Easter Egg Dying

Every year, Grandma Barbie buys egg dye and lots of eggs so Karlie can dye eggs for Easter!

Wow!!! Let's start!What's Uncle Mark doing? He is writing on the eggs with crayons!Look - a smiley face!Is it ready yet? Don't you just love this - she is so intent! The last egg - a heart!

Monkeys and Princess Cake

Karlie had some fun playing with "Barrel of Monkeys" game. She even was able to get Uncle Mark to play with her.I think Uncle Mark was enjoying it!After that, we made a pink princess cake! Strawberry cake with pink frosting. Karlie had fun stirring it with a wooden spoon but eventually we had to break out the hand mixer so we could mix in the egg better! It is always a must - getting to lick the beaters!After the cake cooled, it was time to frost it!

Opps! I dropped it!

Dropped it again! Look at my fingers!
Time to decorate with strawberries....and chocolate chips too!All done!Time to clean up!

Family Day and A Trip To The Park Too!

Buffy and Karlie arrived from Oregon the day before Kevin, Jamie and Bella were going to leave for Texas. So Friday was Family Day! Buffy, Jamie and I took Karlie and Bella to the park for an hour or so. It gave Buffy and Jamie some time to get to know each other and we all had lots of fun!Grandma Barbie taking the girls down the slide!
This time Bella is going to try it by herself!
Or almost by herself!
Then we had to try the curly slide!Jamie tried to prove she could still do the rings - but couldn't!Karlie pretending to hang like a monkey. Even added some sound effects...."ooh, ooh, ooh"!Such joy and excitement!Jamie and Bella Buffy and BellaKarlie enjoyed being the older cousin - ususally she is the youngest - she wanted to hold or carry Bella all day long!Time for the swings!Even Grandma Barbie enjoyed the swings!Jamie tried to teach Karlie how to swing her legs back and forth.

Good weather and lots of silliness! What a fun afternoon!