Easter & Isaac's Birthday

HAHA I completely missed April. Well, here it is. 

The week of Easter was a busy one in the Nelson household because Isaac's birthday was just days later. Isaac was perfectly comfortable with the outpouring of gifts and sweets. Let's begin with the day before Easter.

We took the train (for Isaac's pleasure) to Stanford where they were hosting an Easter egg hunt. The children were giddy every time they found an egg. They needed a little bit of help since the big kids would swoop in like vultures and grab the eggs faster than we could walk to them.

From Easter etc

From Easter etc

 Wrong direction, silly! Look down!

We then wandered around campus and finished our outing in the museum where Isaac was kind enough to plop down on a most advantageous spot and allow me to change his posture a bit. I was terribly amused. 

From Easter etc

Easter morning was fun- new coloring books, a couple of very small toys, and Daddy got a ton of candy. Maybe next year Mommy will actually get a basket, but she's not counting on it. We went to church where Sacrament meeting was interrupted by somebody pulling the fire alarm. Add to that 2 baby blessings and screeching fire engines who had to come make sure everything was really OK, and there wasn't much time left in the meeting for talking about Easter. Oh well. We still had ample time to think about Jesus on our own. The children were adorable.

From Easter etc

From Easter etc

Later that week, we celebrated Isaac's birthday. He really had the hang of the whole presents thing this time- he'd rip into a present, scream about it, toss it aside, and start ripping into the next one. On the plus side, we got through all that in record time. After finishing the piece of cake we gave him, he evidently wanted more and helped himself. For the record, he learned the "picking away at the cake" trick from Grandma Rudd. Thanks, Mom.

From Isaac Birthday

Needless to say, Mommy was tired after all that, so when the following Sunday rolled around, the children were big helpers. Isaac loves to help in the kitchen. When he wants to clean, he says, "Mommy, can I be really busy in the kitchen?"

From Isaac Birthday

From Isaac Birthday

And thus is was.

Little Princess is 1

First of all, thank you everyone for your comments. They amused me.

Last Sunday was Miss Eden’s birthday. I did what any rational mother would do and stayed up until 3am the night before decorating her cake and then cleaning the frosting off of the floor that I’d flung in desperation.  As fate would have it, my powdered sugar had lumped up, and not owning a sifter, there was no way to delumpify.  So after every few stars, the tip would clog up and I’d start yelling again and stabbing at it with a toothpick and it pretty much took forever.  One might ask why I would go to such pains for a one year old, but my little princess was going to have herself a princess party, so help me.  My mom was there to lie to me (“Oh it looks great!”) and warn me that turning my daughter into a princess could pose some maintenance issues later on when she is old enough to care.  For the record, my mom has also been known to say, “How did I ever get such a prissy daughter?”, so I’m not confident that her method was any more effective.  Eden dove into the cake and made a huge mess, which made me happy.  It was a deceptive mess- she was fairly dainty about it (no frosting flinging), but once we started cleaning up, we discovered that there was not one nook or cranny unscathed.  Mostly she just played with it, but she did lick her fingers a few times and say, “MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM,” which is more than Isaac did with his first cake (he gagged).  And speaking of Isaac, he was happy and supportive despite the fact that Eden was getting all of the attention.  He was a little disappointed that he didn’t get to open a present, but it was ok because she shared her toys with him.  Here are some of our favorite pictures:

Ready for Church on her special day

From Eden Birthday Time to open presents

From Eden Birthday

From Eden Birthday

Here's the cake

From Eden Birthday Enjoying the cake

From Eden Birthday

It was impossible to get all of us staring in the same direction at once. Here's the least chaotic shot:

From Eden Birthday

I just don't get it.

After much pressure from many persons, we have given in and created this wonderous blog.  The primary reason that I didn't want to create a blog is because I knew that I wouldn't be able to "decorate" it by myself.  I knew that I would then have to ask my busy husband for help.  We would then sit side by side, me trying to describe what's in my head while he fruitlessly plays with html code.  It would get late, I would get cranky, and by the time it was all put together, I'd never want to look at it again.  

That's pretty much how it went.

It seems like this is the part where I'm supposed to post cute pictures of the children.  Here are some from today:

Isaac decided to make breakfast for himself and Eden.  

From Breakfast

Eden sure appreciated it.  Usually Mommy only gives her about 10 Cheerios at a time.

From Breakfast

Isaac evidently thought they might run out and helped himself to more.

From Breakfast

This is the kind of thing that makes us late for Church every week.