Easter Time

We are gearing up for Easter tomorrow and Aria is very excited about the Easter Bunny visiting and bringing her eggs. We had a neighborhood egg hunt in the park today and it was fun. We got some eggs and Aria played in the playground while daddy and I met more of our new neighbors.

Already to go find some eggs

Visit from the Easter bunny

Afterward we came home and got to boiling some eggs to color them. Aria did so well helping daddy drop them in the colors. I got some great video of it all.

egg dying fun

BTW....Some Major News!!!!!!!

Aria is officially potty trained!!! I have been hesitating to post in fear that she may relapse (haha) but she has been doing so great! She still needs a diaper during the night but even during outings she is not having any more accidents. We are VERY proud of our big girl!!!!

Projects

I have been working on some crafting projects that I have been wanting to do and have been trying to manage my time better to get them done. I am excited about making Aria some Summer dresses and have finished my first one of the season. Fortunately for me she absolutely loves it and did not want to take it off! They are cool and refreshing for her so she can play to her hearts content!

I have also been working on making some new pillows for our living room.

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I am hoping more to come!

Easter approaching

So I am trying to get up earlier to get my own little projects done including more posting. Easter is approaching and although we have not been able to find a home church yet we are still in celebration mode. I hosted a little cooking club event at my house where some of the moms from the mom club I joined came by and brought a dish. We ate, talked and watched the kids play which was fun. Always a treat to eat and have adult time.






Then it was time to go egg hunting for the first time of the season. There are tons of egg hunts around town including one our neighborhood is sponsoring coming up this weekend. Our first was with the moms club. Aria had a great time and wanted to pick up ALL the eggs and I had to slow her down to leave some for the other kids. What a beautiful time of year. It is definitely warmer here this time of year. I remember last Easter Aria was in a warm long sleeved dress. Happy Easter everyone!

Disney Trip 2011

What an amazing trip! I hate that I am just now getting to posting this but that seems to be a trend with me. Hope I can break it. I am trying to get up sooner to have more time for things like this. Who knew being a stay at home mom would leave no time for anything else! (ha ha)This was Matt's first trip to Disney anything! (so it was kind of a big deal). Matt had a business trip here so we decided to tag along at the last second and it turned out to be the best idea ever. Even though daddy was busy during the day we made the most of our time eating and playing at great places including Downtown Disney which was right outside our hotel room. Aria had a blast and got to see many of her favorite characters at Goofy's kitchen. She rode the carousel and the "Mr. toad" ride. All in all it was a wonderful first of many trips to Disney.

Stay Tuned!!!

Surprise!!!!! Impromptu trip to Anaheim coming up!!!!!!! Come back for pics here.

Coachella Valley Preserve

What an amazing place this is. You are literally surrounded by desert BUT here are these random oasis' with these Beautiful large palm trees and ponds! Actually they are not so random. Since we are on the fault line the water comes up from under the earth and creates these beautiful areas. We hiked nearly 3 miles and Aria did so well. We only had to carry her at the very end back to the car on daddy's shoulders. Take a good look at the photo of her near one of the ponds.....it is the one she ends up falling in to....hence the change of clothes! We had a great time and got to see some beautiful flora and fauna before the weather starts getting too hot. The weather was perfect (actually a little chilly at times) and we enjoyed a great lunch underneath the canopy of one of these oasis. Until the next adventure!

Saving a bunny

On a long walk this past weekend we came across a little bunny. At first we just thought it was too young and having difficulty getting around but soon realized that it was actually injured. Now more than likely this little guy was destined to be hawk or owl food but we could not just leave it and Aria was too excited for us to just say goodbye to it so we packed it up in the stroller and tried nursing it back to health to be able to take it to the animal shelter. Here is a pic of the cute little one and we did take it to the Living Desert preserve here.