Fun times

Still catching up from the week. Here is Collin ready to go swimming. All the time when we were in Idaho, he would go find his swimming suit and say "pool". He does the same thing now, minus the swimsuit, only because it is in a drawer he can't reach rather than a suitcase on the floor.

Playing at Sadee and Ava's house. Collin LOVED to be pushed around in the little mini van.

And boy did he think he was cool sitting up at the bar with Sadee and Ava.

Easter egg hunt

In Idaho Falls, it was FREEZING outside, so they moved the Easter egg hunt Saturday morning inside. We barely found out about it in time, so here is Collin and I inside the fire station. We just watched the bigger kids hunt, I wasn't about to have Collin running around in the little kid area just eating chocolate. HA HA.

Ava waiting to get candy

The onslaught begins. Sadee just stayed in one little spot and got a LOOT!

I mean, this was easier than Halloween. Stay in one spot, 10 minutes later, a HUGE truckload of candy. Man, I wish I was 6 again...

And this was GOOD stuff. Skittles and Snickers. My favorite.

Sadee was pumped.

Ava was also excited in her sweet way.

Collin just wanted to get on the fire truck....so we did after the hunt was over.

Collin liked the fire truck best. He kept saying "truck!" with real enthusiasm.

We also got to meet Sparky, the fire dog. And Sadee and Ava shared their chocolate.

Easter eggs and basket

So, the Easter basket brought an early gift to Sadee and Ava. This basket (really, we don't know who this Easter bunny is) was OUT OF CONTROL. The picture doesn't do it justice. Opening the basket was like 2 girls' dream...

Dying eggs we did at least twice. Collin was more content to sit in the back. Sadee and Ava really got into it.

Several of the eggs "had injuries" like back surgery, brain surgery, one eye, etc.

But, I said those eggs we can still dye. It was hilarious all the things they were making up to solve the egg crack problems.

Collin eating yogurt. Not really caring about eggs.

Sadee with her favorite egg.

"Brain surgery" egg with Ava.

Yeah for dyed eggs!

Dancing and Easter cupcakes

So, while in Idaho Judge Shwana made an appearance at dancing. And so did Collin. He really had some good moves, it was funny. Then one afternoon, in my creative spell, I made cupcakes (which really looked more like muffins) for the first time I can remember. Ava helped me start them since Sadee was taking a nap, but then they wanted to frost them pink.

Trying to control 2 girls who REALLY like treats, was too funny. Some of the cupcakes had frosting. Some had sprinkles. All tasted YUMMY!

Ava eating a cupcake. We gave one to Collin, but he, ironically, hardly ate anything.

I just love these two girls!

A big house to explore

Last week, Collin and I went to Idaho to help babysit Sadee and Ava. My parents have a nice wonderful big house that Collin was LOVING exploring. For a little while he stayed in the main room...

But not for long. He LOVED the bedroom of grandma and grandpa. And emptying our suitcase about 10 times an hour.

There is a hallway he LOVES to run down. Can you get the picture that Collin loves having a spacious house to explore?

He also found a grocery cart. I found this too funny because he comes with me to the grocery store. He was even trying to load up food.

Thanks for letting us play in your house Grandma and Grandpa!

Weird toys

Okay so Collin's new favorite toy is... the sun protector for my car. You know, the thing that you put up in your car to block out sun while you park it? Yes, my friends, he played with that for almost 20 minutes today...enough for me to get dinner somewhat organized. It makes me wonder what any other person's kids out there like to play with? I could use some new ideas.... and hey, if I can find items around my house, awesome.

The other thing that he was obsessed with today? One of the "sticks" (from our catalpa tree) and poking it in the heater vent. Now, I'm not so sure the heater vent thing is a good idea (which we are working on) but playing with the catalpa sticks? Oh you go Collin, we have those aplenty!

The purples are here....finally!

The purple crocuses are always the last to come out, but finally, they have started! YEAH! I have noticed this year I even have some "mutant" colors of yellow in the crocuses. Yeah for spring starting to arrive....FINALLY! Minus the dumb hailstorm this morning...please be strong daffodils. You can survive to bloom!

Couponey news for March 21st

This week I went to one of the day old bread stores. I'm excited to say I got all this bread, plus some animal crackers Collin ate while in the store for about $4.50. YEAH! I also went and volunteered at the Deseret Pasta Plant. Granted, I don't have a picture, but I got some cheap pasta there as well. Our family eats a lot of pasta. Noodles is the one thing Collin does like sometimes.

Got the above at Wags for free and will make a couple bucks on it after sending in for the Oil of Olay rebate. YOu can still do this this week, use coupons and you can get the smaller lotion for free this week on sale...so two things for free and moneymaker!

Again, love Rite Aid. Got all of the above for basically $3.00. Five candy bars, 2 things of diapers, and 2 fancy hair products and a fancy cleansar. YEAH RiteAid!

Thanks to my dear neighbor Jenny, she told me about this great find that at the Fresh Market up the street, these sausages were on sale for 10/$10, plus there was a coupon, so I got both of these for $1.00 total. Now, I'm looking for a good recipe.

That's all the coupony news this week.

He likes peas!

Many of you know Collin is not a huge fan of eating... other than chocolate :)

Last night I attempted to try peas. I had tried them awhile ago and I couldn't remember if he liked them or not. How EXCITING to see a child POUND some peas. Seriously, they were going so fast in his mouth at one time, I was wondering if he was trying to eat a record.

I also was honestly wondering if the reason he likes peas and kinows their name is due to one of his favorite books, What are you so Grumpy About? There is a hilarious page about gravy touching peas and Collin points to all the peas.

But, hey, who cares? This boy actually pounded some food!