Thrift store finds

While waiting for Carter's party to start I thought he and I could check out the local thrift store recommended by a friend who blogs her thrift store trips (see "blogs I follow").  I also dropped off some stuff from the garage to get a 20% off coupon and we looked for some Easter decorations for the party.

Well, we weren't as successful as I had hoped with Easter decor, but we did find some good stuff.

I needed jeans, so we checked out the jeans, I found 4 pairs, all fit (2 are lose at the waist, but a belt will fix that.

Banana Republic jeans for $10 (Retail $80)
Merona (Target) jeans for $4
Gap Jeans for $6 (Retail $70)
Lucky Brand Jeans for $6 (Retail $100-$130)

All but the gap pair look perfect condition, Gap has a little fray I can cut off.

Adorable dresses for Valerie:

$2.80 each

Cabbage Patch Doll for Valerie for $2.50 (Retail $25)

Cute hats/jackets for Valerie:

the green summer top was $2 (baby GAP)
Brown & pink $3.20
Pink baby gap jacket $2 (probably $25 retail)
The adorable knit hat with the stem on it?  80 cents.  They retail about $12-$20 in the baby boutiques
The white poncho (no size, how useful!) $2
Brown Velour sweatshirt $2

End of Canada trip and reentry

We had an egg hunt at Nana's on Sunday, when we celebrated Mark's birthday.

  Back at home, Henri's too cool in the back seat going to gym class...

The kids sung to Carter and he got his birthday crown after he informed his teachers his birthday was over break.

Sleepover & Carter's water party

Friday night, Brooklyn came over for a slumber party with Henri, Saturday night we had Caitlin for Carter.

The kids got a bit wild with Brooklyn...

Paul's family threw Carter a great water party!  We went to the Americana Hotel that has a water park inside. With the windows and sun, you'd think it was summer instead of the beginning of spring. 

Valerie and Henri spent most of their time in the toddler pool.  The rest of us checked out the wave pool and waterslides...


Then we ate, opened presents and had cake-Carter requested chocolate cake with waves on it.

Then we had tokens to play in the arcade.

The babies got tired out!