It's a Wonderful Life

 So on Christmas Eve I deduced that Erik had gotten me the MaryEllen AG doll for Christmas.  I really am obsessed with this doll.  She is seriously adorable!  But, I decided to leave it unopened.  Mostly because Anna doesn't even have her own AG doll, so I felt weird about opening one up in front of her, and also I just felt ridiculous getting an expensive DOLL!  So it has sat under our bed for the last few months, until a couple of weeks ago.  I just needed some cheering up, and I knew what would do it.  So I told Anna that I had a present that I was going to open and she was more than happy to join in!  Yay! Mary Ellen!  Posing with Samantha!    We took a million pictures with our dolls :)  Soon after opening Mary Ellen, Anna's friend Charlotte came over to play.  Taking Mary Ellen to school pick up.  The next morning our AG fever was still going strong! ...

 The Monday after Easter, since the kids were out of school, we used their Build A Bear coupon they got from the Easter Bunny and picked out bears!  The boys were so excited to go there for the first time.  Jackson with his Storm Trooper bear named Knuckles  Anna with her bear named Princess Love Cheetah  Wyatt with his bear named Peyton Manning  It really was a fun afternoon.  We stayed at the mall for lunch and finally convinced Jackson that he does like Panda Express (he has been saying for a couple of years now that he hates it).  The next day I had to drive a fairly long way (like 30 minutes or so each way) so I brought the ipad and head phones.  I had to take a picture of how cute Anna looked! Another day, another Perler bead creation :)

The Easter Bunny came on Saturday night!  All of the kids' baskets looked like Anna's  I had texted a picture of two of the books the Easter Bunny left Wyatt and Anna to my sister and brother b/c I thought they would get a kick out of it.  Jackson got a biography about Teddy Roosevelt.  So there was some bipartisan-ness going on! Wyatt and Anna were the first to get ready in the morning! Wyatt and Anna took turns taking pictures of each other :) Anna was very insistent on us both posing the same for one of the pictures! These three (and Erik!) have my heart for sure! After church, we drove down to Kathryn's house for Easter dinner and egg hunt.  These three fell asleep in no time! We had such a great time at the Madsen's house.  Katie and Derrick were there and we had a lot of fun eating, visiting, and laughing!  Anna kept herself busy for the last hour making hil...