Dear mommy’
thank you for the baskit cake. i Love you. Love eve.
She melts my heart!
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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Happy 6th Birthday Eve!
… and Happy Easter!
Today was a big day! I normally leave little piles of presents on the table for the kids on their birthday, and the Easter bunny leaves their baskets on the table, so we had quite a full table this morning.
Easter morning. They started with the Easter baskets. And the chocolate.
Then she moved on to birthday presents.
Because it was her birthday, Lex agreed to read her new book out loud at breakfast. She loves when Lex reads to her.
Stylish little girl with her headband on backwards. :)
Ring pops at 7am? Why not!? Thanks Aunt Rosy!
After plenty of candy and a few chores we began the first of many Easter egg hunts for the day. I think we did six Easter egg hunts today!
This was the third hunt, where the boys did the hiding and the girls did the seeking.
Alan hid them high up!
Umm… yeah.
I got Eve a Jr. Scientist kit because she’s always telling people that she’s a scientist. She was pretty excited about it.
Eve helped me put the finishing touches on her birthday cake.
Eve waiting for Lex to hid the eggs outside. Not to complain about the weather, but 55° isn’t very warm if there’s no sun and lots of wind!
I love this girl!
We all had fun with ‘Fraidy Egg :)
While looking for eggs, Eve and I discovered a little bit of spring!!!
We came back inside to warm up and play some more. More company came and we began the official family party. :)
Lex got a 3D puzzle in his Easter basket this morning. It was a group effort, but we got it done. Lex put the final two pieces in and then ran around bragging like he solved the whole puzzle. :)
Time for presents!
Minnie Mouse love.
All decked out in jewels from Aunt Mandy. Eve wanted pizza for dinner, but due to the holiday none of the delivery places were open. Fortunately Mema thought of this ahead of time and bought frozen pizza from KAF. It was ok, but not as good as the fresh stuff.
An Easter basket cake
An Easter basket birthday cake!
Eve, a very happy six year old!
Aunt Katie gave Eve a big drawing pad and new markers. Eve promptly drew a picture of Katie on a horse. Then she wrote, “Dear Kadey. I love you. Love ges hoo.”
Easter prep
On Saturday we colored Easter Eggs. I bought two dozen and tried the bake method instead of boiling. It was so much easier! The kids quickly went through two dozen and requested more. Next year I’ll have to spring for three dozen!! :)
After lunch and a brief rest we headed to the skating rink to skate with the Easter Bunny! The kids were really hoping he knew how to skate, after our “Skate with Santa” experience in which Santa didn’t know how to skate! Fortunately the bunny did know how to skate, unfortunately he wasn’t terribly social with the kids. Oh well . We had fun anyway.
Skating with Grandpa Tom.
Testing out the new skills G’Tom taught her. Look at her go!
The kids all got a plastic egg with a candy inside. Eve’s egg also had a “grand prize winner” ticket. She won a pretty cool glow stick thing.
Lex was praticing his slalom skills around the cones.
Eve kept talking about how fast she was going, “the fastest person in here!” I was just happy that she was moving fast enough that I didn’t have to stop and wait for her, instead I could slowly roll along with her. :)
Eve and the Easter Bunny.
We got home around 4:30pm and by 5:30pm Eve was a ball of tears. She kept sobbing, “I don’t know why I’m crying.” Oh baby, I know why! I got her snuggled in bed eventually and then went to work with my late night plans…
Friday
On Friday Eve brought cupcakes to school to celebrate her birthday. Chocolate with pink peppermint frosting twirled on top and lots of pink and white sprinkles. Just as she requested!
After school they had their final swim lesson of the week. Mema and Grandpa Tom joined us for pizza dinner beforehand, then they came to watch the kids swim and jump off the diving board! Eve’s second time and Lex’s first. They were both SUPER excited!
I switched the camera settings between jumps. Afterwards I let them shower in the locker room (a treat!) and then we watched some college frisbee practice for awhile. A good night was had by all.
Today
We survived another day of busy week. I subbed half day in fourth and half in fifth. Not my best day. :/ Then we chilled at home for a bit then rushed out the door to swim lessons. Thankfully they were super excited to go, although it took them ages to get out the door.
Once we were there though they jumped right in and I sat for half an hour. We all enjoyed.
I love their little swimming bodies. They are not the most graceful of swimmers, but boy do they try hard!
Basketball
Lex came across an empty cereal box this morning and decided to make a basketball hoop. He went right to work and in no time was playing ball!
He shoots… he scores!
Homemade hoops
I decided to put the camera away and teach him some basics about basketball.
This afternoon we got a Disney package from Uncle B that had a Mickey ball in it. It took a few trips through the hoop too! :)
Collegiate Swim Lessons – one more time
This week we are doing lessons at Dartmouth College again. Twice a year the swim team offers private (or semi-private) lessons to the community. This is our fifth time doing it and the first time they both were both eager to jump right in! I was thinking it would be our last time (the whole process stresses me out!) but now with them both so eager and excited I’m wondering if maybe we should continue. We’ll see.
Can you pick Lex and Eve out of a swimmers line-up? :)
One day done, four more to go. I hope their enthusiasm lasts the week. The only one cranky so far was me!
Party weekend
We had a party-rific weekend! Friday night was movie night at school. The kids crowded into the library to watch Wreck-It Ralph. Half way through they paused the movie for intermission and the kids got free popcorn and juice boxes, and could buy cookies and cupcakes and brownies for a quarter. Good times, right?! I volunteered to bring cookies and at the last minute ran out of time so I bought them from the grocery store! I felt guilty, how’s that for lame! :) They were delicious, though what all the kids flocked to were the chocolate frosted cupcakes with sprinkles on top. Those went fast!
We got home late, of course, and the kids went to bed exhausted.
Saturday Eve and I went to a Good Beginnings party at the bouncy house. They host this party every year for staff, volunteers, and recipients with kids five and under. Eve just squeaks in this year! :) I’m sure I’ve said this before, but it’s sometimes surreal to go back to a place we frequented when they were young and see my kids now as the big kids. I didn’t even bring Lex this year. I also didn’t take any pictures but just imagine a room full of little kids running around, Goldfish crackers everywhere, parents trying to socialize and monitor their kids at the same time, you know, life with kids! It was kind of nice to have just one big kid though, no strollers or diaper bags. On the way out a woman was holding a one year old on her hip and trying to prevent a toddler from escaping. I remember those days very well!
While Eve and I were at the party, Lex and Alan took their first bike ride of the season. I was nervous for them and made them both listen to my worry-wart-mother safety warnings. They both humored me nicely and came back alive. What more can I ask for. :)
Saturday evening we went over to Popcube’s house for dinner and family visits. Greg made a delicious meal and the grownups sat around the table chatting while the kids played on the exercise bike in the basement. Good times all around. Once again, no pictures.
Today was a pool day. Eve was invited to two birthday parties, which conveniently were both at the pool, both today, and at overlapping times! One was from 12pm-2pm and the other from 1pm-3pm. I thought it would be great. Mostly it was. I let Lex invite a friend to play as well, so I found myself split a few times between watching the boys in the water and being with Eve at a party. They parties also didn’t follow the same format, so while one had pizza then swimming then cake, the other started right with cake, which resulted in Eve having pizza then swimming then cake then cake then swimming. She was exhausted! It’s hard work being popular! :)
We had a little quiet time when we got home (I needed it!) and then Alan wanted to have pizza and a movie night, but the kids both opted for pizza, stories, and bed. I had lights out by 6:30 and they were both asleep by 7:00pm.
Lex tried his hand at pool basketball for awhile. He’s got some growing still to do!
Both parties had doll cakes. The other one had a fondant dress and this one had beautiful edible butterflies!
Tired happy children having fun.
Lex is finally big enough for the big slide and boy was he happy.
Wheeeee!
Lex dropped his towel in the shower (don’t ask, I don’t know how he managed that) so when it was time to get out of the pool Eve shared her towel with him. :)
This week we have a week of swimming lessons at Dartmouth. Normally I go for the 4:30 time slot, but parking on campus totally stresses my out, so this time I’m trying the 5:50 time slot hoping that the parking will be better. We’ll see! I think I’m going to feed them before lessons, and probably give them a little snack and straight to bed after lessons. Hopefully the kids (and me!) are not totally cranky by Friday. Then next weekend it’s Easter and Eve’s birthday! We’ll rest again in April. :)
Love notes
The kids like to write me notes on the tablet. I LOVE discovering them!
I’m in!
I got my acceptance letter from UVEI today. It’s a preliminary acceptance based on paying a deposit and finding a suitable mentor. I’m happy to get the letter so we can move to the next step. Should I be more unsure or nervous about this? Perhaps I used up all my uncertainty over the past few years! (Who am I kidding, it will be back next week, I’m sure!) Right now I’m just wondering how in the world I’m going to do it. Working full-time is hard work! I subbed today and now I’m zoning in front of the computer while the kids are entertaining themselves. Eve is actually sitting on my lap coloring. :) I have pretty awesome kids!
Next up – internship (school and grade) placements! I’ll keep ya posted.