Build-a-Bear Day with Mom!

Yesterday we had a Mom and Maia day.  Maia decided she wanted to go to Build-a-Bear and of course Little Miss Animal Lover picked a puppy!

Here she is "stuffing" it

Here she was doing the "heart ceremony"

Then she took her puppy a "dry" bath :)

Then we picked out some cute clothes and got her dressed!

and last but not least, Maia had to name her puppy and print out a Birth Certificate:

Welcome to the family "Brownie"!

Easter Sunday

Easter was a little uneventful this year as our house is in complete disarray but we still celebrated.  First Maia immediately went to her Easter basket...even though she was still half asleep ;)

Then Maia got all dolled up for church with Grandma:

Here she is getting ready for the hunt:

Later in the day we went to see Master Mender...Maia was being a butt while we were waiting for it to start.

We ended the night with some fabulous dinner at Olive Garden with family and a friend :)

Birthdays, Easter & Harlem Shaking

We had a FUN Saturday today! We went to Grandma Shell's to celebrate Dom and Zaq's Birthday with dinner and cake:

Then the kids had some fun dyeing Easter eggs:

and also got to open their "Easter Baskets" from Grandma :)

We also did our version of the Harlem shake which was a blast! 

Celebrating Dad's 26th!

Saturday was dad's 26th birthday! Maia and I (mostly I) started off the morning by making him a delicious breakfast:

and of course we sang Happy Birthday to him and had him blow out a candle

Then he opened a gift that Maia made him:

Happy Dad...

Then, because my card didn't arrive on time, I had to have Dom read his card (and gift from me) online.
His reaction: (Maia still didn't know what was going on)

Here's the card he was reading:

We're celebrating Dad's birthday in Midway!

Here's the little cottage we stayed in:

We got to snorkel in The Crater.

Here's the entrance:

Maia was SO brave she even wanted to scuba!  

Here's Maia at the top of The Crater looking down...

We had SO much fun! Happy Birthday Babe!