Easter 2016

Easter weekend brought beautiful weather this year, and we enjoyed every moment of it. After a special church service in a local historic theater, we came home to a ham dinner. Which, other than celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, is my favorite part of Easter.

They scattered in all directions to hunt for their Easter baskets. It's getting harder to keep up with them for pictures as they get older.

Waiting is definitely the hardest part about dyeing eggs. Except for keeping them from rolling off the table. Or eating them.

The weather was so warm that evening that they begged for a water gun fight. Gabriella had lain down her arms at this point, but the boys showed no mercy.

We hope you all enjoyed the holiday as well!

Volunteering

I help out every week in Chase's classroom, usually to play some sort of educational game with the kids. This week, we were studying compound words.

[Me showing card to Dalton with picture of snow and a man on it.]

Me: What would this compound word be?

Dalton: Snowboy.

Me: Um, have you heard of a "snowboy" before?

Dalton: No.

Me: What else could it be? See, he's wearing glasses.

Dalton: Snowglasses.

Me: No, I mean he's older. He's old.

Dalton: Snowold.

Me: Dalton, he's a man. It's a man.

Dalton: Oh! Snowman.