Easter Eggs

Allie and Geoff went on a little shopping spree the other day and came home with all kinds of treasures! One of the big purchases was a Easter Egg dying kit. We didn't dye eggs last year but thought we would try it this year. Allie has been asking to do it since she bought the kit. She was not sure what it was all about but wanted to dye the eggs just like the ones on the box. On Sunday morning we decided to set up for the mess and it was lots of fun. Allison was unsure at first but once the boring white eggs turned colors she was all in. She especially liked making "Pinkalicious" eggs. Later that day, we had an egg hunt out back. Murphy (our rabbit) was in the yard with Allie and she said he was helping her hunt for eggs. It was lots of fun! I guess we are practicing early for the big day. I am sure we will dye more eggs and have lots of egg hunts from now until Easter.

Sleep Over

The other night cousin Ryan came to our house to stay all night. Allie has never had a "sleep over" but she has seen it on Little Bear and always wants to have a sleep over. When we told her Ryan was going to stay she was very excited. She loved having him over and so did Geoff. With two boys in the house and one crazy little monkey it makes the house a little crazier!! We had a great time. Ryan slept in Allie's big bed and she said she wanted to sleep with him but we gave him a kiss goodnight and she slept in her crib. In the morning, Ryan was busy shooting baskets and Allie was trying to convince him to be the fairy godmother since she was the princess. He was not biting since he is a "boy" (he was very nice but said that is for girls) so she finally gave up and said "Ok, you can be the basketball boy and I will be the princess"...it was very cute. We look forward to many more sleep overs with our cousins!

Als and Ry watching a little TV before bed

Daddy Allie

Allie loves to pretend and the other night she wanted to pretend she was the Daddy and Geoff was the baby! It was too funny. She held Geoff on her lap and read him a story. This little one is so fun to listen to and her imagination blows us away some days!

Big Girl Bed

We have been in the process of switching Allie from her nursery to her big girl room. The furniture has been in her new room and bedding in the closet for some time now, but Geoff moved the furniture around the room (a few times)...he is a good sport..and I finally made her big girl bed! We still have work to do, but Allie jumped in her big girl bed and loved it. She wanted to sleep in it the first night and I was surprised and not prepared...so she fell asleep in there and I transferred her to her crib. It is weird to see our baby girl in a big girl bed but we better get used to it 'cause a little sister is going to arrive in about 7 weeks!! I will post more pictures of both rooms once they are finished. It is fun to pull out the infant stuff...hard to believe Allie was that tiny!! We are getting excited. Allison will be a great big sister.

Trip to Portland

Last week we headed up to Portland to see the fam. Allie loves to Skype with my parents and family but it is not the same as seeing them in person! Allie has been talking about going to Portland to see Pa and Grandma for a long time and we finally made it. We crammed a lot of stuff into our short visit but had a great time. I was not as good about taking pictures as I would have liked but when I did have the camera we got some good ones!

My mom thought it would be fun to surprise my Grandma with a Mini Cooper for the weekend. She loves Mini Coopers but would never buy one....I don't think.....My grandma is doing awesome. We got to visit in between her Chemo treatments and she is doing amazing. She didn't miss a lunch date or an outing...in true Grandma Rosie fashion! It was a lot of fun to drive the Mini and I don't think my grandma really knew what to think when we pulled up.


Then we headed off the a baby shower for new baby girl Hulbert. Allie loves watching Lady and the Tramp so she was kinda prepared for what a baby shower entailed. I don't think she knew she would get as many great "big sister" gifts as she did. It was very thoughtful of others to think of Allie too! Rachael did a great job hosting and it was fun to all be together. We got lots of nice gifts and are anxious to meet this baby girl....now only if she had a name!
















We also met up with some of the Springfield gang and went ice skating. Allie has wanted to go ice skating for a long time. I think she thought she would flit around like Tinkerbell did at Disney Princesses on Ice but it was not quite that easy. Geoff was a trooper and took Allie and Morgs around the rink. Allie took a few laps around but then wanted to watch. She was "afraid she would fall on her bum". We had a pass to skate until 10pm but I think Geoff and Pa were glad when Allie was done after about 3o minutes :o)





Allie got to spend some time with most of her cousins. The day we were with Gracie and Xavier they hunted for frogs and had fun out back at Grandma and Grandpa's house (but I did not have my camera that day). We also got to spend a lot of time with cousins Keslin, Bronwyn and Raelyn. Kristen was very good about letting Allie "practice" with new baby Raelyn. Allison loved holding her and sang to her and said how cute and cuddly and snugly she was. She didn't love when Raelyn cried but she had fun with her. She will be a great big sister!!

We had a great trip up north. Our visits are never long enough but it is always fun!

Oh Gracer

Allie has such a great imagination and fun spirit. These are just a few of the random outfits you might find her in on any give day. You never know what you are going to get!