Happy Birthday Elsie!

Elsie's birthday was on Easter this year, so we celebrated it the day before. She was very excited when we told her it was her birthday, and then was even more excited when she asked if it was her birthday the next day and we said yes. She then spent the whole next week telling everyone that it was her birthday.

We started the morning off by opening presents.

 Next came playing with all of the presents.

 We all went out together to the zoo. They had a lot of fun running around, looking at animals, feeding the goats, and playing.

 We went to Red Robin for dinner and free birthday meals. Elsie was so excited when they brought out balloons and ice cream and sang her happy birthday. She just beamed and said "it IS my birthday! And they sing to me!"

 We finished off the evening with a little birthday cake at home. It was a busy day, but it was a great birthday.

Ugh...

 I have posts that I need to catch up on; Elsie turned 3 and we had a great Easter. But right now we are in full blown moving mode and everything else seems to be put on hold. I will post about them soon... but probably from the new house. I've averaged about two packed boxes a day for the last few weeks, so we are looking good from that side of things. There is still a lot more to pack, but I'm not feeling too overwhelmed (at least not yet...). We have a moving truck scheduled for Saturday and (hopefully) enough help coming to move all of the big stuff. Only five more nights in this apartment...

Happy Easter!

April Fools!

Last night all the animals decided to play a little joke on the girls. They got up, got a few snacks and sippys, and settled in on the couch to watch some cartoons while everyone was sleeping.

 The girls were mystified when they woke up. Elsie kept saying "silly animals, why you watch shows without me?" and Alice just laughed and laughed (and then shared their snacks).