Happy Easter, part 3

 I didn't intend to have a part 3, but it was easier to get these last few pictures out.

When we got home, the Easter bunny had arrived.  He left some wonderful Easter baskets and hid our eggs in the back yard.  Since we hadn't cut our grass yet, it became quite a hunt.

 Nick was a total Kris.  He found 2 or 3 eggs and promptly sat down in our little house and started eating all his candy!  The definitely enjoyed eating as much candy as they could shove in!

Happy Easter, part 2

 We celebrated the actual Easter Sunday at the farm.  Kris, Ryan and Grandpa George attended a sunrise service at Aunt Kelli's church.  It included a pancake breakfast, which they were all excited about.  Afterwards, they came back to pick the rest of us up.  We took some lovely pictures (with Ryan's camera since mine died).

Everyone was very good in church (amazingly).
We went out to lunch with Grandpa and Uncle Kevin after church - to the only place around that was open.  It was pretty good.

Afterwards, we spent the afternoon playing at the farm and watching a movie.  Nick took his first 'fall asleep in front of the tv' nap.  He's just too cute.  I went out and helped Kevin cover up some potatoes he had planted, which prompted Emma to need to walk around in the mucking boots.  

 I climbed a tree for some fun and Emma and Ryan took a ride on the tractor - where they got to drive.  Monday we headed home.

Happy Easter! (part 1)

We celebrated Easter in PA this year. I was anxious to see my new niece, Trinity and Grammie was anxious to see her favorite grandkids (Just kidding - about the favorite part!).

We traveled out on Friday, realized half way thru the drive that the kids had put DVDs into the DVD player - too many of them! So no movies for them on the trip - and it actually worked out ok after the initial tears. We had dinner at Grammie's house and left the kids there for the night.

Kris and I are running in Flying Pig half marathon in a few weeks and we wanted to do a training run at the farm, where we would have the closest elevation changes to the actual race. We ran the course Kris had mapped out in the morning (Kevin bailed on us). I'm gloating, but I beat Kris by 4 minutes! Of course, I get a lot more training in since I have day care at the gym and can go during the day! We were exhausted by the end and so glad to see Katie and Kara (nieces) waiting for us. After resting and stretching, we showered and headed back to Grammie's house.

The kids had done well for the night and were happy to see us. We had a full Easter meal at Grammie's with Kevin and the kids (Amy was sleeping and working). Kelli, Rick and baby Trinity made it over a little later. The kids enjoyed an Easter egg hunt in the yard - which they had been really looking forward to. After all that, we were on our way to the farm for the next two days of our trip (see Happy Easter part 2 for details).

Spring Break

I'll tell you, the thought of spring break or *gasp* summer break makes me break out in a sweat. But this week wasn't too bad, until Emma got sick and we had to cancel plans.. oh and I had a fight with our cable company. Let's get past that.

I started out with planning for the week with Emma and Ryan. We made plans for the zoo, swimming, the gym, etc. I felt that since I only had to entertain them for 4 days, if we kept busy, we wouldn't kill each other. And that plan mostly worked! Although we ended up cancelling on the zoo and swimming because of Emma being sick and stayed home. We did enjoy our time though. We even got some workbook and challenges times in. FYI - my kids love to be challenged. I make it their physical activity/OT and PT for Ryan. It's fun and they get to run around the house and do jumping jacks and sit ups.

So here are the pictures from our finger painting session that got thrown in on our sick day.

Emma's Preschool Concert

Emma had her first preschool concert a few weeks ago. I apologize for taking so long for posting things here. Emma has been building up to this concert for months now. She is always excited when I know some of the songs she is singing, that we've learned from previous VBS's.

My mom came down to see the show and Kris even got out of work to see it too. We were there first (yes, the first of all parents). So we had first row seats! Even Nick enjoyed it!

She really did great! Although at one part she had a Kris moment, where she just went blank staring at the wall. But got right back into the song. She was very giddy and enjoyed singing for everyone and doing her little dances.

Afterwards, we all went out to lunch to Celebrate! So proud of her!