO, it is NOT warm yet. They never made it past the steps. Maybe next month. Thursday and Friday me and the girls and Sarah all went to San Antonio! We were there to see Disney on Ice: Toy Story 3. We drove up on Thursday afternoon, and got the best nights sleep ever in a hotel... we didn't wake up until after 9am, and almost missed our free breakfast! That is quite a feat with 3 little girls.
First on the agenda: swimming. Then we cleaned up, checked out, and headed over to the Alamodome for the show. This is just outside the entrance.Then once inside, we had to make some souvenir purchases, along with the hundreds of other fans. Lydia got Jessie, and Claire wanted Woody.
Then I couldn't resist the photo-op with a cardboard cutout. Such a rip-off, but at least it's a pic of all of us together.The show was pretty good - great costumes, great music, great skating. Not too many special effects or tricks other than army men parachuting and Buzz Lightyear's flying entrance... but this isn't broadway, it's ice skating. Though I don't think most kids there really appreciated that Woody could do a triple-lutz.The best skating performance was by Ken and Barbie. They're a fan favorite. Wish we had better pics, but it was dark and we just had the small camera.

Lydia and Claire loved the show, and were shouting "Hi" to the characters. Scarlett was good until the second half, when she started getting tired and irritable. AND, as is evident in this picture, she's teething again, and was drooling all over.
Before we made the 5hr drive back to Midland, we went to a park in downtown San Antonio to let the girls burn some energy.

It worked. It was hot, and they were exhausted. They slept for the whole ride, except for maybe 2 hrs when they were watching "Tangled", and when mommy got pulled over for speeding (85 in an 80... and got off with only a warning for being so curteous ;)

Josh had been away on a youth trip these past few days, so we were anxious to get home and see him again on Saturday. We spent Saturday night getting ready for Easter and dying our hard-boiled eggs, of course. This is our first Easter in the US in 4 years, and I was anxious to do this with my girls, but at the grocery store there were hardly any egg-coloring kits! Maybe the tradition is just fading. We had fun though.Then it was Easter Sunday. We were all dressed in our Easter best. The girls looked sooooo stinkin cute!After church we had grandma and grandpa and Sarah over for a big Easter lunch, and then the girls went on an egg hunt outside.

It's been a wonderful week. Happy Easter everyone!