Easter 2011

This post is about Easter week. We colored eggs, the park district bunny delivered baskets to the girls and we had two egg hunts. One at home and one at Lee's. B, of course, was into it. Surprisingly, Charley was into it too. She hunted for eggs, loved the big bunny and of course, ate chocolate. This is funny, we were walking in town, when a man dressed as a bunny was passing out chocolate. He gave Charely some, which she promptly ate. Then she made the more sign, then the bunny sign (meaning, she wanted more chocolate). While the signing is cute, and she gets her meaning across, actual WORDS would be nice.

Anyway. You would think, since Easter was so late this year, the weather would be good enough for some cute little Easter dresses for the girls. No such luck. It was leggings and wool sweaters for my sister's annual egg hunt. We still had fun and ate some good Easter food. Sausage, egg casserole (with sausage), some really good potato thing my sister made from the Williams Sonoma catalog, rolls, cake, ice cream, chocolate, it was a good day!

Coloring with the wax crayon.

B thought dyeing eggs was great.

So did Charley. Though she wasn't as
into it as B. Probably because the results aren't instant.

We did two dozen. There were some dropped casualties.

The kit came with stickers. I bought the kit at Williams-Sonoma.
The accessories were good, the dyes not so much.

Here is B waiting for the Bunny. Grandpa took the photos.
He and Pat were over to watch the kids while we
went to dinner with friends. We are decadent, aren't we?

He comes the bunny.

This is offered through our park district. Isn't it great?
Isn't the bunny so cute?

Here is Isabel goozing up Charley's basket.

Charley was up early Easter morning. We had to wake B up.

This is Chuck's Fur Real Kitty.
Isabel isn't sure about it.

Aren't they handsome? Especially
the crying baby. I swear, I was ready to leave Charley
at a truck stop that day.
That is Champ the dog.

How cute is the tutu from Aunt Lee?
And the magic wand? It makes this cool sound when you
turn it on.

And nary a seizure.

April 2011. A Catch-up in Pictures.

As you can see from my previous post, there are reasons I don't post as much as I would like. The kids and animals (plus poor, oft neglected Mike) keep my from sitting down most of the time. So here is a round-out of the month (less Easter, I'll make that the next post).

Charley eating carrots in her fancy dress.
That she picked out. Weather must have
been nice that day. Maybe, the weather
has been BAD!

At B's school auction, we won a music basket.
Right up Chucky's alley. She loves it all.
This is a harmonica. Yes, she actually plays it.

Weather must have been bad this day.
B is scootering in the living room.

Sisterly love.

Well, one sister looks loving.
The other? You decide.

This is B's Incredible car.
(Like Mr. Incredible's from the movie.)

Hanging out watching Cars and eating popcorn.

Not too many photos. I am really lax. I did just take some of B and Isabel the cat doing sand art. Now, there is cat hair all over B's shirt. Iz is really shedding! Ahhhh!!!!! Spring. The time of animal hair and allergies. A coincidence? OK, off to do laundry. B is playing My Little Sand Box and Charley is sleeping.

Next post? I know you are waiting on pins and needles. Easter.

Wait, I forgot the doctor appointments. B is 40.5" and 33 pounds. ( I forget her percentile, but height is averageish and weight is low). Charley has slowed down a bit. 32" and 22 pounds. I think 75 percentile on height and maybe 30 on weight? Both kids got vaccines and neither cried! A miracle. Maybe it was the promise of the Dimples donuts waiting in the car. Another thing we found out at the doctor? Charley is anemic. We were advised to start the icky drops. I am trying to find all the iron rich foods I can and see what she'll eat. She had a 1/4 of Mike's hamburger yesterday. So today I bought grass fed organic beef (probably has way less iron then the meat at Jewel, right?) and I will make her some little burgers to dip in ketchup. That was Friday. Saturday, we went to the eye doctor for B. She is now wearing an eye patch 2 hours a day. I think you can see it in one of the photos from the last post. She isn't happy about it. The deal is she can't watch TV or the iPad without it. That seems to work. OK, Charley is up.

Sunday 1 May 2011 - What Did We Do Today?

7:30 am - Wanted to kill Kayla and her wet nose (at 7am after Charley slept like CRAP).

Drank green tea.

Laundry.

Checked out Target's Calypso line.

Ate breakfast (greek yogurt and homemade granola).

Drank a cup of coffee.

Did art.


B and collaborated on this oil pastel piece.
Taught B the meaning of collaborate.

Drank green tea.

Took shower.

Laundry.

Made more tea.

11:00 am Went to Lowes to look for carpet for my Mom's house.

Bought plants at Lowes (and a squirrel proof bird feeder).

Went to get a pair of jeans (15% off at Jeans and a Cute Top Shop).

Ate a late lunch at Prasinos. (Had pommegranite green tea on ice.)

2:45 pm Put Charley to sleep. (Gee that sounds bad...)

Made tea.

Laundry.

Started chicken stock.

Planted new plants.

Dug for worms.

Laundry

Started making hibiscus strawberry lemonade.

Dealt with cranky Charley when she woke up.

Laundry.

Worked on lemonade.


Made more tea.

5:00 pm Started this blog post.

Finished Lemonade.

Dug in the dirt.

Hula-Hooped.

6:00 pm Made chicken soup.

Ate chicken soup and drank lemonade.

(Let me tell how glad I am that Charley can feed
herself - well, except when I treat the clothing stains -
Layla takes care of whatever falls on the floor.)

Laundry.

Cleaned up mess. Decanted stock to cool before I freeze it. (5 quarts, 2 cups total.)

Laundry.

Read books.

9:30 pm Went up to get ready for bed.


5/2/11

7:52 am The next day. Worked on this blog post.

12:19 pm The next day. Finished blog post.


See the patterns. Get clothes dirty, mom washes them. Mom makes green tea to keep her calm. Actually, I probably only did 5 or so loads of laundry yesterday. I did sheets and towels. I usually only do 1 or two loads of laundry each day. But I do drink a lot of tea (and eat a lot of chocolate).

I have many more pictures to post. Easter (the Easter Bunny came to our house, did I post that?). Eating popcorn. Well doctor visits. Eye doctor visits.