Hoppy Easter

The East London Optimist Club threw a GREAT Easter egg hunt for the kids this year.  They had the hunting grounds cordoned off, and only let so many kids in at a time, and there was a limit to how many eggs each child could collect, so it was really fair.

After a borderline traumatic wait in line and being told that the person in front of us would be the last one, and hysterics from both Eleda and myself, Eleda got her face painted.

The Easter Bunny came to our house as well on Easter Sunday.

The Easter Bunny even came to Grandma and Grandpa's house!!!

Easter Sunday happened to fall on my mom's birthday, so she got the tiara and a glass of wine.

Ashton's expressions

Whenever the camera comes out, Ashton asks me to take his picture.  The results are always entertaining.

Christmas, Christmas time is here

Tradition is very important to us.  And it's a very important tradition to leave milk and cookies for Santa.  It is also important to update traditions with the times, and sometimes, Santa needs a little something extra.

Honestly, is there anything more exciting than Christmas morning?

Someone *may* have had some chocolate for breakfast ;)

Christmas dance recital

This was Eleda's second Christmas dance recital.  She was much more excited and didn't have the stage fright that she experienced last year.

Ashton hammed it up for the camera while we waited for the recital to being.

We were fortune to be presented by a piece from The Nutcracker by one of the Gold Medal candidates.

The little angels waiting to come entertain us.

Christmas totally makes you think hula, right?

And the grand tap finale.

This is the most important part... where the little ones sit on the floor and are plied with various forms of sugar.

In the foreground in Miss Liliane, the greatest ballet teacher of all time.