My Big Girl!

Malea is potty trained! Yay!

I never thought the day would come! She was so resistant to it for the longest time. We tried potty training her once before a couple of months ago, and it did not go well. She was defiant about it and just kept having accidents. There was one point where I put her on the potty and she started kicking and screaming, and I decided that was not effective! We decided to take a break and try again in a month or two. Well one day she just woke up in the morning and said "I need to go potty!" and ran to the bathroom and went! It was a piece of cake after that. The only accidents she had were during naps or at night (which we are still working on). Other than that, she pretty much just potty trained herself! I've decided that it is so much easier to just wait until your child is ready than to force them to do it when you are ready. SHE had to be the one to decided. I'm sure every kid is different, but that was what worked for Malea. I'm excited about how much money I'm going to be saving!

Here she is getting some prizes from the treasure chest :)

Way to go Malea! We're so proud of you!

Isaac's 1st Zoo Trip!

Wow, I've been a major blogging slacker! Life has just been so busy!

I have so much to catch up on, but I'll start with our trip to the zoo. We went to the zoo back on May 6th. We try to make it to the zoo at least once a year, and we couldn't have picked a better day! The weather was PERFECT, not too hot and not too cold, with a little breeze, and it wasn't too crowded. Malea was at such a fun age this year. Last year she was just barely 2 years old when we went (and I was just a few months along in my pregnancy with Isaac). She knew most of the animals and had her favorites that she wanted to make sure we saw (giraffes & elephants). It was fun to have Isaac with us this year too!

I'll just let the pictures do most of the talking :)

Looking at the monkeys

I remember getting pictures as a kid in front of the "Do you measure up?" wall too! So weird to see my own daughter doing it in this picture!

Malea LOVES the carousel....she went on it twice :)

Malea was so excited to see the giraffes! When we walked up to the giraffe exhibit, she said "Wook (look) mommy! I found them!" So cute!

(You can see one of the giraffes in the background on the left)

We got so close to this giraffe! You could practically reach out your hand and touch it (we didn't of course! haha)

Love this picture of Malea in the turtle shell :)

My two little cuties!

Mommy and Malea on the train ride

Until next year!....

Happy Easter

We had a great Easter this year! Malea was at such a fun age this year with all the festivities.

We started out our week by making Easter cookies. Malea was a great helper :)

Doing a fun little Easter bunny craft

On the Saturday before Easter we had a little egg hunt with the neighbors in our complex, it was really fun! The weather was kind of stinky but that didn't stop us!

Malea's loot

Can't be Easter without dyeing eggs!

Malea & Isaac's Easter baskets this year

Isaac's 1st Easter!

Every year at this time I get so wrapped up in what I'm going to do for Easter baskets, what treats I'm going to make, and what we are having for Easter dinner, so this year I wanted to make sure that we focused on the real purpose of Easter, which is Christ's resurrection. I came across this cool thing that I want to make a tradition in our family, and I found it HERE. Each egg has a different scripture reference and item that represents that scripture inside, and it tells the story of Christ's death and resurrection.

On Easter Sunday we went to church for the last Sunday in our student ward. :( The Church decided to do away with student wards, so that included us. We are going to miss our ward but we're excited to start going to our local family ward and get to know new people.

After church we went to my Dad's for our first Easter dinner. Then after coming home for naps we went and did round two at my mom's. After dinner we did a little egg hunt in my mom's backyard with all the cousins. It was really fun!

My mom made these darling little rice krispy treat bunnies for everyone! You make rice krispy treats, and then dip them in white chocolate and coconut with green food coloring in it, and then you stick a peep marshmallow on the front. She is so creative :)

Happy Easter!