Spongebob and a haircut

Somebody got a new hair-do!  Isn't it adorable?

I have been wanting to chop her hair for a long time, but thanks to Rapunzel in "Tangled," she has wanted very long hair.  The trouble is, she doesn't have long, thick hair.  She was blessed with fine hair that that doesn't grow well.  Of course she doesn't know that.  In fact, she believed her hair was getting really long.  While I love to braid, twist, and pull her hair up in pony tails and pig tails, I also know that her hair will grow back even better if I keep it short for awhile.  So,  I took her to get a haircut.  I'm doing her a favor for later, right?  I didn't force her, I just asked her about once/month if she was ready to get a haircut.  Then last month, she answered yes! 

I love short cuts on little girls.  I really do.  Millie's hair was short at this age too.

Curling her short hair is very easy quick and I love her natural highlights:

And just for fun, here is her picture from tumbling (pre-haircut).  Those splits are impressive!

On a different note, I found these little drawings all over the house the other day.  Apart, they didn't look like much.  Just scribbles.  But once I put them together, I discovered a masterpiece collection of Spongebob Squarepants characters!  Is it a bad thing that my 6 year old daughter loves Spongebob?

Mr. Krabs:

Gary:

 

Patrick:

Spongbob:

Squidward:

Plankton:

 

Sandy:

 

Easter

Easter Sunday before church

It's been nearly a month since Easter, but better late than never right?

It's been so cold and wet the last few weeks that it's hard to remember that it was warm and sunny on Easter Sunday.  It was a beautiful day for a beautiful holiday.

For the first time ever, we almost didn't color Easter eggs. I admit that I just forgot about it until 10:00 the night before.  Apparently it slipped BS and the kids' minds too.  But this tradition is a must, so I whipped up some homemade egg dye with vinegar and food coloring.  Luckily I had lots of eggs :)

The next morning, we woke up to sunshine and hidden eggs through the house.  The silly Easter Bunny also hid the kid's baskets under Quinny's castle bed so it took a little while to find them.

The baskets were filled with goodies including Girl Scout cookies (like every year), a movie (Wreck it Ralph), jump ropes, Skylanders figures, smelly lotions, bath bombs, and much more.  Most importantly gobs and gobs of Easter candy!

And traditionally, new swimsuits from Mom and Dad

After the morning fun, we went to church which conveniently starts at 11:00.  We put on our Easter clothes and the kids looked darling!  

After church we went to the cabin to celebrate with the Guffey's.  The following week was Spring break which will be the next post.

A couple weeks earlier, we celebrated Easter at Grandpa Judy's house with the Clarks.  We had an Easter Egg hunt and had so much fun discovering what was inside eggs, especially the "Golden eggs."

Grandma never disappoints with her goodies and surprises.  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

We also celebrated the March birthdays -Will and Grandpa Judy :)

A Birthday and a Green Day in Vegas

This half Leprechaun had a birthday!  Yep, he turned 9.  And what better place for a money lovin' guy to spend his birthday than in Las Vegas?! 

Actually, we were hardly near any slot machines or casinos because this year the 6 of us stayed just outside of town instead of the Polo Towers.  We went down with the Clark clan for their traditional Spring Break trip (for the college students), but because we are a big family we got our own place that was a mile outside of the action.  The best thing about the condo was definitely the swimming pools which included a lazy river!  The weather was in the 80s all weekend and we couldn't have asked for better weather.  It's always so great to get the kids all to ourselves and away from the hustle and bustle. 

 

Quincy is a total fish. She loves to retrieve diving sticks and pennies from the bottom of the pool.  At first the lifeguard kept telling her she needed to be with a grown up in the lazy river but he soon discovered that she was as good a swimmer as the grown ups! 

Another good thing about where we stayed was the convenience of yummy food options and the new outdoor shopping mall just down the street.  Dunkin Donuts and smoothies (can't remember the name) for breakfast.  We discovered a drive-thru called Raising Cane's which has delicious chicken fingers, fries and fry sauce, garlic bread, and good ice.  Random but yummy.  We went there twice in 3 days.  And *BONUS* they had GREEN lemonade on St. Patrick's day!

We didn't make a big deal out of St. Patrick's day this year because we were too busy enjoying our vacation, but thank goodness for the green lemonade to save the day.

We also went to one of our favorites, Qdoba.  Yum!

Our family likes to explore and go on hikes (as long as you don't call it a "hike"), but we have never ventured out in Las Vegas.  BS did some research and found an awesome hike that was in Red Rock Canyon called "Calico Tanks."  We filled up the Camelbaks and headed up the trail.  It ended up being a perfect hike for us with the right amount of exercise and fun.  It took about 3 hours both ways.

This is our 4 little troopers at the top.  You can see the tall hotels on the strip in the background:

There were lots of fun rock stairs, caves, and structures to play on:

Love this guy

 We met up with the rest of the Clarks (Grandpa & Grandma, Adam & Jess, Sean & Meg, Jordan & Jenny) a couple times at their place.  The girls went shopping at the Miracle Mile shops while the dudes went to the "Pinball Hall of Fame" and The Zombie Museum
(except for Quincy - she's half boy sometimes).

Just when they didn't think it could better than a Zombie museum, Uncle Adam took them to the Pinball Hall of Fame which is the best Arcade ever!!!

Uncle Adam, Uncle Sean, Uncle Jordan went too!

Then we all met up together for Will's birthday dinner.  We went to Caesar's Palace, of course.  We love the fish tank, the Atlantis show, the shopping, designing shoes at the massive Nike store, and Cheesecake Factory.

Quincy could have spent hours watching the sea life.  She named all of the fish.  This one is Peppermint Patty

And finally Will's party!

Good food, good company, and good dessert at Cheesecake Factory.

He couldn't be happier.  What a day!  What a weekend!

Everyone knows Will loves to get money $$$

When we got home, we had to have yet one more celebration because it was his actual birthday.  But we kept it boring with brownies and ice cream on the Special plate.  He got an XBOX 360 remote and 500 water balloons.  Just want he wanted :)

And we couldn't forgot Pork Chops...it's his birthday too.  Happy 3rd birthday good ol' boy!

Here, have a bone.