Easter
We were invited to a fun Easter egg hunt with friends the Friday before Easter. The kids had a blast and of course ate all their candy before we even made it to the car.
Easter Sunday also fell on general conference Sunday so we spent the morning watching conference and searching for Easter baskets. The Easter bunny mistakenly included giant blow pops in the Easter baskets so the rest of the morning was spent trying to wipe up red blow pop from the furniture and Foster's face. Next year the Easter bunny will know better.
In the afternoon we headed over to Mi Ani's house for another Easter egg hunt and dinner. It was a really lovely day spent with family.
Ladybugs
So we decided to study ladybugs in joyschool this month. We even had ladybug eggs shipped to us and we grew about a dozen of our very own ladybugs. We learned all about the four stages of the ladybug life cycle and when they were ready, we released them into the garden so they could feast on all of the aphids. It was so fun to watch all the kids get into it, especially James and Foster who woke up every morning to check the status of our ladybugs. We were a little bit sad when we released our last ladybug. But even now the boys get so excited when they see one out on our walks that I think we instilled a lifelong love for the ladybug.
Our ladybug lesson also inspired me to write a new story called The Little Blue Slug. It may be my favorite story yet.
Going on a ladybug hunt
Other great April moments:
We went on a beautiful hike this month. And although it was especially hot that day, we took some photos that pretty much capture what heaven will be like for me.
