Easter, Birthdays and Beyond...

April 11 was our April Birthday Bash at my mom's. We always have a big party around Easter for all the April birthdays in the family. There are 6 just on my mom's side of the family - 3 siblings, my daughter, hubby, and nephew). We have included March birthdays for the last several years as we've added several March birthdays to our family. Angel wanted a "hula girl" birthday. Here she is w/ her lei and wearing the top of her pinata on her head. :) We also colored eggs on the 11th. I don't know why- but I have no pics of that. :(
4/12 Easter - now there's a funny story. This beautiful pic of my kids in their Easter outfits was not taken early Easter morning as they excitedly got up and went to hunt Easter eggs. No - this was taken in the late afternoon because that was when I finally had both of my kids together for a photo! Due to an interesting misunderstanding, I gave my son permission to go home w/ his cousins after the birthday party Sat. (they live an hour away) I *thought* I was giving him permission to ride home w/ my in-laws (where we were staying the night). Imagine my surprise when my bro. told me he saw D in my sis' car and was pretty sure he had gone w/ them. And then imagine my feelings of anxiety when I realized that meant he would not be spending Easter morn w/ us...which meant no Easter morn pics in his nice, new suit!... Which made me wonder how my sis felt about him being at her house, in her family's Easter pics w/out a nice, new suit (of course she didn't care at all - even let him dye more eggs to have the Easter Bunny hide at her house!) Sooooooo - by the time my sis arrived at Mom's for Easter dinner, I had D change into his suit for a few pics and to go hunt his Easter eggs the the Easter Bunny had hidden at Grandma's. Angel had been so patient waiting for her bro so they could hunt eggs together. :)

4/13 Happy Birthday, Angel!!!! Angel chose to have several small celebrations for her birthday rather than one big party. So, I took stuff for root beer floats to Angel's class to celebrate her birthday w/ her friends from school. She got to wear a crown and birthday vest all day. :)
after school, we took Birthday Girl decorated sugar cookies to dance class to celebrate w/ her friends there. After dance class, we met another friend (and her family) at Chuck E. Cheese to further celebrate. It was a loooooooooooong, but fun, day!
4/14 - The kindergarten's Spring Performance at school. They sang many songs about spring weather. This one was about a rainbow, and they all held up pieces of construction paper to make a rainbow. :)

4/15 - I don't have a pic from Wed - so, let's skip ahead to Thurs, the 16th, and I'll give you a few bonus pics. ;) Angel sang the National Anthem at the BMX track for the first time this season. This is her 3rd season singing for them. She gets paid in Gatorade and a snack from the snack bar. :)
Here's D and a friend on the track. D's in 2nd place here. So far, he's doing very well this season, and continues to improve his lap times. Go, D!!!!4/17 Frank's birthday - and 2nd grade trip to the zoo. I had a great time w/ the kids, and got a nice heart-shaped sunburn on my chest. :)

4/18 Poor Frank - his b-day got kind of over looked, so he got his presents Sat. morn.
4/19 - Happy Birthday Chelle! I didn't take a pic on this day, either...can I interest you in one from 4/18? Frank and D videotaped their entries for the SATO 48 film contest on Sat, then edited Sun., 4/19.
4/20 - my birthday - and this is the pic. I got. :) D looks so cute in his digi-cammo outfit.Well - that's enough for this post, I think. I'll be back w/ more - promise! :)

I haven't been here since April 6!!!!!!

What's wrong with me? Nothing - that's what. It's just April. Busy, busy, busy. But now I feel bad, because I'm just sure that you're all dying to know what I've done everyday of my life since April 6th. To start with, I got over my mysterious illness. So did D. The short story is... school, laundry, day care, dishes, eating, sleeping, Easter and birthdays. That's what I've been up to. Here are some pics to give you a little more detail (which is what you're dying to see, I'm sure!)
April 7th, I got another early b-day present: iLife 09 - fun, fun, fun. Thank you Frank!

April 8th I was still not well. I remember this - I couldn't move! Somehow the soreness of my throat projected to the outside of my neck, and nothing felt better than a hot pad pressed against it. It was a good excuse to read more of the Twilight series, and play on the computer, though. I just couldn't handle housework - no way!
Apparently I wasn't around on the 9th. Maybe I slept all day, or couldn't move my neck. I don't know. I don't remember - and there are no photos to document that I did nothing that day. But, by April 10, I was up and around and heading out of town for Easter. I love Easter. I also love 2 hour car rides where children under the age of 9 sleep. :)
I'll be back to update you on the exciting adventures of Easter weekend. (but don't hold your breath - Hubby needs the computer now, and I still need to finish reading Breaking Dawn).

I've been scrapping!

Still not feeling well - neither is D, but hopefully we're on the upswing. I'm just stopping in to post some digi-scrapping LOs I've done this past week.
I scrapped my son, D, riding in the St. Pat's parade w/ my friend, Dani's Irelynn kit. It's a beautiful kit, perfect for St. Patricks day pics, and outdoor pics. Do you see that grass and clover border? I love it! I have a second page in the works with this one. :)
My next 3 LOs were made using Julie's Boy at Play kit. It's a great kit with masculine colors. I know I'll be using it over and over.




You can find the Irelynn kit by Dani's Delusions at Sunshine Studio Scraps. Keep an eye out - she's got a new store opening up at Plain Digital Wrapper, too!
Boy at Play by Julie.ItIs. can be found at Plain Digital Wrapper...here.

What a sorry sight I am

I'm sick! Sick, sick, sick. I feel absolutely horrible. I've been in PJs all day, drank 2 glasses of juice (the second served to me on a Dora the Explorer tray by my wonderful daughter), ate a few crackers and a pancake - made for me and brought over by my brother, Sean. D is also sick, and spent most of the day sleeping - either in my bed w/ me, or on the couch. Poor kid. "A" played at Sean's most of the day, so hopefully she was able to avoid all the nasty germs at home. Thanks, Sean, for buying my juice, taking care of A, and making dinner for us. :)
Yesterday, we spent some time at the park. It was really windy. The kids had fun with another family that had brought a kite. I took a few self-portraits of my windblown self. This is one of the better ones.
Friday, we went to see the Skinny Improv - a local comedy group. Their main stage show is like "Who's Line is it Anyway?", then the Mystery Hour is a late-night improv talk show. One of the guests this week was Jennifer Rothschild - a very inspiring lady. We always love going to their shows. It feels good to laugh out loud. We took the kids to the main stage show - they had a great time. The shows are always family friendly - which is very nice. Frank tapes the Mystery Hour for them. Here he is, hard at work.
I don't have a pic from Thurs., so I'll give you 2 from Wed. Hubby rented Twilight for me, which I've been re-reading, too. He even watched it with me! :)This is how he felt about it. Not his fave movie. :p

Tues. is cub scout day/YW day. The scouts get out earlier than the young women, so the boys have to wait for the parents who have to stay later. Here they are after scouts, wheeling and dealing Pokemon cards.
Hopefully the next time I post we'll all be feeling better.