Last Sunday I took the girls outside after church to take some pictures of them. They wanted to twirl around in their dresses. I remember those "twirling" days. I always loved my dresses that I could twirl around in.
It was so cute to watch them spin around and watch their dresses spin out. Avery especially had a good time. Her grandma made this green dress for her for her birthday, and it is a great "twirling" dress.
Poor Hayden is not the most coordinated child out there, but she tries. It will be interesting to see what she likes doing when she gets older. Hopefully she grows out of her uncoordinated stage. She sure makes us laugh though.
Despite their usual fighting, Avery & Hayden really do love each other and get along pretty well. They give each other hugs a lot (usually after they apologize for hitting the other one :) Hayden especially loves to give hugs and kisses. We have been working on potty training her lately and she for some reason hasn't gotten the #2 down in the potty yet (which can be messy and frustrating). Last night I spent quite a lot of time cleaning up Hayden, as well as the bathroom, and I felt myself getting angry and upset. When she was finally clean I helped her put some new clothes on and she just gave me this huge squeeze and kiss and said, "I love you mommy." It was so sweet, it just melted the anger away. I knew she was trying and for some reason it's just taking longer than it did for Avery. But, I was reminded in that moment by a loving Heavenly Father that He loves all of His children, especially the innocent little children that He has blessed us to have in our families, more than even we can love them. Being a mom is definitely a hard job, but I wouldn't trade it for the world, stinky messes and all.
We had an Easter egg hunt at the park near our house. Thankfully the rain stopped long enough for the kids to be outside and not be cold or wet.
Hayden is walking really well now! She can almost get up to a full running pace, which means she and Avery can chase each other around the house now. Hayden loved finding eggs with all the "big kids".
Avery got more and more excited with each egg she found, and she was so proud of herself for finding them all. She wanted to take her basket of eggs everywhere we went for the next few days. She even begged me to take them to church, but her mean mother wouldn't let her.
After the hunt, we took the kids outside to decorate some real eggs. Hayden didn't quite understand what we were doing. She dumped one of the eggs in a cup of Hawaiian Punch, which we found a few hours later outside. It actually dyed the egg better than the red dye that came in the box. It was pretty funny! The kids had a great time playing together and it was nice of everyone to make the drive out to our house. 
