easter sunday best (a week early)

since it's general conference next week, we had the kids wear their Easter clothes to church yesterday

they kids looked so cute

henry and noah are wearing the same ties as last year when henry was just a couple weeks old

hazel and olive are matching but the dress didn't come in eleanor's size so i got hers online

it's fun to watch how they got progressively grumpier during these pictures we took 

in like 10 minutes right before church

 we tried to get henry to stand for a few pictures...

 by the end noah got really annoyed

 eleanor looks so worried

sweet girl

i love these sweet kiddies

they are pretty nice to entertain their mama and let me take their pictures

next weekend is going to be crazy so it's probably good we did it early

eleanor will turn 3, we'll watch general conference all weekend and have easter

plus i need to run 8 miles sometime

happy early easter!

and just for fun here's a picture from last easter

they look so little!

henry is one!

 i can't believe henry is a whole year old! 

he woke up to lots of balloons all over the floor

which he loves to play with and scream at

 for breakfast we had pancakes, strawberries, raspberries, cantaloupe and sausage

henry's favorite was for the sure the raspberries

 while henry took his morning nap

michael and i ran

i ran 7.5 miles on the treadmill and michael tried running outside but didn't make it too far

because his knee has been hurting :(

michael was so sweet and took all the kids to get teriyaki and fill our balloons

while i showered and got ready

 birthday boy

 we all really enjoyed the teriyaki

 after lunch we cleaned things up so henry could open presents and eat some cake

 he really liked the balloons

 henry loved his presents

grandma and grandpa olson sent him this cute dump truck

 and we got him this ball

both were big hits

 he didn't love his birthday hat

but forgot about that as soon as he got his cake

 henry loved his birthday cake!

it was so fun to watch him

 eventually he threw it on the floor

monkey

 and then he was done

 grubby boy

 of course it had to end with a sink bath

later in the afternoon

we dropped hazel at a birthday party 

and took henry to get his first pair of nikes

he looks super cute in them and they seem to help him walk

perfect!

it was a perfect day

for a perfect baby

our lives haven't been the same since henry was born

they've been way better!

henry is such a joy and i love him so much

the rest of spring break

thursday hazel started the day with one super loose front tooth

 i tried to give blood after michael at his work

but got rejected for low hemoglobin 

(i still enjoyed my treat)

 then we went to lunch with michael for our outing of the day

it was the only time we saw him all day 

because he went in to work early

and went to the dentist after work for a temporary crown on a cracked tooth

i think he was gone for like 13 hours straight

 i enjoyed some quiet crafty time while the little two napped

and the big three played in the backyard with our neighbors

 then later in the afternoon i was upstairs talking to my mom on the phone 

and when i got off, i came downstairs to find

our bathroom and henry covered in nail polish....

 at first i was a little mad

but then i realized we need to replace the bathroom floor anyway

and this will probably just help us make it a top priority

and i also feel pretty good that it took almost 9 years as a mom for me to have a nail polish incident 

not bad, right?

 who can be mad at this face?

 meanwhile, these 3 were being hilarious pirates

with paper taped to their faces

and a hook taped to hazel's hand that held her fork for dinner

 michael got home just as i finished scrubbing nail polish off of henry in a sink bath

 and just after i yanked hazel's loose tooth out with a piece of floss

she didn't even realize i did it 

 friday was a super fun day because michael took the day off,

we got ready for henry's birthday in the morning

and then we had a little staycation in boise

 the america's test kitchen cookbook is pretty much the only cookbook i use

 our first stop in boise

was guru donuts

i love how close it is to the capital

and how hip it is

 i got the hipsterberry, noah got chocolate poprocks, eleanor got regular poprocks,

olive and hazel got old fashioned glazed and michael got the world's biggest apple fritter

 and luckily we found a table to sit at that was big enough for us

 then we went to the zoo

it was a really nice day out and still spring break

so it was super busy

but we still had fun

 the kids were finally brave enough to feed the goats and sheep

so that was fun

 after the zoo we went to guidos for lunch

 our next stop was camelback park

 michael, olive and noah went up first

and then all 3 big kids and michael went up again before we left

 i stayed with this cute girl and pushed her on the swing 

while henry napped in the stroller

 i love this picture of noah and hazel in a tree at the park

we stopped for ice cream cones at fanci freez and 

then went home and finished getting things ready for henry's birthday

it was such a fun day

and it was the best having michael with us

the perfect last day of spring break