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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Resurrection Sunday!

Last Sunday the cuties awoke to this:

Cutie Face came up with a few ideas

1) He flew away to California (?!)

2) He went up to Heaven with God (getting closer)

3) He came back to life...ding ding ding ding ding!

Then we went to early service

(we only go to two services on Easter so an early option was a treat!)

complete with baptism and beautiful hymns

we made a beeline for Mimi and Poppy's house

there was brunch to be had!

and Uncle Joel kindly shared his birthday with us

(and, of course, with Jesus' resurrection

which allowed for all to be reborn, right?)

the cutie's favorite part of the day was about to start

egg hunting!

we had about 120 eggs for four kids

to shove into their fashion shopping bags

(disclaimer: i left our cute PBK bags at home. oops)

so here's cutie cakes looking like a 6-year old

oh my head

she still opted for eat-the-candy-as-you-go route

especially if some found itself on the ground...

Sweet Cousin M was hilarious.

(Sorry twin, but this was such a funny picture of M I couldn't resist)

and oh so sweet Cutie Pie

with her dapper daddy

we of course had to have the obligatory cousin

photo shoot

we love our cousins

and they love each other!

and our big cuties love each other, too!

even though looks can be deceiving!

we had an Easter basket unveiling

before we headed to Aunt Meredith's house

for a delicious and joyous

Easter dinner feast

the kids table was full of

coloring, sharing

and thanks

it was a wonderful celebration of our Savior's resurrection!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Dyeing to Color

...color-dye eggs, that is!

the cousins and the cuties trekked up

to the beautiful farm country of Alpharetta

for an Easter egg dyeing session and picnic

The kids were allowed to hunt for

FIVE eggs

to turn in for two prizes

the older girls definitely got the number

FIVE

done pat and had no issue finding just five

Cutie Cakes, though...

let's just say she tried to redeem herself from last Saturday

while the other girls finished hunting

Cutie Cakes stuffed her basket

we had a hard time convincing her that she needed to pare it down!

Thankfully, the eggs were empty so they weren't

that alluring

before it was time to dye the eggs,

we explored the farm and nursery

it was really fun to watch the girls discover everything.

we tried to do an older-cousin photo-op but it didn't last long:

thankfully, by then, it was time to head back down to dye the eggs

the girls all found and claimed their spaces

and could not wait to get their four eggs into the dye

the girls were SO patient as we waited to get instructions

poor B-man...not feeling well and not too keen to wait

finally the girls could dunk and drop

their eggs into the cups

they had so much fun watching the color seep in

and figuring out which color combos they wanted, etc

the twin and i were definitely impressed by the older kids

who made "sunset eggs"--red then orange then yellow stripes

and other elaborate dyeing patterns

but, truthfully, we were pleased with our girls' efforts, too!

Friday, March 30, 2012

MUD!

when we headed to the twin's house for afternoon naps

it started out tame

but then we busted out the water table

everyone

got nekid

(as they say in the south)

and then they added good ol' Georgia clay

to make MUD

(or hot cocoa as they told me)

and out of 75+ pictures that followed,

these are the only G-rated ones allowed on this blog

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Baptizing the Cutie Cakester

A year and a half ago, Cutie Face was baptized on Super Bowl Sunday--exactly one week before she hit the 6-month mark.

This year, Cutie Cakes was baptized on her sister's birthday, 2 days after turning 6-months. It was fun to see the similarities/differences at the same age, stage and, more importantly event (BAPTISM!).

While our invitation might seem casual, this day in Cutie Cakes' life is a HUGE deal to us...

As mentioned before, we belong to a PCA church and baptize our kiddos as infants. We do not believe this is a saving sacrament but, rather, an act where a child enters the Covenant Family. Much like circumcision was (is!) used as a sign to set infant (males) apart for God, PCAers (Presbyterian Church of America) view baptism as the New Testament mark of the covenant. Again, feel free to check out this link posted a few months ago when Sweet Pea was baptized--it makes more sense than I do!

The whole gang headed back down to our neck of the woods for this special event...

Cutie Cakes was a little nervous about being in front of so many people so she gnawed on Mimi's hand for a bit.

The older cousins were the sweetest. The held hands in the service and sat quietly while we sang, prayed, and listened to the Word. The best part came after we finished a song--Lil Miss exclaimed, "YAY!" and started clapping. Then Cutie Face said (very loudly), "Lil Miss said 'YAY'!" It was too much.

Cutie Cakes big moment finally came and we stood up in front of the church body as a family. The charge that our pastor gives us as parents is so incredible. I wish I had a video of it so I could remind myself of what my true calling as a mother should be and to draw encouragement from it when the day-to-day begins to wear on me.

You can see my dad in the picture on the right. He is an elder at our parent church (we're a church plant from a larger church in the suburbs) and held the baptism bowl for us. You don't know how neat that is to me that he was able to do that. Thanks Poppy!