Teacher Appreciation Candy Gram

Here's the Candy Gram that Emily and I made for her 2nd Grade Teacher, Mrs. Russell, for Teacher Appreciation Week. Mrs. Russell hadn't ever seen a candy gram before so it was extra fun seeing her expression as we read it out loud to her.


Note to self: Next year change the wording on the right hand side to "We are having MOUNDS and MOUNDS of fun this year and would have fallen to PIECES without you."

Easter Egg Hunt for a crowd

The Fish Heads and I filled 877 plastic eggs for our ward's Easter Egg Hunt. We had a great time and are looking forward to doing it again next year!






MAKE YOUR BUNNY EARS STATION


[ The Bradley Kids ]

[ The Gardainer Girls ]

CHICK RACING STATION -- This was one of the funnest games. And it can easily adapt to little children to adults. For small children just have them race against themself (while walking carry a Marshmallow Peep Chick in a plastic spoon). For older kids/adults they have race against eachother and even have a relay race.


[ The Davis girls ]

[ Cute Hunter Grandkids ]

[ Carol playing Auntie with her 2 nephews ]

RING A BUNNY STATION -- Place a large stuffed bunny on the grass and let each child try to "ring" it using Hula Hoops.



MAKE YOUR EASTER BAG STATION -- Thanks to Linda and her mom for helping all the kids make their Easter Bags





EGGS TOSS STATION -- Using 3 different sized Easter Baskets, each child tried to toss 12 plastic easter eggs into them.



OPENING GAME & INSTRUCTION: EASTER, EASTER, EGG (duck, duck, goose)




Posters...


Flyers...

Easter odds-n-ends

I just love that I live close enough to Kerry G. so I can partake in her cute banner projects! She is one of the most creative girls I know and created this very cute Easter banner!


Cute Easter cupcakes that the Fish Heads made for our family Easter party at Aunt Marie's.

"May the 4th be with you!"

Devin just informed me that tomorrow, May 4th is called "Star Wars Day" because of the play on words based on "May the 4th be with you" and "May the force be with you."

Here's how you can present it:

Jake: Happy Star Wars Day!
Devin: What?
Jake: May the 4th be with you!

My boys have always LOVED Star Wars. It is safe to say that Jake, in a galaxy not too long ago, was even obsessed with it. We were just cleaning out his bedroom today and he still isn't ready to part with his TWO very NOISY Star Wars Guns.

So for all you other Star Wars fans....Monday is a great day to watch one of the Star Wars flicks, play Lego Star Wars with your kids or have a Light Saber Fight while listening the Star Wars Cantina Music!

Easter Bunny Smores

Our favorite 3-year old and 5-year old little blonde Hilton boys knocked on our front door this week delivering a special Easter treat! We are so excited to make these Easter Bunny Smore Treats! Thanks!

April Fool's Burgers

Aren't these just the cutest "hamburgers?" My friend Camille did them for her family on April Fools. She calls them Shamburger Hamburgers! I love it!

I have never made anything "foolish/tricky" for my family on April Fool's Day but when I saw these "JELLY DONUT HAMBURGERS" I knew I had to copy the picture so I would remember and do them next year! Thanks Camille!

She sliced each Jelly Donut in half and sprinkled sesame seeds on the top "bun"
Colored coconut green for the lettuce
Used peppermint patties for the meat

Michelle Hilton was telling me that someone also made a MEATLOAF and MASHED POTATO BUNDT CAKE for their family. She baked her meatloaf in a Bundt pan and then "frosted the cake" with mashed potatoes.

I think I'm going to do both of these next year! Thanks!

We're LUCKY because...

I had originally planned to do this for Family Home Evening this week (and serve LUCKY CHARM cereal for dessert) but then I decided it would be fun to have Uncle Mondo, Grandpa and Grandpa also join in. Then I put up all our Shamrocks so we can easily be reminded just how LUCKY we are as a family. It was really sweet to read everyone's responses.

The hardest part to this activity - finding a BLACK pen that would write on these Shamrocks and NOT smear off - seriously - we went through 6 pens! What happened to all my BLACK Sharpie Markers - I can't believe my home doesn't have ONE of them!!!

The below large Shamrock is Mondos and Emily's is to the right....


Tyler's is the little one and Emily's is the bigger one (I love that she included her cousins, laptop and HSM pillow that has Troy on it)!


Me and my mom....


Jake....


Grandpa, Tyler and me...


For FHE lesson - just pull out various pictures from your GAK (gospel art kit) and have your family tell you why Noah, Samuel the Laminate, Nephi, etc were LUCKY.