Monday, June 4, 2012

Elayna turns 3!

 
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When Hannah turned 3, we took her to get a pedicure. It was only fitting that we take Elayna once she turned 3! Although she was so small that she had to sit on the tank, she thoroughly enjoyed getting spoiled. She even convinced them to do her nails!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Easter Dessert/ Birthday Cake


After we finished playing at the park and blowing bubbles, we went back to Ed's apartment where we had a Cookie Dough Ice Cream Cake from Cold Stone. It doubled as an Easter dessert as well as a birthday cake for me since Ed won't be able to make it home for my birthday. It was very delicious. A great end to a great day. I am blessed to have such a wonderful family. Once the dessert was consumed, both girls had no problem crashing! Within minutes, they both were sound asleep...arms above their head...just like daddy!
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Bubble Party


The Easter Bunny brought both girls some bubbles, with blowers. Once we decided that the park was starting to lose its appeal, we walked to an open area and started blowing bubbles. No matter how old one gets, bubbles never seem to lose their appeal! Ed and I had just as much fun as the girls! 
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Park Party


After Easter dinner, we went to the park off of Vista in Boise. It was entirely too busy, but enjoyable none-the-less. The girls ran around and got all sweaty. Lovely! As all of you know, Elayna tends to be our accident prone child, however, this endeavor proved that her agility rivals Hannah's. Elayna managed to leave the park unscathed while Hannah had two significant injury moments. As Hannah was running past one of the toys a "big" kid jumped off the top and landed squarely on her. She half rolled her ankle as well as had a scuff mark on her shoulder and possibly the wind knocked out of her. Sensing that we wanted to check the damage and potentially head home if it was too serious, she ran off pretending nothing happened. The next incident occured when Elayna blasted across the balance beam without so much as a wiggle. Hannah, not to be outdone, also blasted across the balance beam. HOWEVER, her dismount proved to be lacking. She landed on her side rather than her feet. Besides those though, the night was fabulous. Hannah attempted her first 'underdog' with Elayna on the swing...a success. They scaled many obstacles, and bounced down many slides. Great night.
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Easter Morning


Easter morning came earlier than we thought. We got up at 5:30am to attend 7:00am mass at St. Mark's in Boise. It was a very elaborate church...and rather empty. They had masses at 8:30 and 11:00 as well. Our thinking was that the 7:00 would be less full and hopefully quicker. Elayna still struggles to get through mass without getting antsy. In any case, our thinking ended up being right, we actually had a whole pew to ourselves! I think that is the first time we have ever had a pew to ourselves! In any case, the girls were excited to get their baskets and, of course, to dress up all
'fancy'. BEAUTIFUL!
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