Easter Time

Easter is a fantastic holiday, simply because it has the best candy of all the seasons! Ok, just kidding, not about the candy, but for the reason. It is nice to reflect on the Savior's work and sacrifice during this time, and it has been interesting trying to teach Lincoln about Him. Dave and I put in a cartoon church movie about Christ's life, but had to turn it off when Satan came on to try and tempt Jesus. It was a mad dash to the tv to turn it off, because he is going through a "scared phase" and Satan looked really creepy. I am proud to write that Lincoln said his first whole prayer all by himself the other night. This is a real accomplishment, because Lincoln does not understand reverence and is usually very loud during prayers. It makes me happy something is finally sinking in.

I also love Easter because of the beautiful Spring weather. We have had some gorgeous sunny days, and all Lincoln wants to do is play outside. Unfortunately, we had a rainy morning the day of our egg hunt at our house. We had to hide the eggs upstairs, while the kids played downstairs.

I found this great Sesame Street egg decorating kit at Goodwill. Our Goodwill is sweet because Target donates all the left over seasonal items, so I got the egg dying kit, plastic eggs and an Easter basket all brand new and half the price I would have paid at Target. Anyway, we had fun times decorating eggs. Lincoln picked out the colors, stickers and holders for every egg.

He couldn't just sit still for pictures, he had to stick out his tongue.

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Boys are so weird...and hilarious! Have a wonderful Easter everyone.

Stress and Pregnancy

I came across this article, and now I have something else to worry about. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42555647/ns/health-pregnancy/ "A mother's stress during pregnancy and breast-feeding may prompt changes in her infant's genes that increase the child's risk of obesity later in life, according to a new study in mice." Holy cow, I'm going to have a chubby kid with the amount of stress we are dealing with right now! I just finished what I could do of "candlelight yoga" to try and prevent this from happening.

Weekends

Like most people, I love weekends! We have been able to visit my parents most every weekend, which is fun for everyone: Lincoln gets to play with my mom and dad; Dave and I get some relaxing time and even some dates; and mom and dad get to spend time with Lincoln. I feel very lucky Dave has a great relationship with my parents. Anyway, we just aren't sure how long we will be living where we are...it might be a lot longer, it might not be, so my parents have been taking advantage of the past couple weekends. Dad has taken Lincoln to the airport museum for the past 3 Saturdays. He is so spoiled to get to see cool airplanes up close! Speaking of spoiled...he scored a bike and helmet from a garage sale last weekend. He can ride it pretty well, as you can see from the picture, he got away from me pretty quickly. We do make him wear a helmet, but this is what he thinks of it. Mom and dad took him to an Easter egg hunt and to a park on Saturday, while Dave and I ran errands together. It is so nice not to worry about chasing after him while getting stuff done and knowing that he is having fun. Everyone ventured to the park on Sunday: it was a beautiful afternoon. Today mom called me during the afternoon to tell me she arranged a date for Dave and me on Saturday. No wonder I love weekends!