Easter Pictures
Author: Joyce
Easter Dresses
Oma brought over some patterns and three different fabrics about a month ago. The girls quickly grabbed their favorites and we made their Easter dresses with material that fits their personalities exactly. 
Andrea has dainty pink butterflies. Audrey’s dress has fun loving frogs. And Megan’s dress is cute and bright. We also made each of them a matching purse and matching dresses for their dolls.
Thank you Oma for such pretty dresses!
Smile!
The girls helped me practice with my new camera this week. They make wonderful models!
Flowers
Adrian surprised me today with a beautiful bouquet of flowers for Easter. He even found some of my favorite spring flowers, Forget Me Nots.
Caught in the Act
Audrey and Adrian decorated a pizza for us tonight. It was not quite time to go into the oven when I discovered that Megan had pulled a stool over and was helping herself!
Mark
I have been enjoying learning how to take better pictures. I have also been playing with Gimp and experimenting with what the different functions do. Yesterday at the park, Mark and I experimented with what I have been learning.
We were using some trees to block the sun. Unfortunately, the sun crept around and when we got home, I learned that the sun “snuck” a kiss on Mark’s forehead that was hard to fix. Because I like this picture, I just desaturated the original and got a neat result!
The Swing
Today, while the other kids went to the dentist, Mark, Megan and I enjoyed the park. We took our cameras, hoping to find some good pictures.
We saw more deer during our walk then we did all last year. We practiced getting pictures of birds and flowers. Then after our “lessons”, we played at the playground.
Mark introduced Megan to the tire swing. She loved it! I was surprised that she did not dizzy or fuss about going around in circles.
The Swing
Robert Louis Stevenson
How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside–
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown–
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
Megan and Her Boots
Megan had a lot of fun in the puddles today. I am glad that she has a good pair of boots!
Singing In the Rain
While I was making dinner tonight, I discovered all the kids playing in the rain. Mark and Andrea were having a water fight in a mud puddle. Audrey was using her scooter. Megan and Adrian were enjoying playing in puddles while using umbrellas.
I watched them for a little bit, then sent them inside for warm baths.
Adrian’s Birthday Cake
I thought you might like Adrian’s version of this story.
For my birthday, I wanted a Tigger cake. First I asked for it to look like Tigger (a molded cake), then orange with brown stripes. While we were playing outside, Momma sneaked baking the cake.
When we came inside later, Daddy and Momma were teasing that Oma was bringing the cake. When Oma arrived, she did not have the cake. I was sad, but I sort of knew they were teasing. They keep on teasing me that nobody brought the cake!
Then it was time for dessert and there was cake! I said that Santa Claus brought the cake and ice cream 🙂 Momma did a good job sneaking that cake. My favorite part was eating Tigger’s tail!