Tales of the Towers: Easter Eggs and Get a Goat Fund

It's been a long time since the last post but we have had a very busy couple of weeks. This past week was Spring Break and we enjoyed being home together as a family while we prepared for our big "Getting Rid of Baby Stuff" Garage Sale. It's over now. We did well and are happy to have our garage back and a much less cluttered home to contend with. One of the events of the week was coloring our Easter eggs. We did it with a lot less mess that usual this year which made Mommy VERY happy!

Bryan, the silent (OK, not SO silent) observer. He enjoyed watching his sisters have fun while he finished his meal.

We ended up with such beautifully colored eggs that we don't really want to eat them.

Bryan discovered the wonder of Daddy's old headphones this week.

He probably sat here for a whole hour as still as can be listening to his Veggie Tales CD. He was in his own little world and would just stare at us blankly if we tried to talk to him. Yes, I did check the volume of the CD player.

Elizabeth had a school project to do over Spring Break. Her second grade teacher invested one dollar in each of her students and challenged them to find a way to multiply that dollar. The money will be used to buy goats and chickens for stuggling families in Africa. It will not only provide food but also a source of income. Elizabeth's first investment was in a box of cake mix with which we made cupcakes. Due to the generosity of family and friends (or maybe they were just really good cupcakes?) , 24 cupcakes brought in $20.50. She then was hired to do some yardwork for a friend's neighbors and made $10.00 doing that. We decided to keep going and made four dozen cupcakes and 3 dozen cookies as well as some greeting cards which the girls sold at our garage sale for a total of 55.00! All together, they made 0ver $100 which is enough for a goat and chicken. It was a great lesson for the girls and fun to watch their excitement in helping others.