Easter 2010

This Easter, we went to Auntie Diane's and Uncle Colin's country club for a lovely Easter brunch after church. Everything was perfect. . . even the weather. :)

The kids enjoyed going on an egg hunt before brunch.

Uncle Colin taking pics of his cutie little Caleb.

No, John, you cannot hunt for eggs. . . you are too old. :)
"Look how many eggs I got!!"

The Easter Bunny was there. :)

What a dapper young fellow.

I loved the cute little nests at the table.

Luke devoured his Easter brunch!

Caroline thoroughly enjoyed Easter brunch.

Caroline with her lamb cookie (I call Caroline my little lamb because she cried just like one when she was a newborn)

what. a. cutie. (I can hardly stand how cute he is!) Grandma and Grandpa Eckstrom

Caroline can't walk past a flower without smelling it.

Enjoying every last morsel of dessert. :)

Caroline's giving Jake some "bunny ears" for Easter :) Goofin' around with Grandpa. :)

Good centerpiece idea. Where's Grandma??

Uncle Colin, Auntie Diane, and Caleb Delicious desserts!!

We had a fabulous time . . . thank you so much Auntie Diane and Uncle Colin!!!

Water Park

Well, we had an excellent time at the water park!! The kids had sooo much fun.. We just wish it would have been a little less crowded! Yikes! We went with this fun family, the Bickharts.Caroline had so much fun swimming with Kelly. Jake had fun swimming with Will.

Taking a break in the hotel room

Off to the Water Park!!

We are on Spring Break this week, so we will be taking the kids to CoCo Key Water Resort in Rockford, Illinois for two days. The kids are suuuuper excited!!! :)

Science Experiments

Caroline and I are studying all about the states of matter in Science so we checked this book out at the library.The first experiment that we did was "Ooblik". You just mix corn starch and water together until you get a gooey mixture. When you hold it tightly in your hand, it feels like a solid, but then when you let go, it oozes through your fingers like it is a liquid. The kids played with their Ooblik mixture for quite some time. Since it was nice outside, they took it out and really had a blast with it.

(Notice the bare feet and green grass?? The very next day that grass was covered with two inches of snow!!)

Caroline decided to get her feet in the ooblik. :) Why not??Oh, to be a kid again!

The next experiment was "Balloon Blow - Up" to show how gas fills up a space.

We filled a juice bottle half way with vinegar and then we put two tablespoons of baking soda in a large, stretched out balloon with a funnel. (we just made a funnel out of a rolled up piece of paper) We then put the balloon over the mouth of the juice bottle and let the baking soda fall into the vinegar. Voila!!! The balloon filled up with the gas (carbon dioxide) that was released. Cool!!

I love the look on Caroline's face in this next picture as the balloon is blowing up from the gases that are being realeased and I love how you can see Luke running away in the distance because he is afraid the balloon is going to explode. ;) After the balloon was blown up, Caroline drew a silly face on it.
The kids sure had fun doing these experiments.

Favorites on Fridays

Favorite Easter Candy: Brach's Classic Jelly Beans

I was walking down the seasonal aisle at Target last night (yes, I go there now) and I was overwhelmed at how many kinds of candy there were. I try to stick with the basics at Easter . . . chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, Reese's Peanut Butter cups, Robin's Eggs, and good ole' classic Brach's jelly beans.
I guess I like the classic candies because that is what I rememebr finding in my basket as a child. I remember being so thrilled that I was allowed to eat candy in the morning before church. And I remember how I loved digging through that easter grass in my basket for just one more jelly bean and being so excited when I found one, even if it was black. ;)