Multiples Egg Hunt

We had our annual Plano Area Mothers of Multiples Easter Egg Hunt this past Saturday. My friend Amy and I were co-chairs for the event. Whew, it was fun, but we are glad it is OVER! It was held at Cottonwood Baptist church and it was great that the egg hunt was outside, but everything else was inside. It was SO windy that day! We had bounce houses, face painting, balloon artist, the Easter Bunny of course, crafts and food. Here are a few pictures.

Caroline and Kate with their balloons. Kate was most likely instructing Caroline on what she needed to be doing.

Kate requested this mermaid. I was quite impressed with what this lady could make!

Gotta have a drink while you hunt eggs right?

Dropping the last few eggs in the basket.

Mason the tiger.

Kate and Mason hunting for eggs.

Score! Chocolate!

Hum, what could be in this egg??

Two Weeks of Floors!

Whew! We are almost finished. We have been working on new floors in our Kitchen, Laundry, Pantry and then wood floors in our Office, Foyer, Dining and Half Bath! It looks great, but what a mess to get here! Everything should be complete by Thursday, which I hope because the kids come home from Louisiana then! Our parents love our kids enough to keep them while we have been working on this project. I don't know what we would have done without their help. It would have been interesting if we had to keep 3 children ages 3 and under in a house with dust, fumes, wet paint, sealer and lack of ALL appliances. Thank you grandparents! Can you guess what I will be doing today and tomorrow until they get back?? CLEANING!! I know it will be worth it when the job is done. We will be enjoying our new floors for years! If you live in the area and need names of good workers let me know.
Tile Demo

Tile Clean Up

Polyurethane wood floors.

Finished Floors, waiting on base today!

Almost finished kitchen floors.

Day Out with Thomas the Train

Sunday afternoon we went to Grapevine, TX and got to ride on Thomas the Train! It was pouring down rain, but the kids had a great time. They had a tent set up with a model train, another set up with multiple train tables, one with Sir Topham Hatt, story telling area and a gift store of course. They were all so good on the train ride, Mason did ask me where Harold the helicopter was. Hummm, maybe they can bring him along next year! HA!


Kate with Thomas. Mason was not crazy about standing around in the rain to have his picture taken.

All of us on the train ride. They said the car was 80 years old!

Mason in his Thomas hat. He now has to wear it every day to school.

Happy Kate and Caroline.

Events of the Week

Nothing out of the ordinary really going on, but I have not posted in awhile, so I thought it was time to catch up! Last week Kate was the VIP at "school" so she got to take Mr. Froggie home. So for the week Mr. Froggie got to follow us around, including making cookies! We went to a great event for Carson Richardson at our church. Check out more information on this website:
www.generationsforcarson.com It was a HUGE birthday party/ fundraiser for him. The kids loved the party! I have also been busy at market with my mom the past few weeks, so the last few pictures are of the girls wearing pearls. It is the "in" thing for Spring!


Kate with Mr. Froggie

Licking the spoons are the best part!

Kate with pink hair and Mason with his Thomas the train face. This was done at the Fundraiser for Carson. Kate's hair has never been pulled back this straight before!

Pink Hair and glitter!

Girls in their pearls!

Our 1st Gingerbread House

Today Mason and Kate had their 1st try at making a gingerbread house. Caroline was interested, but she is just not quite tall enough. Instead, she got a sucker, which she was thrilled with her treat. I have made gingerbread houses in the past, but they involved graham crackers and glue guns and much more labor. This was a kit and worked really well! The kids loved it and actually followed instructions. I think it will be eaten up by tomorrow though. Every time I turn around they are picking candy off of it, but I guess that is part of the fun!

Working hard adding candy to the house.

Santa's Village

Sunday we went to Santa's Village in Richardson. The kids loved it, but it was quite BUSY! We got to go in many of the houses, play musical instruments, ride on reindeer saddles, see the Sugarplum Fairy and even see Mrs. Claus.
Mason getting his magical dust.

Mason and Sparky the fire dog. He loved him and did not want to leave.

Mason, Kate and Caroline checking out the reindeer saddles. We also received reindeer food for Christmas Eve. The reindeer need a treat too!

Caroline & Kate in front of the reindeer shed. (Caroline was not sure about all of this!)

Kate is also scared of Mrs. Claus, but she did not mind taking a cookie from her!

Can I eat this gingerbread house??

Waiting in line to see the fairy.

It was a long weekend..............

Lights at Fire Safety Town

This evening we went to see the lights at Fire Safety Town in Frisco. We got a glance at Santa, since we have already seen him this year we did not want to take up more of his time since he does have to see so many children! We also got to write letters to Santa and mail them Fed Ex, along with making ornaments, getting gingerbread man tattoos, balloons and play in a "real" fire truck!

Kate & Mason in front of Babe's Chicken in Fire Safety Town.

Kate writing her letter.

We were told that sending the letters by FedEx that they go STRAIGHT to the North Pole.

Mason loved playing in the fire truck so we have quite of few shots of him.