I smile every morning when I open my office door and see the artwork in my office. It’s a great way to start my work day.
Overkill
On Sunday, I ordered a new keyboard wrist rest and mouse pad for myself for work. The ones I have at work are literally falling apart and I have been putting it off. I found a good set on Amazon for $15 and both were eligible for Prime shipping. I arrived home from work today to find a box that can only be described as “overkill” on our front porch. Yes, folks, that box stuffed full of packing material is what was used to ship a keyboard wrist rest and mouse pad…
What do sick little boys do?
They nap… And nap… And nap…
Then, they don’t go to bed on time because they napped too much…
Easter!
It was a very traditional Easter for us. We went to Sunrise Service at Church (it was foggy this year!), had breakfast at Bob Evans, came home to see if the Easter Bunny visited us, relaxed, and had dinner with friends. It was another great Easter! This year the kids chose their own Easter clothes. John opted for a pair of jeans, a green sweater, and a white t-shirt. I would have preferred his dress clothes, but some battles are not worth fighting. He still looked handsome! Laura chose one of three dresses from Kathryn. It was perfect for Easter and she looked so cute!
The Easter Bunny was good to the kids this year. Jeremy assisted the Easter Bunny and I think he missed his calling in life! The kids were very excited about their baskets and eggs. Laura’s basket contained a lot of American Girl things, a stuffed Chick that she named “Chicklet,” and candy.
Laura was very excited to see the American Girl Sleepover Set that contained a real, doll-sized “Apples to Apples Junior” board game.
John’s basket had another Transformers Rescue Bot (Heatwave), a Lego Inspiration book, and his first set of Army Men. Yes, John got candy too. The Easter Bunny would NEVER forget the candy and “Pezzers!”
John’s favorite toy was Heatwave. He couldn’t wait to “introduce” him to Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
That silly Easter Bunny hid eggs in some funny places like Andy’s slipper. Good thing we saw it before he tried to put it on!
And Lauren looked like she laid an egg.
But what fun it was watching the kids open everything and discover the “money-s” and candy in the eggs. After all the excitement, Andy and I relaxed for a while and the kids played with their new toys. We spent the evening enjoying dinner and great conversation with the Lowerys and Jeremy. It was a great Easter. He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!
Easter Eggs!
Nothing like waiting until the last minute, but we dyed Easter Eggs today. This is a big deal in our house and the kids LOVE doing it. Usually, I make the hard-boiled eggs, but John insisted on helping this year. He was extremely careful putting the eggs into the pan. On “Hard Boil Round One,” we used 13 eggs losing only one. Don’t worry, Laura was happy to eat it.
While getting ready to dye Easter Eggs, Andy pointed out that I bought a package of dye that included twelve different colors. Yes, twelve. Maybe I need to read the packaging better next year? So, “Hard Boil Round Two” commenced, resulting in a total of 23 eggs to dye. I suppose that we could have just used six or so of the dye tablets, but what fun is that? We did eventually whittle down to only one of the pink dyes and one of the orange dyes. The final colors were just too similar.
The kids were very anxious to see all the finished colors. I had to distract them by taking a few pictures because the “how much longer until the eggs are ready” question gets old after being asked ten times…
They did really enjoy helping though and they actually got to put the eggs in the dye this year. Another first, another big deal!
Laura and John were very proud of the finished Easter Eggs with Laura declaring that the teal color was the best! I am partial to the red, but I’m not as cute as she is. Hence, you get a picture of Laura holding her favorite egg.
John asked several times if the Easter Bunny would remember that the dyed eggs were in the refrigerator. We assured him that the Easter Bunny would remember and they would be hunting for those eggs on Easter morning!
Old Friends!
We met some old friends for dinner at Shakespeare’s tonight. Marshall and Deborah Swafford were Graduate Assistants at IML for me back in the day. They came to Columbia for the night/day and we managed to meet for dinner after some wrangling. It was really great to see them and meet their three great kids (one of which is a redhead too)! We got to catch up and talk about life now. They haven’t changed much, but it occurred to me how much your life changes in a relatively short time. It was a fun, if too short evening, but we told them to plan to stay at our house next time!
The Solar System
Laura got creative with the sidewalk chalk and drew the solar system. The sun even has solar flares. She said that it was a “work in progress” and she eventually added Jupiter and Mars after I took the photo. She was most proud of the rocket ship landing on the moon, solar flares coming out of the sun, and all the stars. I wonder what she’ll draw next time…
