Eat Your Bone

That is Elia's latest sentence. It is so stinking cute when she says it too! We watched Koda this weekend and Elia LOVED every second. We had a ham for Easter brunch and so Koda got the bone and gnawed on it for a good 2 hours. Anytime Elia went near her she would stop and say eat your bone eat your bone. Saturday night, after sneaking Koda a little bit of her dinner, she said "I love you dog." So sweet. Gianna still took a while to warm up as usual. Elia was kissing her and hugging her and giving her all kinds of love.

Tonight I caught them doing this:

And later, this:

Poor dog. I bet the girls would have tried to dress her up if they could. She is a dang good dog to put up with it!

Easter Part 2

On the way home from church, Elia fell asleep. She woke up so snuggly.

Then we tried to take some family photos. It totally reminded me of the Christmas pictures I tried to take in December.

Love these:

The Easter Bunny brought G a bubble gun so that is what the girls are going gaga over in the pictures. Next up, the hunt. Elia had to be completely guided through it and after a while, she just turned into Gianna's pack horse. Hilarious!

Easter Part 1

I took too many pictures. They are so cute though, that I have to include all of them, so it will be a 2 post ordeal.

Saturday night we dyed Easter eggs. Really not the best activity for a 2 year old, but we survived with only one broken egg.

Easter Morning

Since Gianna gave up ice cream for lent, the Easter Bunny brought them some. Since he didn't want it to melt, he left a note to the girls telling them to follow the tracks to a special treat.

The Easter Bunny knows just where to hide the baskets. Gianna's was in our radio cabinet (passed down to me from my parents house) which the Easter Bunny used to hide my Easter baskets when I was a little girl. And Elia's basket was in the easel, which I thought was very fitting.

He left presents for everyone, including the adults. I got some wine and the uncles got beer. The Easter Bunny also left a communal bowl for everyone.

Then we made a bunny cake (not pictured) and some bird nests. This was so easy and fun! It was just your basic rice krispie treat recipe but using chow mein noodles and forming them into nests in cupcake holders. Then the girls filled them with "eggs."

More on our Easter egg hunt and some cute family pictures in my next post. Happy Easter!

Lone Star Park

Today we ventured out to Lone Star Park with Uncle Patrick to take advantage of $1 days. That means $1 hot dogs, beer, soda, popcorn, and even bets. We didn't bet at all, we just ate and drank a lot and watched the horses. The look on Elia's face when she saw the horses coming around the track for the first time was complete horror. I don't know if she was worried that they were gonna run her down or what, but she did not like it! Once they ran past her she waved bye to them, and then all races after that she got excited about them.

Professional kid-wrangler:

Elia's feet are off the ground in this pic! Gianna was interested in the sno-cones the most.

Check out my post from when we went last year.

Check it Out

I have 2 videos featuring the girl's new skills. Thursday Gianna had a Easter show at school and Ms. Eleanor told me that Gianna was more into the performance than any other kid. So she sang one of the songs for us at dinner and I managed to get it on tape. Sorry about the lighting- we were outside and the sun was setting.

And Elia is getting better and better at puzzles. ps, do you love her freaking cute pigtails? Chris had to wrangle her and hold her down so I could get her hair into them. Totally worth the cuteness though.

Hanging Outside

Nothing says summer more to me than sitting out on the patio with a glass of wine and watching the girls play(or actually playing with the girls). We planted some flowers earlier this week, and they have some shoots poking up. Gianna loves to water them, and then water them again.

Love it when Elia helps.

Our potato plants are growing! G gets so excited every time she notices its a little taller.

Gianna and Elia play this game of catching each other when they come down the slide.

And then it always ends with a hug.

Gianna got Elia interested in climbing trees.

Only 4 weeks left till I'm back home with them full time. Wouldn't you be excited?