project 365, week 15

woo hoo!!! week 15! i dont know why that excites me. 15 is just a good sounding number.

the weather once again went from chilly at the start of the week to 90 degrees on thursday and now we're back down into the 50's. easter is supposed to be rainy and cold tomorrow. i'm going to tough it out and wear that sleeveless dress my husband just bought me, though. its my first new easter outfit in 4 years. you bet i'll have it on.

here's the week...

SUNDAY, april 5th

the first load of easter candy i picked up. the robin eggs are for me (my fav!!). the lindor chocolates at the top left are for colby's easter basket--they look like ladybugs and bees and he loves bugs so i had to get them! although he doesnt really care for chocolate, so i guess i'll have to eat them. darn! the jellybean flower is for mollys basket and the m&ms and peeps are for a project you'll see on tuesdays picture. i had yet to get the 'egg' candy when i took this picture. talk about a sugar overload!!

MONDAY, april 6th

these are flowers colby and i made together monday afternoon. we each traced our hand, cut it out, and folded it around a straw. curl the fingers, add some leaves and a pipe cleaner and voila!! an easter lily. cute, huh?

TUESDAY, april 7th

heres the project using the peeps and m&ms. colby and i made these for his mothers day out teachers. i was very pleased with how they turned out. those are graham cracker crumbs on the bottom, and theres some brown sugar in there, too. you're supposed to dump it all in a bowl with some butter and vanilla and bake it. we made a batch with what i had left after the jars were made. it was pretty yummy. verrrry sweet and gooey!! heres the link to the directions http://creativeholidaygiftideas.blogspot.com/2008/03/easter-bunny-smores.html

WEDNESDAY, april 8th

colbys class easter party was wednesday after lunch. they had an easter egg hunt and everyone put their eggs in cardboard cartons they had decorated on monday. i thought it was a cute idea instead of baskets, and that way everyone got 12 eggs.

THRUSDAY, april 9th my parents showed up thursday evening with water balloons and bubbles. we had so much fun playing outside together! the water balloons didnt work very well; they kept bouncing off of us and busting in the grass. molly loved the bubbles-i was able to get this cute shot of her.

FRIDAY, april 10th friday morning we woke up and headed to mimi and papas house in houston. after mollys nap the kids went on a treasure hunt all through the backyard and even into the neighbors yard and down the street to a couple of houses. mimi and papa went all out for this thing! there was buried (literally-they had to dig it up!) treasure and a plank they walked and jumped off of. mimi even mailed them treasure map t-shirts ahead of time to wear down there. it was incredible. i might post some pictures monday or tuesday, but i'm not sure they'll do it justice, so we'll see. pei wei for dinner friday night, green eggs and ham for breakfast, and an easter egg hunt saturday morning made for a great weekend and kids that did not want to leave.

SATURDAY, april 11th on our way home from houston allen pulled over so i could take a picture of this field. the blubonnets on the way to (and from) houston were indescribably beautiful. this picture does not even begin to capture the color and thickness of them and there were several more like this all up and down hwy 290. it was like God had just covered this acre of land with a bright blue blanket. absolutely gorgeous! i'll have to remember this for next years pictures!!

i pray your easter is blessed and beautiful!!