Easter 2011

The weeks leading up to Easter were busy ones for us. Will started t-ball practice, Gill had a birthday (which I don't think I have any pictures from, at least not readily available), the kids had 3 egg hunts and Will was in an Easter play.
One of the egg hunts was held at Harper Farm for First Methodist Church's members and friends. A cold front came through right before it started, so none of us were dressed appropriately. Ainsley wore G.G.'s jacket and Will charmed a lady out of her scarf! The kids were divided into age groups and sent to designated areas to hunt. Will's friend Summer was there and he just walked around the whole time talking to her . . . he was not interested in picking up eggs. He got one before they were all gone. The kids got to ride horses, which they enjoyed. They also had hayrides but it got too cold for us before we could do that.

Will and Summer

 

Here are a few pictures from our church hunt. Will went into a different area, so we didn't get any pictures of him, but Mitch said he was more into it this time. Here are 2 of Ainsley's Sunday School friends (and Will snuck into the picture), Sophia and Lottie.

Hope Landing presented a play called "The Resurrection". There were two performances at the Arts Center on Thursday night. It was a sweet play that told the Easter story and described all the Easter symbols we use (crown of thorns, lambs, lillies, nails, etc). Will played the angel at the empty tomb when the two Marys arrived three days after Jesus' death. He and one of the adults (a solider) were supposed to roll the stone away to show the empty tomb, but during the first performance, Mr. Ross forgot. They did it the second time though, and then Will started heading to the center of the stage flapping his wings. What a ham!



The kids also did art work at Hope Landing that was displayed in the gallery during the play. Each piece was auctioned off with all proceeds going back to Hope Landing. I was so proud of all the kids and I'm so appreciative of the staff and community volunteers who worked really hard to pull this off.  We are blessed to live in a community who supports Hope Landing and the children they serve! Papaw bought Will's Texas Rangers logo and I plan to hang it in his room.

Here are some pictures of us dying eggs at home.

The kids opened their Easter baskets Sunday morning. Will randomly stated one day before Easter that he wanted the Easter bunny to bring him a blue notebook for writing down the foods he eats. So, that's what he got, among other things!

After church we tried to get a few pictures, ate lunch and then the adults hid eggs for the kids (over and over)! I think we all took naps after that!







Ainsley-isms

In honor of Ainsley's recent birthday, here are some of our favorite Ainsley-isms. . . .

One of our favorite things she says is "keep care of" - as in "take care of". She pretends that Brownie Bear is sick and says "but I will keep care of him". (I have recently heard her use "take care of" a few times, which makes me a little sad). She gets very concerned when people are sick or hurt. We think she would make a good nurse one day. She was sick one time and said, rather pitifully, "My can't feel good". She used to use "my can't" very often but has recently grown out of that too.

She says "Weeeellll . . ." before many statements. She uses "last day"  to describe anything that happened in the past - yesterday, last week, last month, etc. Year is pronounced "yeard" and concrete is "concrepe". She has a lisp and can't say her /r/ and /th/ sounds. She also has a pretty significant southern drawl. At night before bed, she always says she wants to talk about "thangs". She loves to hear stories about when she was a "little girl" or a "little bitty baby" (pronounced with a high pitched and drawn out "little bitty" and her thumb and index finger held up to indicate something small). She likes to hear stories about Papaw Butch (catching fish, honking the horn on the way to the hospital when I was born, shooting fireworks, "Hi fans", rabbits, etc). She also likes to hear about when Mitch and I were kids, and about when she or Will was born.

She is scared of "funder and light-ten"; she makes a beeline for our room when it storms at night. She knows her daddy will snuggle with her (sometimes on the couch while he watches the storm roll through) and "keep care of her". She says "untie my shoe" meaning that she needs it tied, and will argue that that is the correct term. A funny saying she uses is: "Good night, sleep tight, don't let a bug get you". She can say her full name and thinks that ABC (when she sees it in an academic setting) always means Ainsley Brooke Colvin!



She loves to play outside!! She loves to swing and slide. She is interested in watering flowers lately. She loves to blow bubbles and use sidewalk chalk. She has recently started digging in my closet and getting out my shoes. She is constantly walking around in a different pair of either her or my shoes. She is actually pretty good in my high heals too! She likes putting on my bracelets, necklaces and sunglasses. She is a good mix of tomboy and girly girl, I think; not too much of either. 



She still loves to read! We can also imagine her being a librarian one day. Some of her favorite books to read this year have been "Guess How Much I Love You", "Gift of an Angel", "You Are My I love You", "Goodnight Gecko", "Very Busy Spider", Biscuit, Curious George, and If you give a mouse . . . books, and most recently Berenstain Bears books, Olivia the pig books, and "Ladybug Girl". Ainsley also loves to sing! She likes "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", "ABCs", "Farmer and the Dell", and she knows most every word to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". She still loves to eat but has gotten a little more picky lately. She will still eat most things with some bribery! She is independent and wants to do things herself (and can do most things). "I do it" became a very popular phrase this year. She is sweet but can be stubborn at times. She can be silly and is funny even when she is trying to be very serious (she either furrows her brow and gets a very worried look on her face, or she opens her eyes very wide when telling a serious story). She is growing up way too fast but is still our sweet baby girl!