The Great Easter Egg Hunt Party 2014

Eat your heart our pinterest! I pulled it off. The Easter Egg nest cupcakes and the

jelly bean cookies in the background were a success. The big plans for the deviled

eggs cut to look like cute little chicks with carrot beaks and olive bits for eyes

were abandoned in frustration after the ordeal of trying to perfectly peel all those

damn eggs which did not peel well. When the new jar of mayonnaise was opened

and the seal was not intact and I knew I could not use it all plans were abandoned

of being pinterest proper. I creatively compensated with sour cream and avocado

but my creative energy, time and will were too depleted to do anything more than

messily cram those lumpy misshapen weirdly sliced egg white halves with the

weird concoction. They did get eaten.

We began a tradition of having a group egg hunt at our place with neighbors and

friends when the kids were just babies. The tradition has continued and this year’s

party was a great success.

The kids hunted and then gorged and swapped candy while the parents drank

mimosas and ate and chat.

Max on the hunt.

Henry on the hunt. The weather was perfect.

slow down... a little

Things have slowed down in our Etsy shop. It's been a nice chance to do some catching up and take some breaks. Of course old insecurities creep in that maybe we won't keep doing well but then another order came in this evening.
We've been spending some of our hard earned money this week. We bought a new entertainment "center" to hold our future new big flat screen TV. Here is Henry helping Nick put it together with his Bob the Builder Hammer.


And then we bought a wii! It's been a lot of fun! I really want the wii fit stuff now so I can burn off some of the holiday chub. I rediscoverd the well known truth that if you eat all the cake and ice cream and yummy food you want and don't exercise you will gain weight. Now that school has started again and I don't need to work constantly I've been getting to the gym more. We'll see how long that lasts.
I might even finally finish the last of the "Twilight" series this week. I've never been much of a vampire book fan but these have got me hooked. In fact I never thought I'd ever enjoy reading something like this. But they are addictive and I'm in the middle of the last of the 4 books of the series.So now I am going to read. What a concept!

Happy 4th of July!

Here's some good ol' American fun!

We took the kids to the annual 4th of July Anyone Can Join Parade in Corvallis. We decorated their bikes and they rode for a while. Then we stopped to visit with some friends and eat candy. henry must have been eating some sour puss candy.

The backyard fireworks was last nights festivities. Tonight we are heading to Aidan, Lauren, Amy and Ryan's BBQ party.
The fun never ends here although the exhausted parents could really use a nap.