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 Two days ago it was 71 degrees and we walked to the duck pond.  Ever since my mom visited last month Mckenzie has learned to grab a ziplock bag, hold it up, and say "bread please" whenever she wants to feed the ducks. She wants a piece of bread, in the bag, for the ducks.  (Yes mother, you taught her that.)  We've had to switch bread for bran muffins because Kenzie ends up eating half of the bread herself.  Today it snowed.  What a change in weather!  That's Idaho Spring for ya!

A few days ago we decorated eggs with the kids.  It was a success with no big messes.  Score!  The kids loved it.  Mckenzie apparently really enjoyed dying the eggs because she saw me peeling eggs at dinner time today and asked to hold one.  I gave in and let her hold a hard boiled egg.  She was bursting with joy and kept holding it up saying "egg, egg!"  I was in the middle of making an enormous amount of potato salad and wanted to keep her happy and entertained so I could finish.  What harm could a toddler do with a hard boiled egg?  I finished peeling the rest of the eggs and found Kenzie "peeling" her own egg on the carpet.  Her version of peeling was more digging a hole in the egg and picking out the insides.  And when I asked her why she did that she pretended like the egg had cracked itself open.  "Uh oh! What happened!"  She's gonna be a sneaky one!



Channing loved dipping one egg into multiple colors!

Before Kenzie goes to bed she'll walk into Channing's room to give him a hug and a kiss.  Then she usually wants to climb on his bed and grab a stuffed animal and pretend to sleep.  She cracks me up with this Daniel Boone hat on.  

I feel pretty lucky that Channing is such a sweet brother to Mckenzie.  He's really tried to be extra nice to her when he knows she's in pain.  Handing her toys while I wipe her sore bum or giving her extra kisses.  He's a great older sibling!

The main reason why I wanted to include this picture is because I think it's funny how Mckenzie is laying on the table.  This is pretty typical during the morning for us.  Eat breakfast, watch a show, then get ready for the day.  

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  1. UnknownApril 22, 2017 at 9:26 PM

    I didn't know you blogged again... just happened to check it out! you gota add a link to FB so I know! I love your bloggs, your stories and all the pictures... I'm so glad you keep this little journal for us to all check out!

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