One thing I read this week was that children are a mom's most beautiful jewelry. Here are some beautiful jewels playing in a water table outside on a beautiful day (not hanging on mom's neck!)... 

This is me at 8 months even though I'm 9 months old today and mom forgot to take my picture!

What do you think of this pose? Inquisitive? Too serious? 

Happy Easter! I got the egg dye kit out and invited some friends over. B.Y.O.E.!

(bring your own eggs!)

This is the second year we actually tried those little plastic egg wraps. The kids (and moms) enjoyed watching it shrink right onto the egg after dipping it in boiling hot water. Do people usually throw that part of the kit away? I don't remember ever actually doing that as a kid. Maybe safety or time was a higher value than coolness. 

Easter Egg Enthusiast Evan (taking a break from such grueling work)

Layla found the toy drawer more interesting than the egg wrappers.

How we colored our eggs this year!! With egg dye!! 

(Do you think that pic & caption will make pinterest boards?! Ha!)

Next week's lesson: how to use the focus button on your camera. (Whatever that thing is laying on top of the eggs looks like the item most in focus.)

choose the best caption time

"M-o-o-o-o-o-m! Lily won't trade me this egg for her allowance (whine, whine)"

"Now, kids, listen. First you have to find a round egg with no cracks in it as you see here. Then you pick the color you want, lets say, blue, or pink...." etc.

"My leg hurts."- Something Hadassah conveniently says OFTEN, like when it's time to pick up, when she has to eat her peas, when she's dying eggs.

Library Story Time again! 

showing off their best moves

The Easter Egg Hunt! This was the "make a normal face" picture :)

Zion waiting patiently to fill his basket

What a challenge! Thanks dads for such great hiding spots!

Who will get it first?

Not me as long as I'm wearing this seat belt!

Maybe Zeb will share some.

Viv is in the "fighting the nap" stage. The nap won today!

A homeschooling mothers' most desired moment.

Lily reading to Olivet trying not to get her hair pulled by Hadassah pointing to Caedmon flying his jet toward Vivi picking her nose. A typical morning in the Golackson home :)

Our friend Xiao Li is staring a business selling homemade baked goods frozen! Here are the cinnamon rolls we served to our friends this morning at our hc.

This is a scrumptious chicken casserole. Her menu has over 20 items and she is willing to make any recipe we give her! I have a feeling her business will succeed.

On this morning the kids played "boat" for over an hour and a half. It was amazing.

You will find this man every morning without fail on the street right outside our window. He may be the most dedicated person I ever saw.

In conclusion to this post- here is Josh and two friends (Josh is wearing the Chinese mask. Just kidding... he's the one taking the pic) on a trip to the country side with some good buddies.

That's one way to do it!

I wonder how long he has been riding around like this and how long it took him to feel confident, like he knew he wasn't going to fall off.

Once again, my college Earth Science teacher would love this place.

I love the way the land is toiled. 

drying corn

for Mr. (or Mrs.?) Pig to eat