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Hello!

Here are a few quick pictures from this afternoon... :) Enjoy!!

Rainbow Cupcakes

How awesome are these?!?!?! I offered to bring dessert to Easter so I'd have a reason to make these. I don't normally bake. Mostly because then we'd eat it all!

Super easy to make these! I used a boxed cake mix(yeah...I know...that's kind of cheating) and separated the batter into 4 little bowls. I added food coloring to each of the bowls then spooned it into the muffin cups. Then just bake as you'd normally bake cupcakes and they come out looking like this!! I did put home-made cream cheese frosting on top (YUM!) They look super cool without much work involved!

One more little story...A big scary snake wrapped itself around Vera's leg this morning!! Vera was pretty freaked out (I was too). It took her a while to shake it off! SCARY! Thankfully this critter was outside! Our lawn really needs to be mowed...the snakes can hide too easily right now and that's not ok with me!

A day at the Zoo!

A friend and I took our kids to the Minnesota Zoo yesterday. I was slightly nervous because the weather was a bit chilly but it turned out to be an awesome day! The kids were happy, the animals were out and moving, and it was so nice getting out of the house with a great friend!

Kalvin LOVED the tropical fish. He kept trying to grab at them which was pretty cute! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures with the fish because I was too busy holding him up and smiling at him! The kids also really liked the ducks and the flamingos...basically anything that moved quickly! They were unimpressed by things like turtles and sleeping wort hogs... :)

Here are some pictures from the day:

My friend bought her little girl a maraca. Kalvin stole it away...

Isn't he sweet??

Ohhh Kalvin also learned a few tricks over the last few days! He can now wave ByeBye and he can also mimick us when we say "Uhh Ohh"...both are super cute!! He gets more fun every day!!

Happy Easter {yesterday}!!

Hope everyone had a great Easter. Ours was OK. Kalvin spent half the day sleeping because we went to church on Saturday night and didn't get home until 11!! (3 hours past Mr. Kalvin's bedtime!) Kalvin can't seem to sleep or relax while holding him...He needs his bed and no distractions! Dan was confirmed into the Catholic church that night so we couldn't miss it! We are really proud of Dan for joining the church and uniting our little family!

Here are some pictures of Kalvin and his Easter basket:

The koosh ball is for Kalvin and the candy is for us :)

Dan's mom and dad LOADED us up on candy yesterday!!! Kalvin REALLY enjoys playing with it! I love Kalvin's little pinkie up in the air. ha ha! He's so dainty!

We have a busy rest of the week planned! Between ECFE, swim lessons, a trip to the zoo, and getting Dan all ready to leave for the UK...we will not be bored!

In other news...Vera is SUPER sick today! She is a throw-up machine!! She pooped and threw up in her kennel now she'll probably stay outside the rest of the day! (It's nice out so I don't feel bad!) I've brought many buckets of water outside to wash away nastiness! Poor puppy!

Speaking of nice weather...I looked outside to check on Vera and I see the snakes are also enjoying the sun :)

Kalvin is STILL sick!

Kalvin has been sick for almost 2 weeks! My poor baby just can't seem to get better. This is what he looked like this morning... I'm supposed to take him to ECFE class today. They have told me before that as long as he doesn't currently have a fever...I can bring him. He seems to be feeling OK and doesn't have a fever. I'm just leery to bring him because I wouldn't want other parents bringing their sick kids!! (PS...He doesn't ALWAYS have this much snot! I snapped a picture because it was so surprising when I looked at him!!) So what should I do???

Our snake count is also up to= 6!!! I woke Dan up in the middle of the night last week to get another one in Kalvin's room!

SNOW DAY!

Here's an update on whats been going on in the Prieve house...
Kalvin has been crawling all over the place! He can really entertain himself with exploring. Yesterday he found Vera's water dish...hmmmm looks like I'll need to do some childproofing. I also need to invest in some baby-gates to separate the baby and the puppy so they can both wander freely. If they are together...Kalvin's face gets licked so much that he can't move!

Yep...That's another snake...making the count: THREE!!! They have all been found in Kalvin's room wrapped around extension cords. Last night I went in to Kalvin's room to get him all ready for bed and found this one. I yelled down to Dan to get the gloves and the bag because we had another snake. All he yelled back was "Yeah Right!!". Why would I joke about that?? haha! I must admit...the first one was scary and the last two have actually been pretty funny because we still can't believe we have so many snakes in the house!! It's soooo weird!

While he was trying to pull the snake off the extension cord, Dan broke off the last few inches of the snake's tail. That's what that piece in the bottom right corner is! He put it in the bag and left it in our entryway. It was pouring rain and he didn't want to go outside. He was planning to kill it this morning.

Then we woke up to this!! We knew we were supposed to get 1-3 inches...but we had no idea we'd get THIS much snow. Dan is actually home from work today. He tried to leave and the roads were so bad he had to turn around! He went about 5 miles and it took him over 40 minutes! When the roads are good, his drive takes him an hour! He didn't think it was worth it to risk his life! I agree!

YAY for a snow day!! Boo for having to use a day of vacation on this yucky weather! SPRING, WHERE ARE YOU?????