Because I'm Magic Like That ;)

Yesterday, I started to throw two water jugs away and then told the girls to keep them, that I could make Easter baskets out of them.  Doc heard me and said, "You can do that?!?"

 I said, "Yeah."

Her voice filled with awe, "Wow! Are you magic?"

"No."

"Then you CAN'T make Easter baskets from water jugs?"

"Yes, I can."

"Then you ARE magic!"

So today I made two Easter baskets for the little girls.  Then we hid eggs and let the girls find them.

Busy Bee found one that was camouflaged to look like a stone and asked, "¿Esta hegg?

"Si."

So she picked it up, looked at it more closely and threw it back down exclaiming, "No hegg!"

"Mira, " I said as I opened the egg to reveal the candy inside.

Every time she found the camouflaged eggs after that, she made me open them so she could see the prize inside.

After coming inside and emptying the candy into their baskets, Busy Bee said, "Abuela gave me candy."

Ayer, empecé a tirar dos jarras de agua de distancia y luego dije a las chicas para mantenerlos, para que yo pudiera hacer cestas de Pascua fuera de ellos. D me oyó y dijo: "¿Puedes hacer eso?!?" 

 Le dije: "¡Sí!" 

Su voz llena de asombro: "¡Vaya! ¿Eres la magia?" 

"No." 

"Entonces usted no puede hacer cestas de Pascua de jarras de agua?" 

"Sí, puedo." 

"Entonces usted es mágico!" 

Así que hoy he hecho dos cestas de Pascua para las niñas. Entonces nos escondimos huevos y vamos a las chicas las encuentran.

B encontró una que estaba camuflado para parecer una piedra y le preguntó: "¿Esto Hegg? 

"Si." 

Así que ella lo cogió, lo miró más de cerca y lo tiró hacia abajo exclamando: "No Hegg!" 

"Mira", me dijo mientras abría el huevo para revelar el caramelo dentro. 

Cada vez que se encontró con los huevos camuflados después de eso, ella me hizo abrir los para que pudiera ver el premio dentro.

Después de entrar a la casa y vaciar el caramelo en sus cestas, dijo B, "Abuela me dio dulces."

Today I am thankful for these little girls. (#338)  I am thankful for the opportunity to be involved in their lives. (#339)  Mostly, though, I am thankful that Easter is so much more than baskets and candy filled eggs (#340) and I will forever be grateful that I had the opportunity to explain that to Doc yesterday. (#341)

Lent: candy, toys

A Better Easter Garden

Yesterday, I posted a purely secular, purely fun "Easter Garden." Today I came across a much better idea. (#305) I don't want to re-post without permission, so I just put the link.  I know.  I know.  It seems I can't go more than a few weeks without mentioning Ann Voskamp and referencing something she has written, but applying the concepts she writes about is changing my life and the lives of my children.  (#306) God uses her voice in a powerful way.  

As far as the rest of my day, it was uneventful.  Thankfully, I am beginning to actually see proof that I am being productive. (#307) Miracle has been quite helpful. (#308) My foot hurts a lot less. (#309) Specifically, I have only taken 1/2 of a pain pill today. (#310) Both girls were able to go to church this evening (#311) and they took the little girls with them. (312) 

Lent: dolls

Easter Garden

It's good to be home. (#299) I am thankful that the cough I had on Friday didn't turn into anything more. (#300) For Miracle and I, today was calm. (#301) Miracle didn't leave the house at all and I only went out to see my favorite chiropractor.  (#302) Angelica had to go to class and was a bit stressed because the events of the weekend didn't allow her time to complete an assignment.  Thankfully, she was given a reprieve from the professor and will turn it in on Thursday. (#303) I look around at my house and it looks worse than it did this morning rather than better.  What I see completely contradicts what I know to be true; namely that I accomplished quite a bit today. (#304)

And then there's this that I saw on fb and wanted to pin... 

Lent: bookcase, storage boxes, bandana

Happy Easter!