Picnic!

Shepard, Riley, and my thumb enjoying this beautiful day with a picnic!  Poor Daddy was stuck in the office preparing for his case still :(

Artistes

Riley coloring in her brand new desk:

And Shepard...  Apparently coloring is a full contact sport:

His finished product - we're going to the pool!

A Little GOT Fun

Without ever having watched the show, Shepard and Riley perfectly reenacted some key scenes from Game of Thrones on this rainy afternoon!  I guess this is akin to the whole monkeys/typewriters/Shakespeare theory.

First, Arya and her dancing master:

Arya's down!

Next, The Mountain vs The Viper (although their version ended with a hug instead of, well, you know...)

Superhero Battle

Marvel vs DC...  Who will win?

Pizza Party

Who needs Mellow Mushroom when you have Not-So-Mellow Shep working in the kitchen?

Yes, there are candy sprinkles on the middle left pizza.  Tasty!

Lake Fun

Reason #1,087,563 why it's amazing to work flex hours from home - when you decide to go to the lake at 2:30 on a random Tuesday there's no one else there!  

Easter Photo Shoot Take Two

More photos of children who weren't in the mood to have their pictures taken:

Easter Photo Shoot Take One

Nobody was really cooperating today...

Happy Easter!

Look, the Easter Bunny brought glowing slime again, just like last year!

2014:

2015:

He also brought some silly mustaches:

And chocolate bunnies of course!  Yum!

Easter Shenanigans

Somehow this Easter weekend got a little out of control...  We've already had two egg hunts (not including Riley's hunt at daycare) and it's not even Easter Day yet.  Oops!

Last night the cul-de-sac crew had a mini egg hunt.  Riley, unfortunately, had already fallen asleep for the night so she missed out on the fun.

And then this morning we took the kids to Smith-Gilbert gardens for their egg hunt, which was tons of fun!

They even had arts and crafts to pass the time before your scheduled hunt-

Shepard's finished tile:

And the Easter Bunny himself made an appearance.  Let's just say RQ had some cognitive dissonance regarding said bunny.  She was fascinated as long as he was at least 5 yards away.  But Sheppy went right in for the pic!

Riley's egg hunt was first, but she picked up two eggs and felt no need to keep working for more.  We need to cultivate a better work ethic with this one.  But she was able to take the raffle tickets from her two eggs and trade them in for a necklace and pencil - score!

Next up was Shepard's age group, where the eggs were more hidden.  He had a great strategy, and found more eggs than almost anyone else even though he was on the young end of the age range for his group!

Shepard had a whopping 33 tickets in his eggs, and was able to trade them in for giant chalk, a toy lizard, a pen, and three suckers.  Woo!

Happy almost Easter!