Monday, May 2, 2011

Happy Easter!

During Easter weekend, we did another Easter egg hunt in our house.  Eliana had the luxury of finding the eggs at her own pace--no competition from Karina.


She had a good time and collected quite a bit of loot by the end. 
Emily got Eliana a container full of cotton candy.  Our Eliana, though, sometimes refuses to try new foods based simply on how they look.  So despite a lot of coaxing, Eliana did NOT want to eat cotton candy.  "I don't like it," she said.

Then the girls put on their pretty dresses and off to church we went.

After church, we ate lunch at Grandma and Grandpa's place.  Eliana is munching on hard-boiled egg dipped in mayonnaise while her cousin downs a pint of strawberries.
Here is our best attempt at taking a family picture.


Because the weather has been better, we get to do more outside activities.  Eliana loves going on the swing hanging from our old apple tree.

One day last week, she decided that she wanted to take her nap on the floor.  Given her lack of clothing, she eventually got a little chilly.



We also went hiking a couple of weekends ago.


Karina came along for the ride.  She seemed to enjoy the outdoors.

The trail wound around the perimeter of a lake.  Several times, we would lose sight of the lake from the trail.  When it reappared again, Eliana would say, "Hey, Mommy, there's another lake!!!".



The trail was connected to a picnic area and playground.  Off course, we had to stop and swing around for a bit.


We're not quite sure what Eliana is doing here.  We stopped to admire a little creek and she struck this pose.

And here are the girls posing in their matching outfits.  Eliana loves wearing the same clothes as Karina.

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