Easter Egg Hunt #2

When Julie called and asked about my Easter I told her that it was good... though not quite like the Easters I grew up with; an Easter filled with tons on people crammed in a small house and lots of chaos.  Her response, "I can fix that... How about everyone come to our house for an Egg hunt at 4:30.  There will be TONS of chaos and forced family fun."

This looks similar to my childhood, with a few bonus kids.

Lining up by age... 

Not sure what was said or done here, but Luke is making his point to Kaden.  Ha!

discovering the "goods" inside each egg

This Easter may have topped ours in Missouri because we brought wine!

the girls (a.k.a. "the sorority house) as well as Julie's mom and Micah hanging out. 

putting those Easter eggs to use in an egg salad

Somehow Julie started making "Frozen" braids... which turned into everyone getting their hair braided- including the adults... which may or may not have been influenced by said wine...

Easter 2014

the boys at Kaden's Easter party

Making a strawberry cake 

found them like this on Easter morning

peeling a breakfast egg

"just helping" Owen do a puzzle at Nonnie & Papa's house

Owee-mommy selfie

The annual attempt to take a good family photo… This is as good as it gets for The Dows to mark Easter 2014. 

Papa Dow

Eating lunch... 

CAKE!

Look at the mischievous grin!

love these boys!

check out my train TOWER!

Easter Piñatas

It's almost Easter... which can only mean... piñatas?!

Julie with Luke

Luke and Kaden

messy hands from the paper maché

part of our group

Abby with Erika and Katie

Day 2

making tiny cuts and decorating our piñata

Easter Egg Hunt #1

A friend & fellow group-fitness instructor of mine invited us over for an Easter egg hunt this afternoon.  

In addition to their regular chickens, 

they also had baby ducks and a few rabbits visiting for the day.

There's candy in here!

Yes, Owen... Keep going & find another egg. 

Blank stare, sets his basket down, and proceeds to eat candy. 

Dow Family Easter-Fun-Photo

2014

Fishermen

It felt a lot like spring today.

Including the 25 mph winds blasting through the Texas panhandle.  

The Dow men decided to do a little casting practice at the park near Nonnie & Papa's house. 

Kaden, Papa & Owen.

(Not So) Sneaky Chef

I always try to find ways to sneak vegetables into the boys' meals (Ben included).  So when I came across this no-dye recipe AND a 5-star review, I couldn't resist.

Green (spinach) pancakes.  

And they clearly weren't joking on the GREEN part.

Not gonna lie – there were tears when Kaden saw me stuffing the blender with 4 cups of spinach. 

Lip quiver and real tears. 

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BUT they asked for more later in the week… So I'm saying this recipe is a keeper! 

Kaden even told me that when he eats these "special pancakes" they make him run faster than his friend, Luke.  Ha!

The Best

On the mornings when both Kaden & Owen pile in the bed to cuddle, it is one of the highlights of my whole day.  They're sweet and usually stay relatively still for a good five minutes, which is saying a lot.