March--Easter

We had a good March in spite of crazy weather that just kept snowing and raining all month. The first weekend we went to IKEA and got a small set of shelves for Lydia's room. Ethan and Lydia helped me put it together later in the week and we cleaned and rearranged Lydia's room to fit the shelves in with the other furniture.

I love the cute outfit Grandma and Grandpa gave Lydia for her birthday!

 Ethan got all dressed up for a tea party at his preschool. They ate with real china, live music, and lots of fancy things to eat. Ethan loved being able to pour his own cup of milk. :)

Taking Ethan and Lydia to the grocery store is always an adventure. On this particular trip they both decided they were done with sitting in the cart and starting wandering around on their own, fortunately I was headed to the check-out lines. This picture was taken at their request. :)

Lydia got all dressed up to go outside and play in the snow with Dad and Ethan, but I don't know if she even made it out the door. She prefers a nice warm/safe spot inside to watch the action with Mom. :)

If Dad and Ethan had waiting a couple for hours, we got a few more inches of snow before the storm was over. But they had fun on the sled anyway. :)

Sunday's can be rough going to church and not getting a good nap, but fortunately, we can still get Lydia to smile. I think it's interesting how much Lydia's face changes when she's smiling versus not smiling. :)

 A fun afternoon coloring Easter Eggs. Ethan totally loved this activity and can't wait to do it again next year! I decided to test out Lydia's egg allergy with some hard-boiled egg yolk after a year and unfortunately she still reacted and broke out in hives on her hands and arms.

We enjoyed our Easter weekend and watching General Conference! It's definitely one of our favorite weekends, and this one was no exception. We had a really neat experience sustaining President Russell M. Nelson as the new prophet and are excited about the announced changes. What an exciting time to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!

We were going to have professional pictures taken this weekend, but Lydia took a face dive off of a slide at the mall, so we cancelled those and took a few at home instead. Even with sores on her face, she is still adorable!

 We kept the trampoline upstairs while watching Conference and it got some good use. :)

Ethan got to have Murphy Moose visit us from preschool for the weekend. Ethan was so excited that he got to spend Easter and General Conference with us. He said, "I always dreamed for Murphy Moose to be with us for Easter and General Conference. My dreams came true!" The picture below is the one Ethan picked to be included in the journal for his Baptist preschool. :) We're glad we could represent. :) He's turning out to be a good missionary.