Easter Spirit

We woke up this morning to chilly weather and a howling wind (no we were NOT in KS), so it was sort of hard to get into the pre-Easter spirit. We celebrated Palm Sunday at church and the kiddos enjoyed waving their palms in the procession and learning the story. We came home and snuggled for awhile, but they got restless. After about 7 egg hunts in the house, Landon and I decided we should bake cookies. Claire quickly joined in. For some reason, this baking session was very serious. We talked about why too much flour makes the cookies tough, why Mommy uses food coloring to make pretty frosting, and that there IS such as a thing as too many sprinkles! As you can see, most of the cookies turned out fabulous; it just felt funny making Easter cookies when it looked like it might snow outside!

Also this weekend: We had two birthday parties. One was a roller skating party and Claire finally got the nerve and just did it all herself. She had a couple of hard spills, but was super proud as we left the rink. We also got to together with the Symons' family to plan our soon-to-become annual trip to Gulf Shores. We are so excited! The kids especially, because when I put Landon to bed last night he asked: "Will we go to the beach tomorrow?".