Happy Easter 2014

So glad the weather cooperated for us today. Zara threw a little fit about wearing her nice white sandals this morning and ended up wearing her favorite "zebra shoes" (dirty Vans), but at least she wore the pretty dress I picked out. Perspective, right? 

We went out for a nice family brunch by the lake and stuffed ourselves silly with chocolate  covered strawberries, waffles and so much more. While we were at brunch, the Easter Bunny paid our house a visit and hid two fun-filled baskets for the girls. Now we are all taking naps and will do another egg hunt in the backyard later. 

It feels like we are kind of on baby watch already, even though we actually have a few more weeks until my due date. I think everyone expects baby girl to arrive early since the twins were early, but we may be in for waiting a while longer. My goal was to make it to Easter to avoid having another preemie and now I would really like to make it to May :)

Lexi

Zara

The Easter Bunny was here

Easter Egg Hunt PNW Style

Well the weather didn't really cooperate, but we still had a great time at the Easter Egg Hunt. That poor Easter Bunny was almost knocked over with hugs from these two. The rain broke right when we got there so we avoided getting drenched. After Lexi and Zara collected eggs, we turned in all the eggs for a little bag of candy. At this age, the fun was more about collecting as many empty eggs as possible and not so much about the candy. 

Tomorrow we will get dressed up and go out for Easter brunch, followed by another egg hunt at our house and Easter baskets from the Easter Bunny. These girls are so spoiled and it is so much fun! 

Lexi waiting to hunt

Zara - so excited

Easter Egg Hunt 2014 from Natalie on Vimeo.

34 weeks

I am 34 weeks with baby #3 now. Its starting to get a little uncomfortable, but nothing too bad and still sleeping well most nights. 

A&Z are spending the weekend in Yakima with the grandparents so Mu and I have been enjoying a relaxing weekend at home - sleeping in, going out to dinner, running errands and shopping at Target for as long as I want. Of course last night we stopped at Home Depot and Target because we had a little bit of time after dinner before our movie started. Then M worked on installing the bathroom sinks after we got home from the movie. Such a glamorous life installing faucets at 10pm on a Saturday night! 

Here is the side by side comparison at 34 weeks (twins on the left, singleton on the right). I had the twins a week later so its a little crazy for me to think about going 6 more weeks to term with this one. Only time will tell. 

Crowns and Gymnastics

The girls' version of heaven is going to the craft store and picking out a "project." We stopped by earlier this week and Zara picked out a foam crown and foam animal stickers. Lexi picked out a foam tiara, princess pony stickers and a foam wand. Unfortunately the wand somehow didn't make it home, but we did pay for it so not sure what happened there. She didn't get too upset over its disappearance, likely because we have about five other wands. they spent at least an hour decorating the crown and tiara. Here they are admiring their masterpieces. 

For the last few months Lexi and Zara took a weekly gymnastics class. They loved it. Its a great program that is really engaging and age appropriate. Today was the last class of the session. Here they are with their certificates of achievement!

We are going to take a little break from extra activities until summer since baby sister's arrival should keep us all busy until then. When I ask them what their favorite sport is and what they want to do again (they have taken ballet, swimming and gymnastics), I get different answers each time and no strong preference at this point for one over the others. We will probably go for swimming again next because that is a necessary life and safety skill. 

Happy Persian New Year and First Day of Spring!

Let It Go

The girls, especially Lexi, are obsessed with the movie Frozen. Here is Lexi singing one of the songs, "Let it Go."


My MovieLexiLetItGo from Natalie on Vimeo.