Easter and General Conference Weekend

This weekend was lovely. 

Not only was it General Conference + Easter = spiritual high. 

Carly came over friday bearing gifts: everything to make this awesome conference board! We laminated everything so it can be used again and again. 

Conference was really uplifting for us

Miss Eunice brought by adorable Twinkie peep cars. We love her. Thanks "Eunie!"

Easter was exciting, spiritual, fun, crazy, and sort of exhausting. I loved it, and I'm also glad this special day only comes once a year. So many emotions were packed into one day. Really really good, but I was so tired when I went to bed that my tired was tired. 

Worth it though. I love these people! 

The aftermath was awesome. Hidden treats are the kind that just keep giving! Here we have a half eaten Twinkie on the baby swing. The trail of chocolate never ends. 

Jimmie and Kasey joined us for dinner. I'm so thankful for friends who embrace the chaos and stickiness of our life. Being with them is being with family, and that's what makes holidays extra great!  Sloane got pretty comfortable in kaseys arms and face planted into a dreamy baby 

coma. 

Cooper Fear Factor

I love our elementary school. 

The latest extremely cool event was the Cooper Fear Factor hosted by Quincy's class and the school garden specialist. 

The event was fantastic. The foods that the teachers were challenged to eat were brutal. Kimchi, breaded bugs, fish eggs, and an Indian delicacy with worms in it. 

Here's the great part: aside from the given fun of watching teachers race to eat gross stuff, the emcee gave the kids tips for how to handle eating foods they don't like, like chasing it with a sip of water, plugging your nose, or thinking about some other food while you eat. The kids took the challenge to be a part of the "two bite club" and be willing to try at least two bites of new foods.  Then when the teachers were presented with a new food challenge, all the kids would chant and cheer "Eat it! Eat it! Eat it! Eat it!"

Quincy participated as a server and had the task of delivering foods to Mrs T, who took first place!  Q was chuffed. The prize was a Viking crown made from fake food. 

The proceeds from the event went toward an irrigation system for the school garden.

Here's Quincy with the school garden specialist, who helped organize this great event. 

Sloane is 3 Months Old

Someone stop the clock. 

I love her so so much. 

Sloane Winifred, you are such a blessing to our family. You are very loved and very spoiled!  We will hold you and carry you until you are old enough to ask us what your legs are for, since you'll never get a chance to use 'em. You're a sweet treat! 

Soren Hosts Preschool

This week was our turn to host the Mommy School rotation. Soren loves having friends over. Our theme was Spring/Easter 

We started out with springtime stamps. Bunnies, flowers, eggs, frogs, butterflies, etc. 

We listened and played hide and seek with the "find me" noise egg. 

We decorated bunny bags for the egg hunt.

We danced to Hap Palmer's baby chickie song.

We dyed eggs

We read The Story of Jesus, TheStory of Easter, Fluffy Bunnies, When Spring Comes, and Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs. 

We gathered eggs from the chickens in the backyard. 

We played an egg color match game.

We wrapped up the fun with an egg hunt.  

These boys have really grown up a lot this year. We used to struggle to get through a book, but today I read three books in a row and held their attention.  If I could read books to preschoolers all day every day, I think I would. 

Soren played really well with his friends today. Good sharing and turn taking, Soren! 

Broken Bones Are No Joke.

Reese slipped off the bars at school and fell hard on her arm. It's buckled and crazy looking under that splint. She's on her way with Aaron to get X-rays now. They stopped by the house to drop off Quincy and Corbin first and I got to see her for a minute.  She's nervous and in pain and I ache that I can't kiss this one better and magically take her pain away. She's in good hands with Aaron, but I still wish I could just scoop her up and hold her in my lap at the hospital.

Results are in: broken. 

There is a buckle fracture in her (left arm) radius near her wrist. 

Reese was very brave while the nurse wrapped her in a soft cast. 

She's not super excited about needing a hard cast, or taking a little break from piano, though. And we just started swimming lessons yesterday. Bummertown. 

Here is the card from her classmates.

April Fool's Day

It's only 7am and I've already had 2 jokes played on me...3 if you count Sloane's tummy ache last night that has me running on 3 collected hours of sleep. Poor baby had a rough night. 

Last night around 11pm I was boiling eggs for Soren's preschool friends to dye today. I caught a glimpse of something out my front window and thought I saw 2 people (Kasey and Katie this has your names written aaaaalllllll over it!) creeping around in my front yard, then take off running. I went outside and found this in my mailbox. 

Hahahahahaha! 

Extra appropriate since my notorious raccoon incident happened on a spring general conference weekend, which is coming up in a few days.

To those who know can enjoy a good laugh. Those who don't...I'm takin' it go my grave. (Not really. The secret pretty much died with the raccoon.) 

The second trick was played on me by my little trickster daughter, Reese. She loooves April Fools Day. Probably because she has such a gullible mother. 

Aaron ran to the grocery store this morning to buy eggs. (I got distracted by the raccoon joke last night and overboiled that batch and they all cracked and split open. Still edible, but a big stinky mess and no dye-able eggs.) I didn't have enough for preschool this morning, so at 6am Aaron went up to walmart for me. Sloane was finally sound asleep and I settled in to catch 20 minutes before the morning rat race began. 

A little while later Reese burst into my bedroom exclaiming, "Mom, help! Dad ran out of gas up the road!" 

I flew out of bed in a panic, knowing this would make everyone late for everything, and bumbled about, trying to find shoes and pants and I heard little giggles and, "April Fools!!!" 

Funny funny trick, girls! 

After that, it was a mad rush to get everyone fed and out the door, boil new eggs, and hide the plastic ones for Soren and his pals. 

The house is suddenly quiet for a quick spell and the Piccolo Pete is still spinning in a hot mess in the kitchen. 

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