Friday the 13th

We had a busy, but wonderful Easter weekend!! The kids had an Easter egg hunt at church on Saturday morning and then we hit McDonald's on our way to Seth's first birthday party My children were total party crashers - tried to open up every present he had - luckily he won't remember it - oh yes he will - I took a zillion pictures of it all. Those bratty cousins of his!!!

Sunday, the kids woke up to find Easter baskets full of books, magnetic letters, and yogos (yogurt covered fruit snacks). FUN!! Then, we got them dressed for church and they posed like little models for pictures (see attachment). We had a relaxing lunch and afternoon naps and then went to my parent's house for dinner.

On Monday the kids stayed with Aunt Jess (and Uncle Darrell until our cats ran him out of the house - he's allergic) while we took our mom's through "the house." We spent the rest of the evening getting them back down from a "time with a non-parent high."

Delaney had her modeling debut on Wednesday afternoon. She is going to be modeling hair bows for my friend's company. So, we got to go to her first "photo shoot." She was a star model. I have to brag on her because I thought it was very neat to see her in a different element and to see how she reacted. We arrived at the studio and the three other girls were already there getting into their first outfits. She stood still while I changed her clothes (all 7 times) and then watched the other girls get their pictures taken while she waited patiently for her turn. The other moms were shoving candy at their girls to get them to behave and then wondering why they weren't - hello, sugar high?!? One of the other mom's had brought suckers for all of the girls and as I put Delaney's into her bag, explaining that she could have it after dinner, she didn't utter a whine (very unlike her recently, and no, she isn't sick!). When we were finished, we needed to stop at Walmart to get milk for Carson, so I told her we could walk through the toy section for a reward (not a bribe) because she behaved because she was told to and I was so proud. She picked out an 88 cent ball - how cute is that!! She also wound up with plastic lunch trays - two, of course, because that wouldn't have been fair to Carson. And, to top it all off, a tshirt that says "Daddy's Little Sweetie" with a picture of a cupcake. I had held up the one that said "Little Hollywood" in glitter - appropriate for the reason why she was getting it, but she opted for the cupcake one instead.

All in all, we had a great week - until tonight (fitting that it is Friday the 13th). Carson is sick, he has a fever of 103.7 under his arm. However, right now he is sleeping tight in his bed - we'll see how long that lasts :-(

Until next week,
Gretchen