Easter Sunday

I think once you have kids most holidays are destined to be multi-day affairs. This morning the kids woke up to find that the Easter bunny made a visit--Kaidyn woke me up to let me know this at 4:30 am--I told her to go back to bed and we would worry about it at a more decent hour. Less than two hours later Levi got home from work so I couldn't make the kids wait any longer. They found their baskets then hit the back yard to find eggs. Then it was time to get ready to go to my Aunts in Wenatchee. We met at the church for breakfast, then another Easter egg hunt for the kids. Then we went to church. Jett made it for about 20 minutes, but then I had to take him to the nursery to do his screaming there.Next we went to my Aunt's house where we had a delicious ham dinner and another Easter egg hunt. The Easter bunny there hid money in the eggs too, so the kids were quite excited.


Then my cousin Kylie and my brother's fiancee Cheryl took the girls for a boat ride in the lake by their house, it sounds like Jayd was a little nervous being out in the boat, but Kaidyn had a blast. The battery died, so Kylie had to row them back in the rain. It looks like Jayd tried to help. Overall it was a great Easter. The kids ended up with more candy than they did at Halloween. I may have to take some of it to school just to get rid of it all without all of us gaining 100 pounds.

Happy Easter!

Easter Saturday

Today the kids had the first Easter Egg hunt of the weekend this afternoon at Lyons Park.

It was actually more of a dash than a hunt, when the horn blew signaling the start, all the kids bolted towards the eggs that were scattered on the grass. Jayd was insistent of staying with her sister, so she was in the 1st-2nd grade section and didn't stand a chance. I saw her get an egg, but it must have fell out of her basket somewhere along the way, because it wasn't there at the end. Kaidyn ended up with only one egg and then a nice little boy gave each of the girls one of his eggs because he ended up with a lot. Jett also ended up with only one egg thanks to a generous child because he was more interested in the other kids. The kids enjoyed it just the same, and the highlight was getting their picture taken with the Easter bunny.

We just finished coloring the eggs. Hint: an upset toddler, tongs and several cups of coloring dye do not mix. Jett enjoyed putting the eggs in the cups and pulling them out, but when I took the egg and dye from him after he was trying to drink it, he grabbed a nearby set of tongs and threw them. Of course he knocked over several of the cups of dye which spilled all over the island (not a big deal because the wood is very dark), and the floor (kind of a big deal because the floor is very light--oh yeah and new!!) . Oh well, after cleaning up the floors, there is only a faint shade of reddish pink visible, and you can't really see the yellow and fortunately, the blue only spilled on the island.

Kaidyn Sports

Kaidyn had her first soccer game last Tuesday. It's really cute watching the kids play soccer at this age because they play 4-on-4 and they all huddle around the ball kicking away and they get so excited when they score, even if it's in the wrong goal. There is a lot of (accidental) tripping and pushing, it resembles rugby at times, but they get right back up and into it. This is Kaidyn's 2nd year playing soccer and we've noticed a big improvement from last year. Kaidyn really hustle's after the ball, and the kids attempt to pass it to each other.

She has a blast playing and Jayd cheers from the sideline while Jett plays with the extra soccer balls laying around.

Wednesday night Kaidyn also had her first tee-ball practice, a sport Levi and I are much more familiar with. Kaidyn is one of only two girls on her team, but she didn't seem to care. She enjoyed playing anyway. So as it stands right now, Kaidyn has both soccer practice and tee ball practice on Mondays (5 and 5:30) , soccer games on Tuesdays, and tee-ball practice again on Wednesdays. I don't know when the tee-ball games will be, but I'm it'll be even crazier when that begins. Oh well, at least we only have one now, I can't imagine what it'll be like when all three kids are busy like this :)

18 Months--

I just realized today is Jett's half-birthday. He is officially a year and a half old. I can't believe it was 18 months ago that he was born. Man that was a crazy night. Levi was at work when I called him to tell him I was in labor and needed to go to the hospital NOW!! The lady at the check-in desk was a little confused and thought I was an inmate being brought in because Levi was still in his uniform. 2 hours later, just 8 minutes after midnight on the 5th of October our little Jett was born. He's not so little anymore and he is all boy. Today as we were playing outside he kept wanting to dig in the rocks and throw them and play in the dog water. I was trying to take pictures of him, but he would hardly sit still and he wouldn't look at me or smile. The girls were more than happy to smile and pose for the camera.

Jayd in the Gator Kaidyn poses for a picture

Jett drives Jayd around

Baseball, Barbeque and Beer

Life doesn't get any better than this. Today was GORGEOUS!! and we were able to spend the whole day outside working and playing and finishing projects. We got the doors to the shed finished, the yard cardboard and dog doo doo free, played a little soccer, and cleaned up the barbeque. Then we threw on a couple of steaks opened a couple of beers and turned on the baseball game--Braves v. Phillies. The perfect ending to the perfect day.

Spring Break is coming to an end--

So tomorrow is the last day of spring break. The week went by so fast--but I really feel like we got a lot done. I'm almost done with the lesson plans and grading I brought home with me. Levi and I made doors for our shed today--and with only one little fight--very impressive. We just have minor communication issues once in a while--I know what I'm talking about and he doesn't. Otherwise we did a pretty nice job. I got the rest of the trim put up in the dining room. The garage is cleaned out and we now have room to use the saws. Tomorrow we are going to get the garbage out of the yard--since there were no doors on the shed, the dogs drug out all the cardboard boxes and tore them up. Hence the building of doors today.
Today also marks the last spring training game for the Mariners. Their first regular season game is Monday at 4--can't wait. Then their first home game is Tuesday, April 14. Levi and I will be there--soooooooo excited. Hopefully they have a better season than last year, although if you think about it, they really can't do any worse. They've lost a lot of preseason games, but they have a lot of options, and I am quite excited for the return of Griffey.
Anyway--even though we really didn't go anywhere, I think it has been a great spring break. I could use another week, but I can't complain, and there are only 48 days left of school once we return. So the sooner we get back to school, the sooner summer vacation will be here. YEAH!!

"Baseball"

So today we made our monthly Costco trip to Wenatchee. I was wearing my Mariners necklace that has little blue-green baseball looking beads. I was holding Jett and he kept grabbing my necklace and saying "buh buh". I just removed his had from my necklace--since it's stretchy and I didn't want him to break it. Then he did it again. It was after the second time that I realized he was trying to say "baseball". So of course after that I let him play with my necklace all he wanted and he kept saying "buh buh". It was so cute and I am so proud.