Easter and way too much candy!

Easter this year was not too bad. We had a pretty active day with going to the park, cleaning in the garage, egg hunt and supper. This year it was just the four of us, which is a little bit different then last year when we were at my parent's place. For supper we had ham, sweet potatoes (which I had never made before but man are good) and manicotti. Interesting menu to say the least, but it all turned out really well. No pictures of the food though!

Here are the Mastaler Easter Eggs this year. We sure like blue. Brad says that they always turn out that color no matter what you do. I think if we just stuck to one color instead of mixing we might have different results. But what fun would that be?!


First thing right in the morning. Lexie had just opened her eyes. How did that Easter bunny get into her room to put eggs on the book shelf?

Eggs in the "Car" slippers put into the creepy Diego head Easter basket. Sorry Mom but that thing is just weird.

Lots and lots of candy. Easter bunny may have went a little bit overboard with the mini eggs. The whole Diego head was full.

Tricky Easter Bunny put those eggs everywhere!

Harper with her Easter gift.

Daddy being silly.

Me and my girls. Still in our pj's.



Hope everyone's Easter was really great and that you got to spend quality time with loved ones.

Spring, finally Spring!

I am so thankful that it is Spring. I don't know if I could have managed anymore snow right now. The only bad thing is that the whole family has a spring cold and Harper has it the worse. Poor little baby, she's also teething right now too. So double suck!
Well with Spring gladly on it's way, I turn to looking around my house and to Spring cleaning. I don't know how many people actually do this but it's something that I really want to do and wished that I had enough time to do it properly. I wonder if I made a list (scary!) and tried to tackle something every day, would it get done? It might be next Spring before I actually get it done!
And on another note: Alexa is being so sassy the last couple of weeks. She's making me crazy. She was so good there for awhile and then bam! she's having fits and not listening and talking back, etc, etc. Alexa seems to develop in this sort of way though. She's really good and then really troublesome and then back to being good. Brad always says that it is her brain changing. To get to the next stage it's almost like she has to regress for a time. Boy, can it be frustrating!
Need to start making lunch. I can feel the grumbles coming on.

Alexa's Birthday

Alexa turned 3 years old on March 1 and lucky for us, her birthday landed on a Sunday so she could actually have her birthday party on her birthday.

Alexa decided that she wanted to have a "Cars" party. Cars is one of her favorite movies besides Wall-e.

Breanna, Hayden and Lexie in her room playing.

Lots of balloons for this party!

Jacob eating some treats.

Dale and Darby

Lexie checking out her gifts from Mom and Dad.

Unwraping the supermarket from the Reids.

What little girl doesn't have a Lite Brite.

Telling some story to Breanna. Waiting for the cake to arrive.

Blowing out the candle.

I can't believe that Alexa is 3 years old already. It's so funny because before that, it seemed like she was still so little and now it's like once they turn 3 they're so old. Soon to be off to school and all that fun stuff. I think that I may be a little sentimental because we found some video of Alexa when she was just learning to walk and I couldn't believe how little she was and how big she is now. She's not a little baby anymore! Also this week, I managed to get her into the 3 year old program at the local playschool. When I went to check out the classroom I had a "moment"when I realized that this is the beginning of Alexa going to school. I was so excited for the possibilities and the adventures that I know she'll have.

LRT Adventure

So for our family day activity Brad came up with the idea of going on a LRT Adventure. Alexa is in love with trains and we thought that it would be a fun and inexpensive way to have an adventure. Cheaper than going to the movies! That's for sure.

Here we are just about to go down to the trains.
Waiting for the train to arrive.

At Rexall Place, checking out the sites. And a lunch and bathroom break.

Brad, Lexie and Wayne.

Harper enjoying the fresh air.

We rode to the University and got off, we checked out Hub Mall and had a snack. Then we went over to Rutherford House for a tour. It was actually really awesome. I had never been in there before.

Family picture #1.

Family picture #2

On the ride back to the car.

All in all, a fun time was had by all. There are so many cool things to check out so close to home. And little ones are amazed by the littlest things. Mind you, so are adults, when they allow themselves to have fun.

Lost the game.....

Well the board game last night didn't go so great. I was winning but then somehow I lost! And I have completely changed the layout of the blog now. Just not the background color, as was the change last night. Guess I can't make up my mind.

I think that Harper is starting to get teeth. She is so cranky today. Poor little baby.

Tonight I am going to my sister's house to play Wii Fit. That should be interesting. I guess you get to make a little Wii Me character and then when you put in your weight and height the game makes your character "look" more like you. Like a told my sister, "I don't need a game to tell me I'm fat!" I already know that. Lol! But it should be fun and I've been dying to try this Wii Fit out. Wish me luck that the Wii won't traumatize me.

Dressing up the blog

So I started to play around and as you can see, I have made some changes. I'm not sure about the background color but I'll leave it for now.

Brad is calling. He wants to go and finish our board game. Wish my luck. I need all the help I can get!

If you want a smile for the day.....

A little bit of everything.

Lexie's picture of our family. Some of those things actually look like people!
Another picture by Lexie. I'm just so happy that she's wanting to color because for the longest time she wouldn't. She was afraid of making a mistake or that it didn't look good. Now she just goes to town coloring all over the place.

Harper in the jolly jumper, dancing with Lexie. They both just love this thing.

Getting ready to go outside with Dad in the dark. My little worker!

Brad and Lexie.

Harper with her new hat. Thanks to Lexie, she looks like she's part of the Shriner's.

Harper relaxing. Her face is clearing up nicely now.