Easter

i love Easter weekend, and the time leading up to it.  i love spring, and the renewal that it brings.  for the opportunity we have to celebrate the miracle of the Atonement and Resurrection of our Savior.  we have started some fun traditions of our own, and it was been so wonderful to watch mae get excited about them!

if i've said it once, i've said it a thousand times.  my girl loves her crafts.  and this mama loves pinterest and the super cute and easy ideas that we find on there.  this one turned out great, although WAY more marshmallows made it into her mouth than on the paper.

every time we see gram we make some sugar cookies!  she's a pro.  literally, some of the tastiest sugar cookies every time. i need to step up my sugar cookie game when she leaves!

i just love, love their relationship.

then, we braved the easter egg dying.  ugh, why in the world is this a tradition?!  either way, she was in heaven,  and there was little to no mess.

 

aunt marci sent us a great package for easter, and in it was this super fun easter egg kit.  you decorate the eggs like circus animals.  again, heaven for this little girl.

 i think they turned out pretty cute!  poor girl wanted to play with the eggs.  she didn't really get it when we had to keep them in the fridge.  but, she didn't ask questions when the day after easter we had some delish egg salad!

the library had a special easter egg hunt.  i had totally forgotten about it, and wasn't planning on taking her, but she showed up and they were starting.  i wasn't going to stay because, lots of people and crowds are not my jam.  but, i stuck it out for this little girl.  glad i did, because she loved it.  but, after she found her three eggs i hustled her out of there so fast!!

last year we went to houston for an easter bbq and egg hunt with cousins, and this year bre and joseph hosted us again.  i'm so incredibly glad that we were able to go!  all 16 of the baldwin cousins were together for the first time.  so special!  i love this family so much and am so grateful for them!

i think bre and i hid around 140 eggs.  and i'm pretty sure the egg hunt was over in 3 minutes...tops.  it was chaos.  but it was so much fun.  

 the big kids were so great with the littles, they are some really awesome kids.  i'm so glad mae has such great examples to look up to.

ans of course we did our easter bunny pancakes.  mae requested pink pancakes this year.  don't hate on my terrible pouring skills...they were delicious even if they were not proportionate.

my mom got the girls some adorable easter dresses this year.  if you know me, you know i'm not about the frilly stuff.  so these were perfect.  

i love these two so much.  i'm so grateful for our Savior and His eternal sacrifice that we can be a forever family.

i love this crazy little family of mine.  it's hard being home all day with these girls, and being a mom is the toughest thing i've ever done.  but, they're mine.  and  i wouldn't have it any other way.

 buuut, then they do stuff like this and it makes me rethink my last statement. :)