Everyday Eddins: What's Going On?!

This post is a mash-up of what we have been doing for the past month! It seems like we have been on the go ever since Lila's birthday. I'm not complaining, but it does sometimes get in the way of my blogging!

The day after Lila's birthday party we went to my Grandma and Grandpa Harvey's house in Strawberry Point for a late Easter dinner with that side of the family. Gram and Gramp winter in AZ and Mom and Terry are in OK a majority of the time, so while everyone was back we got most of us together to spend a little more time together.

When we got to Gram & Gramps the girls dove right into their Easter Basket hunt! Gram always has the cutest clues for the kids to read and figure out where the next one is...

until, low and behold they find the baskets full of goodies!!!

This year it was a conglomeration of stuff from where Gram and Gramp live throughout the winter! Including a beautiful "gypsy" style skirt like Gram wears when doing Zumba! The girls loved them!

On Sunday, May 6th we got all dressed in our warm gear and got up early to attend the March of Dimes walk. Our dear friends Brad & Amber Holub put a team together each year in honor of their preemie babies and we are so thrilled to suppor them as well as all the millions of families who are walking for healthy babies!

Amber and the kids were unable to join us this year as they were in Arizona visiting Amber's Mom, but Brad was there with enough charisma for the whole family!

Team 2 Miracles & 1 Angel photo board and a proud Dad!

After the walk we made a very special trip to Lindale Mall! I had been asking Lila for months if she wanted to get her ears pierced and she would either say no right off the bat or she would say yes and then by the time I would go to get her ready she would change her mind. Getting her ears pierced was one of those things that I wanted her to do, but I most certainly wasn't going ot force her into doing it. The Saturday before the walk I had asked her if she wanted to get them pierced after we were done on Sunday and she said, "yes!" I had no reason to believe that this yes was any different than any of the others, but for whatever reason, it stuck! After asking her 24 times on Sunday if she was sure we made our way to Lindale to the Claire's store to finally get her ears pierced!

Pre-piercing!

I will be totally honest with you, I still thought the minute we got to Claire's she would change her mind. She didn't. Even though there were 3 other people ahead of her in line and it took what seemed like forever to finally get them done, she sat up in that chair like a brave little girl!

Henley watching as her bestie gets her ears pierced! She looks a bit concerned!!!

I should also mention that her Daddy was a nervous wreck! It was actually pretty cute that he got so worked up about it. He was struggling with the fact that we would willingly put her in pain. Lila did such a good job that there were just a few tears and once the girls handed her two suckers as a reward, she was good to go!

Freshly pierced ears with pretty pink earrings and two suckers to go!

The girls that pierced her ears were actually really good with Lila. They even pierced puppies ears first to make sure Lila knew what was going to happen! That puppy, I tell you...he is with her all the time and goes with her everywhere!

After the ear piercing we strolled down to the kids area to see the trains and take a few rides on the mechanical toys! The girls are too darn cute together! We were so thrilled that the Hahn family joined us for such a momentous occasion in a little girls life! We hope to be along when Henley gets her ears pierced someday!

Life with a three year old has been good to us so far! She has been a bit more challenging at times, but I have to remind myself that she is such a good girl and that her bad days or moments are tame in comparison to what I have heard others deal with. Lila is truly the light of our lives and she is always dancing or singing around the house, skirts are a staple item in her wardrobe because they spin while she dances!

Even the puppies get in on the dress up!

Last weekend Dad and Laura requested all the girls for a sleepover! We dropped Lila off on Friday and took advantage of the night off and had a date night, just Mike and I! We had dinner in Iowa City at Three Samurai and then met a few friends out for drinks.

The girls had quite the adventure with Grandpa and Laura! They visited the Bever Park Zoo, went to the Farmer's Market, bathed in my old bathtub and ran wild! On Saturday they even had cookies and ice cream before lunch! I guess that is what you are supposed to do with grandparents!

At the market

Bever Park

Bathing beauties!

Of course this is after the bath!

When we aren't on the run, you can probably find us spending time outdoors. Lila gets so excited when Mike grills for dinner because she knows that means there will be a good amount of time spent outside in the evenings! And on the weekend it is hard to convince her to stay inside at all!

If there isn't a basket for puppy, we improvise!

Beep! Beep!

Other things that keep us busy are things like painting our nails and goofing around! We are always sure to leave some time for beauty and laughter!!!