Easter Was A Week Ago???

No, I didn't forget Easter, I just haven't posted pics yet and my family has been waiting on me...sorry I'm behind.
Easter weekend was lovely. Short family weekend, but nice.

(We tried this pic about 7 or 8 times, never once getting every person to look at the camera. Eventually we decided all that mattered was that we were each in the pic!)

We enjoyed giving our kids and my little sister their Easter gifts. I don't know if the kids were as excited about the presents as the adults, but maybe it's because they were sleepy or hungry at the time--I don't know, but their gifts ROCK! Grandma and Grandpa always gift our kids with fun stuff!

Plus, Kyleigh totally benefited from clothes past along from her younger Auntie, too. Tons of clothes for Spring/Summer---Thank You So Much! Here's Kyleigh enjoying some of those items this past week (not sure all the outfits were meant to be matched up this way, but KyKy likes to pick her own clothes, & this is what she paired up!)--

Kyleigh got sidewalk chalk as one of her Easter gifts from Chris and me, and it was her first time using any! You'd be surprised how many fun things she has to miss out on due to her food allergies! You might wonder what outdoor toys/games have to do with food allergies... Well, take PlayDoh for example--it contains wheat, which is the LAST thing our daughter needs to touch! Click here to see an example of Kyleigh touching something she's severly allergic to! So yeah, we're careful with food as well as toys/games that have any preservatives or additives or dyes, and thankfully the colorful sidewalk chalk seemed to be just fine!

Thanks to the sunshine, the girls got to run, run, run outside and use up all their energy before nap time. What a beautiful day for sidewalk chalk, bubble fun, and kicking a ball (or two or three) around the front yard! Sadly, Josiah was already napping during our outdoor adventures, so he missed out on a little fun :(. But he got his Grandma/Grandpa snuggles later!

Oh, and I mentioned in a previous post that the kids would get to unwrap some additional gifts once we got back home, right? Well, Kyleigh already owns a coat rack, upon which she LOVES to hang up her own jackets and sweaters--she feels so proud when she does all the responsible, big girl stuff! Seriously, when she comes home from somewhere, she removes then hangs her coat; then she sits down, removes her shoes, and puts them in the closet! So we got a coat rack for Josiah because as he starts walking, he'll also be learning to clean up his toys and hang up his coats--and that time is coming up quickly! For Kyleigh we got a Zebra-adorned nightlight. She likes to read before bed--by herself, doesn't like Mom or Dad to read to her! The lamp in her room is too bright, and she loves animals, so this light was perfect! Oh, and those two gifts were only $2.50 ea. at Target, yay!