Ponte Vedra 2012

We spent another fabulous Easter with family in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The girls had a great time playing on the beach - Anna enjoyed collected sharks' teeth, seagull feathers and sea shells; Maddie enjoyed splashing in the water, especially the tidal pools. Here's some water time with the girl cousins.



We had our annual family easter egg hunt and then made our way over to the club for the "official" egg hunt. I think the girls enjoyed the family one better - better prizes in the eggs and less competition :).

100 eggs for 5 kids


Craziness of club egg hunt


We took our annual Easter pics by the fountain and Ponte Vedra sign.





It was another great trip!

Another Tooth!

We were going on vacation on Thursday and from the backseat Anna called out "my tooth fell out". So she now has 2 teeth missing!

Happy Easter, O Glorious Day!

I've been walking around the house singing this songs all week, how appropriate for Easter. Enjoy!




Living He loved me, dying He saved me
And buried He carried my sins far away
Rising He justified freely forever
One day He's coming, oh, glorious day, oh, glorious day

Happy Easter!

Neighborhood Egg Hunt

This past weekend our neighborhood had their annual egg hunt and brunch. We optimistically walked down to the clubhouse that morning in the rain and sure enough they had the hunt! The rain held off for about 20 minutes, just enough time to put the eggs out and the hunt to take place (all of 2 minutes) and then we walked home in the rain :).

Before the hunt





With the easter bunny

The Tooth

At Anna's last dentist appointment in November they told us she had 2 wiggly teeth (the bottom front) and ever since Anna has been wiggling away. On Friday one of the teeth was so loose that we decided to take a picture with all of her baby teeth since we knew it wouldn't be much longer.



Anna didn't want me to pull the tooth so we wiggled it all weekend. On Sunday we got up went to church and when I asked her to show her wiggly tooth to a friend, my friend said "wow Anna, you lost your tooth!". What?? I turned around to look and sure enough, the tooth was gone! We're not sure where it ended up (I'm guessing in her tummy).



Now on to the next tooth.

Mother Daughter Tea

On Saturday I had the opportunity to take Anna to a Mother Daughter Tea at the church her preschool is in. We had a great time making flower barrettes, cupcakes and tasting tea. This was the first time Anna had ever had hot tea and she loved the wild strawberry tea (with a sugar cube of course).

Princesses Galore

We spent days 2 and 3 at Magic Kingdom getting autographs and riding rides; which was perfect since the characters were Anna's favorite and the rides were Maddie's.



The longest line was waiting for Rapunzel where we were guaranteed an hour wait (which was of course worth it to the girls :)).





For lunch on day 3 I took the girls to Cinderella's Royal Table which was located inside of the castle. I had purchased the tickets as part of the girls' Christmas present and I was excited myself to actually go inside. The girls wore their princess dresses to the park and everything was going well until we got in line. I am not sure if it was the "oldness" of the castle or if Maddie thought it was a little scary but she cried most of the time wanting to go home :(. Once inside we got to see Cinderella and the girls had their picture taken (printed pics are given as part of the package, however our pictures were not so great). We then went upstairs to our table which was nicely decorated and surrounded by stained glass windows. The girls were served grapes and cheese for appetizer while they brought me a nice salad and hummus. The service, just like in all of Disney, was very friendly though it definitely felt a little rushed since they are continually bringing food. Princesses Snow White, Aurora and Belle came in periodically while we were eating and made their way to all of the tables for autographs and pictures.