Easter 2017

I love to celebrate Easter, but I don't love to have it be a commercial type of celebration.  We don't do the Easter bunny or Easter Baskets.  We do color eggs and have a celebration of spring.  I made the kids Chocolate Eggs filled with either peanut butter or caramel.

We did a nighttime Easter egg hunt that was lots of fun. Everyone brought filled eggs for their kids to hunt with flashlights.  We had cookies and visited. It was lots of fun.  I didn't think to get out the camera and take any pictures.

We had fun coloring eggs together. We did have a couple mishaps of spilled coloring, but it all cleaned up alright.

I love cooking a nice dinner on Easter. The kids look forward to Easter dinner.  We had ham, rolls, cheese potatoes, deviled eggs and green beans.

First Waite family bridge building contest

A few weeks ago Matthew was in charge of the activity for Family Home Evening.  He comes up with good activities.  We have played some great games that he has designed himself.  This time he organized a bridge building contest.  We worked in pairs.  He gave each of an allowance to buy K'nex pieces to build a bridge together.  When we were done we tested the bridges to see which design would hold the most JENGA blocks.  Everyone's bridge held at least 66 blocks.  Matthew and Joshua, Emma and Lydia's bridges held the most. It was fun to watch the kids work together and come up with their ideas. Neil, MaryAnne and I had to adjust our design because it was too wide to hold a JENGA block.  Emma thought through her bridge and decided it would hold more if she changed the direction of one piece.  They are definitely thinkers and they have their dad's math mind to figure things out.  It was a fun activity and didn't get too competitive.

Here are some pictures of the future bridge engineers:

The crash at the end

9 months

I love these pictures of Aaron at 9 months old.  He is such a sweet baby! He still doesn't have any teeth or sleep through the night. He is so much fun right now. I love these smiles. It is fun to see his personality truly shine through.  Everyone really adores Aaron.