A Picnic and Another Egg Hunt!

I took the kids up to Chandler today for a picnic and Easter egg hunt with my awesome friend, Whitney, and her sweet daughter, Sofia. The kids had a blast!

I left Laynee and Makenzie with Whitney. She is keeping them for 2 nights! Isn't that the BEST!!! My parents are going to take Kyler and Danika tomorrow night and Scott and I are going to go to the Diamondbacks game! Can't wait!

Egg decorating and hunt

Yesterday Scott and I took the girls to story time at the library and then they had an edd hunt in the park afterwards. The girls were delighted when they realized that the eggs had candy inside. Didn't get very good pics since there were like 50 kids running for the eggs and I had to keep track of mine!

Then last night all of the kids dyed the Easter eggs....

Today I have to take Laynee to a specialist regarding her pooping problems. We have waited so long for this appointment so I hope they will be able to help us!

Fun in the Sun!

I have a bunch of pictures for ya!!! We had such a good time yesterday! It was 92 degrees and so the kids spent a good portion of the day in the kiddie pool in the backyard. I love these happy faces!

When I was making their lunch, I snapped a pic so you could see how the kids keep us on our toes!

Kyler only eats peanutbutter on his sandwich. Laynee likes PB&J and the twins only like jelly. If you mess this up- you are likely to have a sandwich thrown at you. And I am not joking! But when you do it right- you get more smiles!!!

Kyler added grapes to his sandwich! He sure is creative!


We even had a fun sun craft yesterday. I made each kid a sun out of paper plates. You just take one paper plate and cut it into eighths. These are the sun rays. Then just staple them to another plate and you have a sun! The kids each painted their suns!

I know that lots of my friends think I am crazy for letting the kids use paint. The thing is- I am a bit of a neat freek (nothing like my parents) but enough that I get frantic when the kids make a mess. But I got these great tempura kid paints for the learning store and I LOVE them! The paint washes off the table and the kids skin and clothes. EZ clean up! And anytime th kids get to paint- they are in heaven!

Got Easter egg hunt and egg decorating pics to show you soon!

Baking with my Best Gals!!!

Yesterday the girls and I baked a really fun Spring Cookie Cake. I got the recipe online but then ended up changing it quite bit. Send me a message if you want the exact recipe. The girls really like baking day! In the future I plan to just sit on the couch while they cook, bake, and clean for me. Isn't that a nice thought?! Anyway....I have to warn you....I was in a VERY goofy mood when we were baking. The pictures reflect this!!!!

Here is where I start getting goofy....

Then we ran out of Vanilla....

This was the girls favorite part because I let them do it with their hands instead of using a rolling pin!

And then back to my goofy stuff!!!!

After we baked the big sugar cookie we covered it in marshmellows and Easter M&Ms.

Here is the final product.......

And the taste testers.......

I had to pick all the M&Ms off of Danika's because she still refuses to eat chocolate.

If you need a sugar rush......this is the perfect treat!!!!

See ya again soon with more adventures from the Sears Family!!!!