Public Apology - April Recap

We've been really bad about keeping up with posts. It's not like we've had nothing going on, it's that we've had too much lately, and the blog has suffered. I realized I'd had an Easter post in draft since that weekend, and so everything after Easter has also not made it to the blog. So, grab a cup of coffee, use the little girls/boys room, and hope your computer chair is relaxing, because here we go....

Easter Weekend
Fun filled weekend with a visit from the Easter Bunny. Left two really nice baskets for the girls (forgot about mom and dad, although he did put a few Reese's peanut butter eggs and Cadbury cream eggs in...hmmm...I wonder how he knew?!?), and also left cracky eggs as well. These must be a southern thing as I'd never seen them growing up in the Midwest. They are like little pinatas made of real egg shells filled with paper confetti. The girls love them. They make a mess of your driveway. Church was great, we had 3 Easter lilies and brought them home to plant in our front flowerbed (4/19 side note - they are still doing well). They place a large wooden cross outside and the girls thought it was really pretty. In the afternoon we dyed Easter eggs and had 9 different colors to choose from. The girls decided to create an assembly line and dip their eggs in every one of the colors.
One Giant Step
Emma made the decision on her own to transition from being a "napper" to being in "bridging" at school. She saw a friend's work and when the friend said Emma could start doing the work once she moved into bridging, she asked me if she could make the switch. I told her to talk with her teachers the next day. She did and they said she'd need to talk with the master teacher when she returned from vacation. I don't think the woman had two feet in the door before Emma asked whether she could make the switch. Nothing like taking your career into your own hands! It's been two weeks now and Emma loves bridging, and is bringing home what she says is "challenging work". I still think she's adjusting a bit to the no nap thing during the school week.
Tooth Fairy, 2, Mom, 0
For the second time now I've been traveling on business when Lauren loses a tooth. This is a big deal for me and it's now quite humorous to us all that her teeth are just waiting for me to be gone to let loose. Lauren's second tooth was hanging on by the tiniest of root the morning I left, and I kept prodding Lauren to just yank it out (I'm sure my mother would be proud). But, it just would not budge until I was 1500 miles away in a Minnesota hotel room (I'm sure my father can sympathize).
Roll Call
Lauren loves playing school, and especially likes being the teacher. I'm so glad she wants to play this and that school has become such a positive experience for her, as I'm a school junkie who if I'd had infinite time and money with zero responsibility, would have probably been a professional student. Here she is taking roll call Sunday morning. The frog and I received a check mark for being present, Emma overslept and missed school, and daddy was marked absent even though he was on his "field trip".
Daddy/Daughter Dance
Lauren's girl scout service unit sponsored a daddy/daughter dance Saturday night. The theme was diamonds and denim. Lauren was excited to wear a dress that we'd had in her closet since last Christmas and had Grandma Luci take in while she was visiting. She even had jewelry from her garage sale purchase earlier that morning (spent her tooth fairy money on a basket of jewelry from the neighbor girls). They went to the dance while Emma and I went out to dinner (Thundercloud Subs) and planned to hit the grocery store to stock up for the week while Bill would be in Boston. But, we instead navigated through a torrential downpour and through small lakes of flood water to get back into the neighborhood. We had over 2.5" rain fall in a matter of minutes!
Hey Cupcake
Sunday afternoon treat. They have some cute names for their cupcakes. I had Red Velvet (white cream cheese frosting, red velvet cupcake), Emma had Vanilla Dream (pink buttercream frosting, vanilla cupcake), and Lauren had the Michael Jackson (white cream cheese frosting, chocolate cupcake).