Easter Morning

 The Easter Bunny typically comes to our house on Friday night, but because Scott had to work again this year, we told him to just come on Saturday night, just this once.  The kids got up to find their baskets on Sunday morning.  Like always, it's a mad rush around the house looking for their baskets.  Someone usually finds someone else's, and "helps" them locate it.  I enjoy watching them play hot and cold, or other things to help each other out.

 Waverly sports her cute cupcake egg.  I may have had something to do with that...

 "you mean you know the Easter Bunny?  No way!"

 Easter breakfast included Resurrection Rolls again, plus ham and egg cups, fresh fruit, and blended apricots for drink.

 Keaton and his faces...

Eggstra special lunch

 One day before Easter, the kids got a surprise for lunch.  The Lunch Easter bunny came and hid their lunch in Easter eggs.  Each child had to look for 12 eggs in their color to find their food.

 There was mini sandwiches, strawberries, fishies, chips, etc.

 Can we do this again tomorrow, Mom?

I especially liked the "special brownies", Mom!

Yum

We like Activity Days when Irelynd comes home with treats like this fruit bouquet!

Soccer

“The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.”

 Brighton was finally eligible for city sports this year.  We started with soccer.  He loved it, though he wasn't the most aggressive player out there.  His team was almost undefeated, losing only 1 game the whole season.

 We loved going to his games because he was so funny to watch, especially as goalie.

 After the first couple of games, he came home one night, and while trying to get his shin guards off, he asked me how he got his "hubcaps" off.  Most games he was more interested in the social interaction than the state of the actual ball game.  He liked to try doing belly bumps with his teammates, and often he'd hike his shorts up and walk around.  As goalie, he even inspected the goal box to see how it was put together.  Did you know that if one lies on one's belly and slithers, one can lift it up and slide right under?  But don't try and swing on it; that results in a bonk on the head.

 Sometimes he just got tired.  Soccer is a lot of running, ya know.

 One has to pop one's head up every now and then and make sure the stampede isn't heading your way.  His team was so good, there was very little for the goalie and defenders to do.

 Whatcha thinkin about, Bud?

 Finally!  Some action!

 Look carefully on the van hood...I guess front line seats ain't good enough for some folks.

 Due to miscommunication, we missed the professional photos.  So I took our own.

 We're proud of you for working hard and trying soccer Brighton!

Brighton's fan club.

Brotherly love

 Keaton loves his baby brother.  He asks to hold him nearly every morning when Boston wakes up.  Boston is usually a good sport about it.  I love both of their expressions in these photos.  Of all the kids, these 2 look the most alike as babies, though it's tough to see that now, with Keaton being so little, and Boston being so...fluffy.

Puttin' on the green

 With a new baby this year, we've kind of scaled everything back, and our leprechaun traps were pretty simple.  Alas, we still didn't catch a wee man again!  You would have had me with the Rolos!

 This was Savannah's

 We always get really excited to see what stunts the little tricksters have pulled overnight.  They like to pee in our toilets--green pee of course--and write notes on the mirrors.

 This one went 4-wheeling on the lego car over the bananas.

 Left notes on the kitchen counter,

 used the garland to swing on the light in the dining room,

 and gave each other rides on the fans using the shamrock wall hanging.  Naughty little leprechauns!  I wonder if they've been watching Peppermint the Elf.

 For breakfast we had Lucky Charms cereal, rainbow fruit kabobs, and French toast.

 Our Primary Presidency gave all the teachers these cute pots of gold.  I had to take a picture to remember it so I can copy next year:)

 St Patty's Day dinner

 The kids and I made white and green cake pops and chocolate pretzels as favors.

 Everybody wore their silly hats

 This year we had chicken and broccoli curry casserole, green beans, salad, and green jello with apples.  And lime punch.