Easter Weekend/Spring Break

I've been off since Thursday on a much needed spring break and we've had a ton of fun! Here's a recap of our fantastic weekend.

Thursday: was a boring day. My washer broke so I spent all day researching places to get it fixed vs. buying a new one. I was annoyed. Luckily Paul googled the problem at night and fixed it! What a miracle worker! 

Friday: I have been planning on potty training Blake for months (I've really avoiding it like the plague) but he gave me a kick start this morning. He decided to take off a poopy diaper upstairs hence the poop was everywhere. After I cleaned it up, I was ticked. I put a pull up on him and told him he WAS going to use the potty, no more diapers, no more peeing and pooping in his pants. I even told him I'd get him McDonald's if he did it. An hour later, he peed in the potty and he kept doing it all day! Not a single accident all day! I was absolutely amazed and so proud of my little guy. For a reward, I got the kids McDonalds and we had a picnic at the park! I probably would have taken them to Disneyland, I was so happy! Blake is awesome!

Saturday: We took the kids to the WVC Easter Egg hunt at the park. It was madness but lots of fun. Basically the way it works is they split the place up by age and put candy and eggs all over teh field. They blow a whistle and t

he kids go at it, gathering as much as they can. The whole thing is over in minutes. They all scored on candy and fruit snacks. I never knew Linnie was so aggressive until I saw her getting candy on the field. She doubled Lizzie and Blake in the amount of goods she got! Poor Lizzie and I were trying to keep up with her so I wouldn't lose a kid in the madness. The kids had a ton of fun.

Sunday: Happy Easter! The day started with our smoke alarm going off at 5 in the morning. Luckily there was no fire, and it just beeped for a second. It was a little scary. Then in the morning we ate pancakes,  and searched for goodies from the Easter Bunny. All three kids were pretty excited. The girls each got a new princess barbie and Blake got Legos (He loves legos! He even sleeps with them). 

After Church we had a little egg hunt in the backyard while dinner was cooking...

Then our friends and neighbors  showed up with the EAster bunny! (thanks Cindy!)