Easter weekend, 2014

Aunt Liz, Uncle Joe, and Jack came and spent Easter weekend with us....

....and whenever they do the girls have a blast!

(and what I mean by "blast" is "get super dirty")

This weekend was kind-of rainy at the beginning so the ground was good and muddy.

For some reason this was the optimum time to go to the stream in the back of the property and play.

Otissssss........

We colored Easter eggs.....

...and then went out an found more mud.

With a skateboard.

Huh.

Which, of course, made the kids even more muddy.

The Easter Bunny needs to not bring so much candy next year.....

....and after the big egg-hunt the kids went back out to the stream....

....and Jack fell in.

Which was the perfect opportunity to hop in the shower and get ready to have lunch with Uncle Bill and Aunt Jill :)

8!

Ellie had her BFF in the whole world spend the night for a sleepover....

.

...and her meal of choice?  

Ribs, corn on the cob, and peas.

Which, of course, she received :)

And....she wanted a Trifle this year rather than a cake :)

...and this tiny little choice saved me about six hours of labor!

Spring Break, Part 3 (kind-of-gross proof of the fun they had)

Not really sure why she is smiling here....

...it was pretty gross.

Ellie's toe.

(Scooter)

I love my girls....

...the majority (not all, but the vast majority) of the time they are smiling and happy :)

Even when their knees and toes look like this.

Quincy's left knee.

(Bike)

Ellie's left knee.

(Scooter)

Quincy's right leg---five days old and healed.

(Tree)

Ellie's right leg.

(Bike)

Spring Break, Part 2 (home)

Quincy won at Farkle!

(which is kind of rare for her)

Otisssssss...........

The girls helped me garden.

I did not put them in the yard-waste trashcan---

that was all them.

But of course I got a photo of it ;)

The girls had some playdates with some of their best buds....

The girls lost a total of four teeth. 

....and practiced "surfing" down the hill.

(no waves in Tybee earlier in the week = no surfing at the beach

---but that didn't stop them; they got creative :)