Spring Break

What a busy yet relaxing Spring Break we had this year. I had so much envisioned that I wanted to accomplish (some of it was) but mostly, we hung out as a family and enjoyed our time together.

Our break started on Good Friday and as Gabby says, "The girls were with the girls and the boys are with the boys!" The girls and I went and had our nails done while the boys did some work on Daddy's new boat but we all met up for lunch and spent the rest of that day cleaning around the house.

Sat had a little more cleaning, some packing and errands, AND it was Jeff's birthday. Jeff ended up taking Isabella to Urgent Care for a buldging ear drum but luckily she told us in time for a RX to be filled before closing time and Easter sunday. We had a nice taco dinner for Jeffrey, cooked by his Mom, and the kids fulfilled his request for a carrot cake.

Singing Happy Birthday!!! Note the candles?? That's was Gabby's job :-)

As dinner was being prepared, everyone took time to color eggs. Grandma Carol, Papa, and Grandma Rose all participated and we ended up with a group of GREAT LOOKING eggs that turned into deviled eggs Easter morning :-)


Sunday, of course was Easter. The children woke up to baskets, went to Grandma and Papa's for breakfast, came home to pack the trailer, and back to Grandma's for dinner and an Easter Egg hunt. I'm currently trying to figure out how to make this fun little game more enjoyable for Gabby since her brother and sister are considerably faster than her. They ran circles around her and gobbled them all up even though there was a number limit to how many they could hunt for. As an adult would point out an egg to Gabby, one of the other two would grab it and put it in her basket. I'm not real sure how many she actually hunted but not once did she complain! She found one under the tree and upon picking it up, told Isabella that she found it for her. At any rate, fun was had by all!!!

Bright and early Monday morning, we loaded up the kids in the truck and headed to Pismo beach for the week. Beautiful weather, sunshine, sand, they love it! Grandma, Papa, and Grandma Rose joined us for the first part of the week but decided to stay in a hotel downtown. Their days were spent with us on the beach watching the kids ride their quads, walking along the water, looking for shells, and relaxing but their nights were spent quietly in their rooms. Loved having them! The rest of the week, we played. A beautiful 4 days at the beach, came home a day early due to wind, and spent the weekend getting ready for everyone to head back to school and work. A great Spring Break in the memory book!!!

Now, only 8 more weeks of school until SUMMER!!! Let the countdown begin!!!

More pictures from the beach...

Digging for sand crabs

Downtown Pismo for lunch

The kids on their bikes :-)

Saddest face EVER!

Friday night, one week ago, myself and some other friends were at the kid's school helping to set up for a fundraiser. It was a major event, our first pancake breakfast complete with the Easter bunny, major event.
I called Jeffrey thinking that he could bring the kids to the school so they could play with a few other children that were there while the parents set up. Order pizza for the kids and let them entertain each other so we could get some work done! GREAT IDEA!!!
WELL... turns out, not so much.
The kids got out of the car and Nicholas took off for the double doors trying to make his way to the Multipurpose Room. He tripped on the cement and went face first into a cement flowerbed. He has a pretty good gash on his head that forced Jeffrey and I to go back and forth between stitches or butterfly bandaid. Luckily, a real doctor walked through the door a few minutes later and determined that super glue (of all things) and a bandaid would do the trick.
Nicholas resisted at first but finally laid down on a cot while Dr. Sabow literally glued his head back together. He said it would fully heal in about 21 days. We are at day 6 and I'm amazed at how well it is healing. He'll probably have a scar above his eye and half of his eye brow will need to grow back but for now, we keep neosporin and a HUGE bandaid on his head.
No signs of this face lately but this picture was from Friday night, right after being fixed up. It really was The Saddest Face ever!!!

OUCH
*sniffle*

Peter Cottontail

Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Gabriella's Spring Luncheon at preschool. Sometimes it's more feasible for Jeff to go or my programs for my daycare children fall on the same day but this year, I got lucky! :-)

Gabby sat with her friends, sang songs about the 5 little ducks, a bunny sitting on a hill, but her favorite was Peter Cottontail. There was a beautiful luncheon afterwards but I had to leave to get back to work. We both made our to-go plates and I brought my little bunny home with me. We had some quiet time just the two of us while the daycare children slept. Well, not really quiet. We colored, built a bunny tower, read bunny books, and curled up on my bed and watched Monsters vs. Aliens for 20 minutes. Not an appropriate Easter movie, I know but a favorite of hers right now. (It was the only way to get some downtime!!!) She loves being able to come home early but the entire playtime? She INSISTED that I call her Peter Cottontail.

How could I resist???

Concentrating on building her bunny tower.
A completed bunny tower. Built in on the first try :-)