Easter

This year Easter was pretty cold.  We had a whole weekend of celebrations.  On Friday we dyed eggs and on Saturday our neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt.  It was raining, windy, and freezing, but we attended anyway.  So did the entire neighborhood!  Haley went to the older kids area with Mike and totally filled her basket.  

I stayed with Caleb and Maya in the little kid area.  Caleb got a total of 2 eggs and was thrilled.  Maya got less than 10, but one of her eggs had a dollar bill, so she considered her loot a success.
Sunday we had very nice church meetings and then a delicious Easter dinner with the Millers.  It was a great weekend.

P.L.S.

My youngest child has developed a horrible condition called P.L.S.  Otherwise know as Pant, Leg, Sock.  This is a condition usually present in adult men who cross their legs and let their pants ride up to reveal some leg between their pants and sock.  However, P.L.S. can exist in young children who grow like weeds and have mothers who are unwilling to buy them new clothes for a season that is about to end.  Luckily, Caleb has new clothes waiting for him in his closet, but the weather needs to warm up just a bit before he can wear them.  Until then, he will have to wear his current clothes out in the world.  Maybe that will help bring some awareness to P.L.S.

He has also developed another condition that has yet to be named.  Maybe this awful case of forearm nakedness could be called H.A.S. (hand, arm, shirt).

Bananas

Dear grocery store bagger,

I just unloaded my groceries, and my bananas were packed underneath a massive weight of other food.  They are now a smashed and bruised mess.  Have you ever purchased bananas yourself?  Are you unaware that they bruise easily?  Seriously, is there no training for the bagging profession?  I usually come to your store with 3 kids in tow, who are losing their minds by the time we get to the checkout.  I'm a little too busy to watch how you pack my groceries.  Next time I'd like to come home with all my food still edible, thank you.

Sincerely,

Your neighborhood shopper

Okay, am I the only one this happens to?  Does anyone else have banana issues?  

A Saturday of Celebrations

It finally snowed on Thursday.  We hadn't had a big snow storm since 2008, so we were due.  We got less than a foot, probably around 8 inches or so.  There was a lot of drifting, so in places it was over 2 feet.  I know that because I did the shoveling.  Ouch, my back still hurts. But anyway, we celebrated the snow by going sledding!  We hadn't done it yet this season, and spring is here, so we thought we better go while we have the chance!

Haley and I going down the hill.

Mike and Maya having fun.

Cute little Caleb in his snow gear.  He didn't have any boots that fit him (I should have got out a pair of the girls' old boots, but I just didn't think about it) so he wore his tennis shoes.  Caleb celebrated wearing his snow suit for only the second time this year.  We better have another little boy so that snow suit gets more use!

And Michael dear celebrated turning 33.  He requested the cake I usually make for the 4th of July, but this time I didn't arrange the strawberries and blueberries into a flag!

It is good having things to celebrate.

Random Happenings

So Haley cut out these little pictures the other day and taped them to this container.  I was really amazed that she cut out the sun rays and the little bird leg.  How do you cut out things that are so tiny?  I could never do that with scissors.  So, I asked her how she did it and she simply replied, "skills".  HA!  Who taught her that?  I questioned her again and she answered, "a steady hand".  Hilarious.  Well, however she did it, I'm impressed.

Caleb also has been looking pretty disheveled in the hair department.  Whenever he wakes up his hair is all over the place and I have to wet it down.  It was getting quite long.  So, we went to daddy's barber shop (which is conveniently located in our bathroom).

His new look is kinda like a long buzz.  Mike says it will be easier that cutting with the scissors, and Caleb looks pretty cute.

This is his, "say cheese!" look.  Too cute.

It turns out I didn't do too bad of a thing

Mike took his car in to get fixed last week.  He had a recall that needed to be done, an oil change, and the little problem that I created.  He told the dealership that the piece of his car "came off" and they fixed it for FREE!  New part and everything.  I guess it did "come off", he just didn't tell them how.  I am so out of the dog house.  Thank goodness.

Finally!

Haley finally lost her crazy hanging front tooth Saturday night.  2 weeks ago we had tried to pull it with the tie a string to the door trick, but it didn't work.  The string kept slipping off her tooth.  About a week ago I just tried to yank it out with my fingers but Haley cried that it hurt too much.  So, yesterday the tooth was looking more loose than it ever had and we thought we would try it again.  This time I dried her tooth off really well and then tied the floss up high on her tooth, where it is smallest.  I also used just a regular knot, where as before, Mike had tied a fancy slip not.  And it actually worked.  The sound of her tooth hitting the ground was the best.  Haley kept saying that she was so glad that we just didn't have to worry about it anymore.  That tooth had been sticking strangely out of her mouth for over a month.  At the beginning, even though it was sticking out so weird, it wasn't actually that loose, but yesterday when it was finally loose enough, we took care of it!

Caleb enjoyed his first taste of minty floss.

Maya needed to be part of the action too.