The Easter Bunny Came!

 The Easter Bunny found Molly and left her a basket full of goodies-mud boots, summertime jammies, new "food" for her kitchen, books & even a toothbrush (so she can practice)!

The Easter Bunny also left eggs all over the yard for Molly to find after church:

Matt & Emily came & spent the night with us and we really enjoyed spending time with them. Molly had a blast with them & can't stop talking about Matt & "lalala" (as she says it).

Of course we had to take some family photos since we were all dressed up:

 Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Ready For the Easter Bunny

Molly & I dyed Easter eggs earlier this week. She had so much fun and was so proud of her creations.

They were really pretty...and then they all took another round through the colors and ended up with a brownish tint. It was quite the learning experience for her.

Gardening

My little helper & I got the cool weather crops planted in the garden this past Monday. We planted peas, onions, lettuce, carrots & potatoes. Molly threw a handful of pea seeds in a pile in one corner of the garden, so we'll see what that amounts to. Now we're just waiting for something to sprout!

Big Night Out

Last week Luke was traveling for work all week long. One night he was going to be staying just over an hour away from home, so he invited Molly & I to come stay the night with him. We were needing to get out of the house and thought it sounded fun-so we did. He took us to dinner and then we got to swim in the pool. Molly has not been to a hotel since last July at Matt & Emily's wedding and hadn't been in a big swimming pool since even before that, so it was quite the experience. We were so excited to take her to the pool but it ended up to be a pretty stressful experience. She has no fear & she runs like crazy, so that combined with a pool deeper than her head, was not the best situation. It was tough to keep a hold of her and she was SO wound up!

Running in the pool-thank goodness Daddy was close by.

Modeling her new swimsuit from Old Navy.

The ruffles on the butt are the best part-it goes well with her curls on the back of her head.

 She had so much fun that you can imagine what it was like to get her to leave the pool--not fun for anyone! Then when we got to the room, she wanted to run in the hall so bad that she just cried at the door the entire time until we finally got her put to bed. What a deal. It was great to see Luke-we were really missing him-but I'm not sure we'll do it again real soon (and he may not invite us to-ha!).

So Much Help

We mowed the yard for the first time on Monday-without fail the mower broke down and the other one wouldn't start (that's right-we have 2 junky mowers). So as you can see, Luke got to work as a mechanic. Molly was right there "helping" for every second of it. As if one helper was not enough-another joined on in (nothing gets past Kelly). It was back running in a jiffy and the fresh cut grass smelled SO good!

Delicious Bass

We went fishing for the first time this year in the pond on the south end of our property & had a great time. Luke did really well, catching a really nice bass & a catfish too. They were both keepers. I caught a smaller bass that I let go but mostly just enjoyed how much Molly was into it. We taught her how to reel and she had it about figured out in just this one time out. She was really impressed with the fish and although we told her we were fishing-she was so surprised when we pulled a fish out of the pond. She's so curious and really taking everything in!

Touching the fish.

Impressed by Daddy's big catch!