Easter Readiness

This has been a crazy week. Matthew is still struggling with his cough and runny nose and I've been sick. Needless to say, Easter necessities have been put on the back burner. Yesterday the kids and I made a mad dash about town to get some sort of fresh and springy outfit for them to wear on Easter. We managed to do that in only one stop at Kohl's. Now Kohl's is not my favorite place to shop for Natalie but we managed to find her a pretty dress suitable to match her "Easter bonnet." Matthew didn't really care what I bought for him as long as he could look at the toys. After our jaunt to Kohl's we had to hit Albertson's for some much needed groceries. Unfortunately, Matthew had a coughing attack and we couldn't complete our shopping which means our pantry is still pretty bare.

Once we got home we looked through our Easter box that we had finally had the chance to get out. It it was dozens of plastic eggs. We'll just leave those out for the Bunny to fill. No since wasting them. We're green over here. As we were pulling out stuffed chicks, decorations, a singing rabbit or two, the kids picked up their baskets. Every year we put out the same bakset, a very nice and sturdy one from Pottery Barn Kids with monogramed liners. Natalie looked at hers and said, "I'm going to take this to Grandma's to collect eggs." I told her that was fine, but asked her what she was going to do with all the treats that the Easter Bunny would put in it. She looked at me and said, "I thought our baskets {that the E.B. fills} were bigger." I said, "No, you were just smaller." She thought about that for a moment and said, "Oh."

Now, that I think about it, they are kind of small baskets. But that will have to wait until next year, because I am done running around for the week.

As for Matthew, he could care less what size his basket is as long as the Easter Bunny brings toys because he really likes TOYS!

*I know why she remembers a bigger basket! See here:http://pricelessblue.blogspot.com/2007/04/easter-fun.html

Catching Up - March

My goodness time flies. I find it hard to keep up with day to day responsibilites, let alone blogging and preserving the memories of special happenings. Who knew that things would get so busy, hectic and tiring that I wouldn't have time or make the time to blog here. Here's a stab at my goal to update monthly.

In March we met up with the Graf's and attended a family symphony at the Alex Theater in Glendale. The kiddos enjoyed the preshow activities like looking at arachnids and making colorful paintings before the actual music began. The theme was Springtastic Strings with music by Vivaldi. Natalie happily recognized a song from a Little Einstein's episode. We sang along, "It's springtime. Oh yes, oh yes, it's sprintime!" As you can see, Matthew was a bit wiggly, but he did fine and enjoyed the show.