Push ups behind bars

Backyard time

I realize how infrequently I get out our nice camera these days.  There seems to be too much to manage to stop for a minute and get it out, so alas most of my photos are done with my iphone.  And since my home button has almost stopped working and my camera always puts a black spot on the photos...lets just say I'm not taking may photos these days.  

The other day, our backyard time felt calm and relaxed, which is unusual, so I got out our DSLR and tried to have some fun.  Adele was smiley and happy on a blanket.  The other girls were bustling about and hard to get pictures of, but here are some of my favorites.

The ones who wouldn't nap

Backyard pedicures

Emeline loves painting her nails.  She's such a girlie girl despite all of our best efforts to show her lots of different kinds of activities.  So the other afternoon she wanted to paint nails.  I decided to have a little pretend play with them and do backyard spa pedicures.

Here are the girls in their spa chairs...

Here are our supplies...foot washing tub, spa water, and nail polish...

Adele just hanging out...

The girls and their "special drinks".  Just ice water, but perfect on this hot day.  I was hoping for something fo them to hold on to and distract them (mostly Kate) enough to stay in their chairs while we painted nails and waited for them to dry.  

And last of course...toes!

Puddle stomping

We had some unexpected rain a few days ago.  Our sitter was going to take the big girls to the park, so I could rest with Adele, but since the playground was wet, the girls went puddle stomping instead!

Tea triplets!

I love comparing the girls at different ages and stages.  I know it's not good to compare them, but doing so also lets me see all the things that make them unique!  It's been getting hot here, and I just put Adele into one of my favorite little outfits given to us by our friend Heather, when Emeline was born.  I did a comparison with Emeline and Kate, now here's Adele in the mix!  Look at how similar yet different they look!

Emeline - 3.5 months

Kate - 4 months

Adele - 4 months

Easter

We had a low key Easter this year.  We started out the morning by finishing our Holy Week activities.  This year we had an after dinner activity of reading a Bible story about the days leading up to Easter and blowing out candles.  Easter morning we got to read the resurrection story and light all the candles again to celebrate that Jesus is alive!

After our story and candle lighting, the girls got to open up some little presents.

Then we headed off to church.  Church had a nice brunch, Easter service, and an Easter egg hunt.

I forgot to get some cute pictures of the girls in their dresses before church.  So here are the post church pictures.  Also post Kate drinking and spilling Wes' coffee on her self, post egg hunt and running around in the grass.

After nap time we headed to some friends house who hosted a whole lamb roast.  Good food, friends and fellowship!  I brought some cupcakes, and the girls had fun playing in the yard.  Happy Easter!