Easter Eve

In the morning Abe took the kids outside with him while he built a tomato garden box. The kids appropriated it as a boat:

Then we all headed to the Springville Art Museum for Lydia’s harp recital. Lydia is still suffering from allergies and has not been sleeping very much, so she looked pretty tired and miserable at the recital. It made me wonder if we should continue, but honestly it would basically take God telling me directly to stop harp to make that kind of decision. So until then, the poor child will just have to suffer through these events.

Here is the video of her performance

Then we went to the most delightful Springville restaurant called Ginger’s Cafe with Tom and Suzanne. It was a healthfood cafe attached to a hot yoga studio, and we all LOVED it.

Afterward my mom and I picked out some toys for the Miner birthday get together while everyone else ran around the nearby park.

And then we went home and Abe headed up the egg dying activity while I napped. Thank you, Abe!

Then we drove to the Miners’ for their Easter egg hunt, which the kids had been looking forward to all week. They also celebrated March birthdays, so Lydia got another round of celebration!

Clarissa was reluctant to put her egg in the basket. She had to be coaxed, but soon she got the hang of it!
This is Clarissa’s confused face. She has no idea what to do with this egg.

Here is sleepy Clarissa being very skeptical about the idea of putting her egg in the basket.

Here is sleepy Clarissa hesitantly putting an egg in her basket.

Quick Anecdote about Lydia from today (or thereabouts):

Lily told Lydia to take a nap because she was so grumpy.  Lydia posted a note on her door saying, “Practice what you preach.  Don’t be grumpy. This means you mom.”
Then Lily talked to Lydia and said, “I’m not grumpy, I’m as happy as a bumble bee!” Lily left to play with Ammon. When she was done, Mary had posted a new note on the door that Lydia had written (Mary was her runner) that said, “let by gones be by gones.” Lily then said, “Lydia this is such a cute note” and Lydia replied, “I love idioms!”