it was easter week, so that meant it was buttercup's easter party.
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sunshine was along for the ride. i wonder if he ever gets tired of being a l o n g f o r t h e r i d e ?
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our together photo attempt started out okay...
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until sunshine stole the candy...
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sibling rivalry at it's finest.
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we are still dressing in rainbow+leggings+sparkle shoes+pigtails. e v e r y d a y. i just love it.
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this was just after the egg hunt. i pretty much missed the whole thing. hello, MOM OF THE YEAR.
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there were super cute nest favors...
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and lunch was fun too. we made the bunny sandwiches, but i wanted to make the cupcakes. that spot was taken by the time we made it to school. MOM OF THE YEAR again :)
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miss emma enjoyed her party...
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and her cupcake. and i love that she uses my easter basket.
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bunny tails were the take home favor. multi-colored mini marshmallows + super cute tag = a fun and EASY treat. they were devoured before we made it to the car. marshmallows are her f a v o r i t e !
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after the party, we headed over to emma's swimming lesson show off. we've been in attendance
everyday for the past two weeks. the
everyday part has been a bit exhausting for me.
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but we did have daddy in attendance this time.
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it's might be exhausting for me, but for miss emma, it is just fantastic.
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she learned to float on her back and make it to the side of the pool in just two
long short weeks.
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thank goodness she loves it. i'm not sure i could be the momma that sent them in screaming. and let me tell you, there are a bunch of those.
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do you believe that she loves it yet?
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here's one for the books...the official "emma look."
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they finish up everyday wearing the rings that they dove for on the bottom of the pool. in the end, i was super pleased. giving your child the skills to potentially save his or her life is
priceless.
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and she passed. so, she's officially a guppy fish. next is goldfish. i wonder if i'll be brave enough to tackle another two week everyday session?
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