Still Hopped up on Easter! (Part 2)

Ok, bear with me on these Easter posts. Yes, it's a little extreme that I may be dedicating 3 posts to Easter, but I'm using this blog as a journal that the girls can keep and they have to be able to see Easter from all 3 grandparents!

Trust me, I'm burnt out on looking at Easter baskets and Easter eggs too, but I'm almost done with the posts.

This one is for Nana and Papa Birky!

Opening baskets with Nana

Reese needing some help getting her egg opened

Love their marshmallow ropes!

Who is this big girl???

Ready for the egg hunt!

Action Shots

Mission Accomplished

After dinner fun!

Thank you Nana and Papa!

Reese's New 'Do!

We're interrupting the Easter posts to bring you little Reese's 1st haircut. She's been sporting the shaggy look the last few months, so I sucked it up and had our friend Nicole give her some bangs. For some reason I had a bang phobia. I think you'll agree that it's super cute look! :-)

All Hopped Up on Easter! (part 1)

We had so much Easter I need to break it up in to several posts, otherwise I will never get all the pictures posted.

Grandma and Paw Paw Jacob were in Florida over Easter weekend so they delivered their baskets early. They didn't get to see the girls open them, so we took lots of pictures for them. I had to choose a few out of the almost 200 that were taken (I'm not exaggerating).

I'll preface that I use the word Easter grass in this post a lot, but it really played an integral part in the whole experience!

Looking through the baskets

Reese looking at her chick

Ava with her chick

Hello Easter grass chaos!

Candid photos with Easter grass on their head

Ava proud of her Easter grass "shower"

Reese trying to be like Ava

Easter basket explosion (this moment inspired me to never put Easter grass in their baskets)

Thanks Grandma and Paw Paw! The girls had lots of fun with those baskets!

Nastics Finale

Ava's final night of gymnastics (aka Picture and Performance Night) occurred the same night Nicole was in labor, so needless to say the post of little Jaxon won out over gymnastics.

I must say our little 'nastics star had quite the audience and quite possibly the only audience in the whole class. These little girls are loved to pieces by their family, and are so lucky to have everyone in their lives who care so much about them.

Let's get right in to displaying the pictures of the performance night!

Ava checking to make sure her fans are still there.

"The Fans" Daddy (the photog), PaPa Birky (not pictured), Nana, Reese, Aunt Jan, Grandma and Paw Paw Jacob

Favorite pictures from the night:

The release

Look at this form

Totally stuck the landing, so proud! :-)

Walking the beam

Reese practicing for Senior pictures

Ava, the star!

Reese can't wait for her turn!

All smiles

The class

Since gymnastics is over we have moved on to swim lessons, which both girls love! I'll have to make that a whole separate post. Ava's new catch phrase, "I YIKE fwimming!" to which Reese responds with that high pitched Scooby Doo noise she makes!

Happy Easter!

This is the day that the Lord has made! We will rejoice and be glad in Him!