Preschool Easter

Nora had an Easter party at school the week of Easter.  It was so cute and she had a great time!  I happened to be in Nora's class the Monday before the party and helped the students decorate their egg carton for the Easter egg hunt.

Stickers everywhere!

Nora got to help pray before snack :)

"Freeze"

Each student brought 12 filled eggs for the Easter egg hunt.  Nora (and Atley) had fun finding the eggs outside!!

Nora's carton is all full!

Atley found one!

Ready to go inside and start the party!

Snack time :)

Atley thinks she's in preschool too!  Nora is trying to play a game where she rolls an egg across the floor!

Fun group of kids!

Nora checking out her Easter egg loot!

Money...

A big purple bag of coins mean, Grandpa came to visit(on March 20)!!  Unfortunately, I have no pictures of Grandpa and Grandma Karen from their visit :(.  But the kids love putting all the coins into their banks.  

Phone Dump

I'm back (at least for now).  Looking through my phone I found lots of pictures to share from the last couple weeks.

Atley loves to color and write (on everything!)-  March 14

We voted and then went to look at the chicks and ducks! - March 15

Such a beauty, loving the swing!- March 15

Taking a walk in Fletcher Park- March 15

Free cone day at DQ with our friends from the neighborhood!- March 15

Atley even got some!

Nora approves of our new fridge :) - March 16

Fun afternoon with our Koskinen friends :)!- March 17

Meeting Margo

My baby sister, Abby, had a baby!  (Check out her more detailed baby blog here)  Sweet baby Margo arrived 3 weeks early (much to everyone's surprise) on February 27.  Jared held down the fort at home so I could race down to Edwardsville to meet my newest niece and see her parents!  She is so tiny and perfect!!  And I was in love immediately!

Proud Aunt!

Margo Blair Williams

Grandama Terri, Margo and Abby

Pop capturing the moment ;)

Ethan and Nora were SO ready to meet their cousin, so today we made a day trip to hang out and snuggle a 2 week old baby!

Nora loved holding her

And Ethan is a natural (he's had practice!)

"Baby" says Atley

Atley, checking her new best friend!

We met up with Haley & Katie (and their parents) for some yummy lunch at Chick-Fil-A and then back to play a while at their house!
Ice cream cones all around!

It was such a fun day!  Love spending time with family :).

Atley Jane

Looking through my phone, I have a lot of Atley photos to share!  I love the age she is at right now!  She is learning something new everyday.  She is such a fun kid to be around (most of the time).  This girl makes me smile :).  We love her so much!!

She loves taking selfies on my phone...

 It's fun to put things on your head (Nora is usually near by when this occurs!)...

And she's always doing what big brother and big sister are doing.  She looks so big here!

Valentine's Day Date

I realize we are a bit past Valentine's Day, and I'll try to be better with my blogging...but I'm making no promises :).

Jared and I made some last minute Valentines Day plans.  I was supposed to be playing tennis in Springfield on Valentine's Day (Sunday), so we decided to make a day/night of it!  My parents graciously agreed to keep the kids for us for about 24 hours and we enjoyed a quick get away to Springfield.  It snowed that morning, so my tennis got canceled, but we went anyway.  And I'm so glad we did!  You can fit a lot into 24 kid-free hours!!  We had lunch, did a little shopping, checked into our hotel, caught a movie and had a wonderful Italian dinner.  And that was just the first half!  On Monday, we walked from our downtown hotel to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, had lunch and met my mom to get the kids back.  What a fun time with my Valentine of 16 years!

I was ready for Zoolander...I don't think Jared was ;)
(Also, wait to rent!  Not worth theater $$)

We walked to dinner...in the snow!  We had a nice, romantic Italian dinner at Saputos.

Jared and John Wilks Booth giving each other the stare down!

The Lincoln family and I.  They were tall!

A Preschool Valentine's Day Party

Nora's class Valentine's party was this morning.  And today also happened to be pajama day!  Atley and I came to help out and it was a great time! The kids handed out their Valentines, played games, made a craft and had a topping full ice cream sundaes!

Passing out Valentines

Making her fingerprint heart!

Finished product :)

Atley got some time in the bounce house!

Nora's turn 

Ice cream sundae time

Some of the girls in Nora's class

Cheesy Nora at the Photo Booth :)

Class picture!

After everyone finished their snack, all the kids sat in a circle singing song with Mrs. Barney.  They sing such fun songs!  Atley thought she was part of the class and joined right in :)!

Singing some songs

Now some dancing

Here's a video.  Atley was cracking me up!