Twins Christmas

"The holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on our blessings and seek out ways to make life better for those around us." -Terri Marshall

What?  Christmas already! Wait!  Didn't we just do Halloween?  Who had Thanksgiving?  Are you sure?  Christmas?  It seems to be just around the corner.  Sigh!  So, I dug out the old camera to take some Christmas photos of my grandkids. It was quite fun...and challenging...

 Master Sawyer

Master Tate...

Anticipating Easter...

"What is the real purpose behind the tooth fairy, the Easter bunny, and Santa Claus?  They seem like greater steps toward faith, and imagination; each with a payoff.  Like cognitive training exercises.        -Chuck Palahniuk

Oh my goodness, it is March already?  Easter is just around the corner.  It comes early this year, so in anticipation of Easter,  I enlisted my grandkids to help me make an egg tree.  My inspiration came from an egg tree that was a featured news story which was about Easter traditions.  It seems the Kraft family from Saalfeld, Germany have been decorating this tree with Easter eggs for 40 years.

Volker Kraft hanging his eggs

I cannot image stringing all those eggs, and hanging them, but isn't it beautiful?  I wonder how they get them down without tangling all the strings.  My tree did not have nearly that many eggs.  I only had 96, and it was sure a pain to string them...well, I actually used fishing line.  I was sure glad I only had 96 eggs and not 9200.  The twins loved decorating our Easter tree. This is my first year to do an Easter tree.  Time will tell if it becomes a tradition...besides, I have to figure out how to store the eggs without tangling the fishing line.

Tate...don't you love the mittens?

Sawyer...and the orange gloves?

All done.  The tree is beautiful...

now we can play!

whoops...photo time with PawPaw...

Now with Mimi

Here's the tree.  At least we did not have to have a ladder to string our eggs.

After we decorated the tree, we had to go to the park for a celebration of sorts...called playing.

It was an all round wonderful day.  Be Blessed.

Twins turn 4...

"Let them eat cake!" -Marie Antoinette

Today, the twins are a whopping 4 years old.    

Tate

Sawyer

 
I know...it's hard to believe.  Luke had a wonderful birthday party with a "skateboard" theme. I made the cake, and the cookies.

Warren was the official balloon blower upper...and Sawyer supervised.

Guests arrived to a wonderful array of food, and festivities which Luke provided.  There was a lot of fun for all.

After everyone ate the main course, it was time to light the candles, sing Happy Birthday, and eat cake!

Blowing out the candles...

They each had their own candle to blow out.

Opening presents...

Luke gave the boys their own skateboards...They were just like his, but smaller, of course.

All the kids had a turn to try out the skateboard...

These are photos Luke took of the boys skateboarding...and they are actually moving although you cannot tell.

Happy Birthday, boys.