It's an Easter tradition!

Each year our spring break falls the week before Easter.  Last year we stayed home for Spring Break, but I wanted to make sure it was a fun, "different" week for my boys.  We allowed each child to pick the menu for a breakfast, a lunch, a dinner and one activity for the week.  We grouped all the submissions into their respective categories and each night we chose the menu and activity for the next day.  It was so much fun!  More fun than I had imagined and the boys were thrilled with their Spring Break!

The "activity" we chose for our daughter/sister (since she is too young to choose for herself) was to host an Easter party and egg hunt for her and her little friends.  We did it again this year, so it's official....it's now a tradition!

The boys and I work together to stuff eggs, make carrots out of napkins and utensils, bake cute cupcakes, create Easter themed decorations.....all the necessary components of a fun, memorable party.

My favorite part is seeing the joy my boys feel as they serve their sister and it's all worth it to them when she says, "Dant du, Date and Owen!"  That's "thank you, Nate and Owen!"

A French Provencal Baby Shower, Bienvenue Bebe

What a blessing to celebrate a new baby!  This past weekend Maria and I had the opportunity to help host a baby shower for a dear friend.  She is expecting a baby boy in early May, just two weeks after me.  She has impeccable taste and has traveled the world, and her last trip with her hubby before finding out they were pregnant was to the Provence region of France, so we made her theme a French patisserie.  We hoped to have it outside but due to weather inside was  our best choice.  It was such a joy celebrating her and her baby on the way.

 

Some details:  The shower invitations were little chalk boards, thank you gifts to each of the guest included a little package of Madeline cookies with custom printables, and each of the food items had a custom chalked sign.  The colors of the nursery are grey and yellow so we used these colors and accented with a little blue.