Yeah, I don't have any. That's because our stupid digital camera is, well, stupid. And dead. But let me try to paint the picture:
Chicken Nugget - satin-esque, sleeveless, white with diagonal blue stripes, wide waist of white ribbon with blue ribbon making a bow and a lovely blue jewel in the middle of the bow. White headband with flat bow. Off-white matte flats with slightly raised heel, cut-outs, and rhinestones. Ruffle socks. Stunning.
Noodle - blue cotton-blend sleeveless, white floral with tucks on the front, tied in the back. Gathered bottom. Lovely faux daisies (three) with blue beads in the center of each flower. Simple and elegant. White headband with gigantic white flower at the side. White sandals with silver flowers down the middle. Ruffle socks. Lovely.
Banana - blue plaid-patterned shorts with sky-blue belt, white button-down pique short seeve with collar, blue sweater with bunnies around the bottom edge. Argyle socks, white canvas strap shoes. Very country-club. Quite handsome.
Baby Butterbean - blue plaid Classic Pooh one-piece romper, short sleeves. Argyle socks. Blue puppy bib. Adorable.
Last night was fun; we dyed our Easter eggs. Again, due to stupid digital camera, please picture eggs colored with crayons and then dyed pastel pink, yellow, green, and blue. Twelve of them. After the dying, we made hamburgers and hot dogs. Then fixed up our Easter baskets with grass and our dyed eggs; Noodle had drawn about 12 pictures for the Easter Bunny, so she also put those in her basket; the Easter Bunny must have loved them, because he took them with him. Today, after church, I hid eggs for the kids, but inside; it was raining. They didn't seem to mind. I got nervous when one of the hard-boiled eggs still was not found, but thankfully it turned up about an hour later.
Church was good this morning. We had a cardboard testimony service. I had never seen one, and it was very moving, even for me - a dried-up cynic at this point. Most moving were my friends who held up their cardboard sign that said, "Three Failed Marriages Between Us" and on the other side, "Now a Blended Family Growing in Christ - Just Celebrated 4-yr Anniversary."
I don't know, still, about a lot of stuff, but I know that today's service was meaningful, and that the church's stage was full of people, my friends, who had found some kind of restorative power in a God that they personally know. Look at this to see a cardboard testimony service. I wish ours from this morning was on youtube, but this will give you the general idea anyway.
Hope you all had a blessed Easter, and found what you needed today. Much love to you all -
3 comments:
Ok, let's give that another try. The above comment was from me, inadvertently impersonating my brother (who, as far as I know, does not stalk your blog, but who does occasionally use my computer.)
So, anyhow, here's what I had to say as me, not him:
Who needs a camera when you can draw such beautiful mental pictures? Your kids are adorable in their Easter outfits.
I'm impressed that you're willing dye eggs AND hide them. I've done my best to shield Sam from the whole "pots of staining liquids" tradition. He's bound to find out about it sooner or later, but until then it's just candy eggs for us. (Better rotten teeth than a stained carpet. Right?)
That cardboard testimony thing is pretty cool. I wish Mormons would try something interesting like that every now and then.
Hanging in there? Keep at it. Love you!
Which brother? I was hoping for John, since he dresses up like a bunny - there, I admit it - I'm an avid H-family blog stalker!
Yes, we even use REAL food coloring and vinegar! The whole nine yards. How crazy are we??? It's not so bad if they understand to EASE the eggs into the bowl; normally they just cannonball the eggs right in. Memories, you know. All for the sake of memories.
Maybe ya'll could have a special ward activity with cardboard testimonies. I've never seen them done before, but it was really cool. I'm glad our church did that. Simple, yet powerful. It wasn't hard to orchestrate - have a nice song going in the background and members willing to write on cardboard. Would be pretty easy to plan for a congregation.
Trying to. Love you too.
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