Our first Spring Break!

Maren:
This last week was my very first official "Spring Break!"  To celebrate, Nonna and Nonno took me to the coast for a few days.  Really, it was a late birthday present since we were unable to go in August because of all of the fires but spring break gave us a good excuse to catch up.  We had a really great time!  The weather was beautiful, a bit cold and windy on the beach like normal but we still had fund playing.  I kept Nonna busy playing Uno as much as I could and got lots of special time. 
Just a few days after we got home it was Easter.  It was really early this year and it happened on April Fool's Day!  Thankfully the Easter Bunny didn't play any mean tricks on us and still brought us some really neat things.  I got a new swim suit and some new summer tank tops.   Mommy even made me a couple of new dresses for play time.  Unfortunately, Maddox was sick on Easter so we weren't able to go to church but we stayed home and had fun hunting for eggs.  Nonna came out to join us for dinner, Nonno was sick too, and we had a nice family dinner just the four of us... poor daddy had to go to work!

Maddox:
Last week was spring break and my sissy got to go to the coast.  I was pretty bummed that I didn't get to go too but mommy convinced me that it was pretty cool for me to stay home.  We spent lots of time playing together (so much that she didn't even have time to take pictures) and she gave me lots of love.  One of the days while sissy was gone Xxander came over to play with me.  We broke out the bubbles on the back porch and had a great time.  Jolene even joined in the fun!  When we blew bubbles in her face she would try to eat them out of the air!  Xxander and I thought this was pretty funny!
At the very end of spring break was Easter.  Unfortunately I had a fever and was pretty congested so wasn't feeling the best but we still had a fun day.  The Easter Bunny brought us some really neat stuff... a new swim suit, a cool tractor book, some new summer sandals, lots of gum and some candy too!  Nonna joined us for dinner to top off a good holiday.