Hippity-Hoppity!

We started the morning off bright and early. Well, early anyway. I'm not so sure about bright. If you look out the windows you'll notice it's still gray outside. That's because we were up at 6:00 am. These little bunnies were excited! The Easter Bunny hid the baskets and here's Kyson just discovering his basket full of goodies. A definite favorite holiday for the sweet tooth! We went to church after our morning of baskets. I was "lucky" enough to be on of the speakers. But, actually, it was nice to be able to focus so much on the resurrection while I was preparing for the talk. So I won't complain!

Our little family. The sun was rather bright so excuse the squinty, watery, eyes. In case you are wondering, there is a belly sitting behind all the Easter dresses. In fact, it is getting rather large and I am surprised Kendri could even sit on my lap!

Here is Kyson with his cousin Kaitlyn. We couldn't get them to look at the camera but they are smiling! We are in the middle of a giant Easter Egg Hunt. But I still kept making the kids stop so I could snap some shots. Mean, I know. But we did have 120 hard boiled eggs hidden plus the plastic candy filled eggs. No one was hurting for eggs!

And yes, this is the best picture of the kids I could get. And yes, Kyson has a mouthful of chocolate. But what else is new? We had a great Easter and loved spending time with family!

Easter Birthday Party

Here we are at Party #2........this is the cousin party. The kids played "Pin the Easter Bunny" on Kendri. (I think. There were a few different shapes.) Anyway, here everyone is coloring a giant tracing of Kendri. In anticipation of sticking her with Easter shapes! Cousins.....Carson, Rachel, Lexi, Kendri, Anna.

The party wouldn't be complete without dying eggs........120 eggs. That's right, people. Go big or go home. Kyson probably dyed half of them. He wasn't picky about the color or the decorations. He could dip an egg in under 2 seconds and toss it into the egg crate without even looking. Natural calling? Perhaps. We'll see how it develops......;)

And one more sing-a-long with left over brownies. Whooo hoooo for parties!

Kendri Turns 5!

Kendri had a birthday this past week! And if you think 4 days of partying isn't enough then I don't know what is! We kicked off the celebration on Thursday (her actual birthday) by inviting her Joyschool class over for lunch. We had grilled cheese sandwiches, apples, and brownies that were cut out like Easter eggs and decorated. Most of the kids were not interested in lunch. Make that none of them were interested except Kendri. Everyone else just wanted to play.....but that's part of partying! Here is the birthday cake. Easter was so close, how could we not incorporate it into our theme? Peep, peep!

Later that night (after Lexi's softball game) we came home to open presents and have our own little family party. Get ready to blow!

A little blurry due to the huge inhalation that was required for 5, mark them - 5, candles. Which, by the way, took two breaths anyway ;) I guess candle blowing takes practice.

We decided to take a break on Friday and resume the party on Saturday. It was a combination of birthday and Easter festivities. We took the kids and some of their cousins to see "Hop". They all loved it........the favorite part for everyone was the bunny pooping jelly beans. Of course. I'll put some pictures in the next post from the Saturday party........

Kendri is growing, growing, growing. She is constantly saying her legs and arms ache so I am assuming they are growing pains. She is almost ready for size 6 and her little feet have nearly caught up to Lexi's in size! She loves her brother and sister. She entertains Kyson during the day and is Lexi's little playmate in the afternoon. She is always running errands for Lexi (just like a little sister usually ends up doing!) and likes to be my "secret little elf". She loves to surprise me by doing some sort of household chore. She likes to run and loves to play games. She has a very good memory and a very big appetite! She is still the big jokester in the family and says the funniest things. We love having her in our family! Happy Birthday!

Little Climber

Most parents would have a heart attack...........


but we're just used to it at this point.

Ad I am happy to report that we have had no broken bones at our house. As of yet.

Easter Sorrows

I have just witnessed one of the worst crimes committed in the history of Easter. It happened in the first grade classroom. I call it the "Massacre of Peeps." Here is the picture.

Massacre? you say. Yes. Notice how they are starting to dry up and wrinkle which in turn will render them completely inedible? I believe "massacre" is only fitting.

When Lexi was describing the project to me I had to stop her and clarify exactly what was going on.

"Wait. When you say "peeps" are you talking about the Marshmallow-Bite-From-Heaven that we enjoy every holiday season?"


Okay, maybe I didn't say that exactly. But that's what I was thinking.

She assured me that's what she was talking about. So then I had to clarify again.


"Ummm. Did you say you "glued" them on? With actual glue........as in not edible glue?"


(The answer was Yes. As in there is no way to enjoy this little treat while my children are busy sleeping. Gasp! I nearly had a heart attack.)


I'm still recuperating. This post is part of my recovery process.

Okay, now confession time. I have totally cut back on my Peeps intake this year. Not because I am pregnant and that would be the healthy thing to do. But because I am on a Peep strike. That's right people. S-t-r-i-k-e. They have raised their prices and downsized their product. I know. How could they? So I have only had a few (boxes ;) this year. But it seems to be backfiring. Unfortunately, my lack of business has not yet motivated anyone to add more peeps to the box. I'm not sure they've even noticed that they've lost my business. I mean, how could you not notice when your #1 consumer goes on strike? Irresponsible. And here we are with Easter in sight. Sigh.

They probably don't need me because they have first grade classrooms keeping them in business. Arrrrrg.

Negotiation Letter

Lexi presented me with this letter the other day. Go ahead. Read it. (You may have to use your imagination as she was very creative with some of her spelling ;)

Isn't it sweet? I was laughing as I read this. She has been begging for a pet guinea pig off and on since her friend got one. I said no. I told her they were stinky and I don't want one in my house and I definitely don't want to have to clean up after one. I know. Mean mommy. She told me her friend keeps hers in the closet. I told Lexi her clothes would stink if she kept it in the closet. Which is why in her "negotiation letter" she tells me she will hang up, not only her clothes, but mine as well. Smart girl! But I still won't cave. Poor Lexi will have to hold her friends guinea pigs forever...........

Nothing Much

Spring Break is over. We went back to school today which means I had to get up when my alarm clock went off and then drag myself downstairs to make breakfast (which is only cereal, so I'm not sure if that even qualifies as "making"), and fix Lexi's lunch for school. There are many other things that occur in the time that we get up for the day to the time that we pull out of the driveway and head to school. But if I listed it all you would want to tear your hair out. It can be very redundant and I would end up sounding like a broken record that says,"Don't forget to make your bed." "Eat you breakfast." "Stop playing around." "Get your toothbrush." And on, and on. And on. These phrases (among others) are said no less than 10 times every morning. See? Redundant. Anyway, we made it through the morning and Lexi got to school on time. .......We had a very nice day today. So we went out to play in the afternoon. Kyson loves to be out riding his scooter or his bike. As I mentioned earlier, he is getting faster. I foolishly let him get on his bike this afternoon. I even more foolishly thought he might actually listen when I told him to turn back around. He was halfway around the block before I caught up to him. I gave myself Braxten-hicks which reminded me that I am not as young as I was when I had my first pregnancy. But I don't recall chasing a 2 year old demon on a bike either. Perhaps I am in better shape now than I was 8 years ago. Hmmmm? At any rate it was a nice day and I got a lot of cleaning done. Now my back is aching and I have no good book to read, so I am rambling on my blog instead. I don't even have a picture to put with this post. But it is April so I think I should write something, so Happy April! We hope spring decides to stay around for this month!