Happy Easter

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.   John 3:16

Snow Days

20+ Inches of snow in one week is too much for me.  At least it wasn't over 20 inches in one day like it was 2 years ago, so we had a couple of days in between snows to get out of the house but we are ready for spring now after all this snow here at the Ogles house.  We did everything that a person can do out in the snow...we went sledding, we decorated a snowman, we dug in the snow, and we had snowball fights.  Caden is much more into playing out in the snow than Avery Lynn is.  She really likes the idea of playing in the snow, she gets excited to get dressed and go out but after about 5 minutes she is ready to go back inside.  Caden would gladly play for hours.  It worked out great one day when we went in the back yard to play in the snow.  Caden just dug and dug with (sand) toys in the snow and played on the swing set and threw snow balls at Lilly.  Avery Lynn played on the porch with the Cozy Coupe Car and balls.  She was happy and so was he.

A look out our garage when I opened the door.  There was over 12 inches on the driveway at this time.

Sledding one night

Ricky called Avery Lynn's sled her recliner.  She liked sitting in it and watching Caden more than sledding herself.

The snowman we decorated for Mr. John

Avery Lynn using a "snow plow"

Caden digging in the backyard

Avery Lynn in the car on the porch

Avery Lynn raking the snow (for about 1 minute before she retreated to the porch again)

Caden and Lilly

The view out our dining room window

Princess/Pirate Party

Last time we were in Cape we went to Chick-fil-A for dinner and to join in the fun of their Pirate/Princess Party.  Caden dressed up as a pirate and Avery Lynn dressed as a princess.  See funny story about the princess costume below.  The kids had a great time. 

 

 Notice in the picture below (which is taken before we left to go to Chick-fil-A) Avery Lynn is wearing a little pink tiara.  My mom and sister got it for her and it was a cute addition to her dress.  She is not wearing it in the picture above taken with the cows which was taken later at the restaurant. Here is why.... Well we were eating and (newly potty trained) Avery Lynn had to go to the bathroom which is a very common occurrence so I took her to the bathroom.  The automatic toilet flushed as I was getting her tights off (which commonly happens) and a minute later she is on the toilet ready to go.  Then she begins to pee and looks down to see herself peeing (which is also very common since she is new at going potty on the potty) however she doesn't normally have a tiara on....The tiara falls off and into the pee water toilet.   AHH!  My immediate thought was OMG the toilet is going to flush (which happens a lot with a little person on it and an automatic flusher.  Then Avery Lynn sees what happened and starts to whine that she wants her tiara.  I was thinking I could reach in a grab it....but then I would have to get her off the toilet and redress her with pee all over my hands.  But if I get her off the toilet first then it will likely flush before I can get it out...YIKES.  Luckily we were sitting at a table right outside the bathroom door so I instructed Avery Lynn to sit very still on the toilet and I quickly ran outside the bathroom door and motioned for my mom to come help.  With an extra set of hands in the bathroom stall I was able to get the tiara out and go wash while my mom redressed Avery Lynn.  The tiara has been sanitized and now can be used again.. Although next time we won't potty with it on : )