After a super busy day of housework, yardwork, Rob just returning from a US trip and softball games we sat the kiddos down and got Easter eggs colored.  I couldn't find coloring kits here and was not ambitious to make my own colors so I picked up some koolaid packs at the store and used those as our colors.  They did a decent job and the girls were just happy to color eggs.  Something we somehow haven't done the past few years.  Sorry Gwen, being the youngest has its perks in other ways.

The best color that came through was the "grape" flavor

Little ones first time coloring eggs

Many moons ago we were hiding eggs in palm leaves and tropical foliage.  Back at it again and I love it

Jo happy to find a kinderegg in her basket and willing to stop just for a moment to have a picture taken

I'm wondering if these big girls will still want me to hide eggs for them when they go away to school?  I'll take it as long as I can

Water Girl

 Do you kids have particular jobs that they tend to always do?

I try to keep my kids on a rotation so they all get a turn doing things

Eventually they will become the jack of all trades

But at times it seems that each of my children has specialized in something

Madison is our expert hummus and bread maker

Samantha is the in house cake maker, especially for birthdays

Aubrey has become the water jug filler

She's great at it, it takes practice

Simply putting the new jug in spills excess water, she has figured out how to pump the motor drawing extra water into the straw and then puts it all back together

Whenever the red light starts to beep on the dispenser I'm calling for my Bree

CEASA

        

CEASA market is a giant farmer market on steroids

About a 12 minute drive from my home I try to hit this place every Saturday

The prices can't be beat, selection is so much better than the grocery store and everything is super fresh

It's also fun to support a local farmer

It's been our families goal to try a new produce item every week

Some weeks have been more successful than others but we still have a lot of produce to get through

Trader Joe's

We love it when Rob goes on trips to the states...wait, I mean we miss him so much but are super excited for the boxes of goodies that he brings home for us to enjoy.  Simple things like good tasting cheese, pure maple syrup, almond butter and a few other precious items.

A Brazilian Feast

 One day we went to the Brazilian craft fair market and there were tons of cool things. At one of the stands we got a box of baklava and other Armenian desserts and we were all able to try them. We stopped and got lunch, we all ordered our own sandwich not realizing how big they were, it was a fun day out. Missing Sam while she was at a sports tournament for school. (Aubrey)