April - 12 of 12

My April 13th deadline is almost done. I had technical difficulties getting this up. But, alas, it is 11:05 p.m. and I'll be making my deadline:) Cause you know. I'm a working mom. hehe. Had to throw that in there.

Yesterday was fabulous. Just another ordinary day in our lives. Obviously, by these photos I am around Grace and David much more during the day than Lucas and Micah. We'll fix that during the summer. As those of you know who have kids in school and sports their time is much more spent away from home. It makes me think that I need to work that much harder when they are younger to teach them right from wrong and good manners. I'm very pleased with my children and who they are becoming.

01. Grace playing in the alley in her red car. I finally figured out how to put a rubber band in her hair. It's hard. Her hair is in her face half the time.

02. David and Grace taking a bath after Grace got soaked in the puddle outside. This is the first bath that she has played in and not cried the whole time. David had fun spiking her hair.

03.We finally got around to dying eggs on Wednesday night right before bedtime. David spilled the vinegar dye all over Micah's leg which ended up stinging and Micah was in lots of pain. So the pictures of the eggs came on Thursday. David was so excited and loves his eggs. I know that we are major slackers with the whole celebrating Easter when it comes to dying eggs. Sometimes I get so tired of how much Christmas and Easter are commercialized and that the meaning of the whole day is lost. Even though we try to get the real meaning in I wonder how much the kids understand. Bah Humbug.

04. Lucas finished the second book of Harry Potter. His reading challenge ended today at school so he spent over an hour of his time finishing the book so he could take the test this morning before school. He PASSED! So proud of him and how hard he works. If you didn't know, Lucas likes to read, but would much rather be doing something else. So this was a big accomplishment for him.

05. On Thursday, Jamba Juice comes and sells smoothies at school. The boys are enjoying their treat. Micah is pretending to be a dead zombie.

06. I put together a laundry hamper thingy. Pretty impressive I used tools to build something. Jon and I are quite proud of my talents:) (sarcasm much.)

07. Grace eating a crayon. She loves them. I hate them. And David drops them when he's done coloring.

08. David jumping out of the laundry hamper thingy. I just like this picture. He's so athletic.

09. Gracie talking to the dog while he is outside. She just loves her doggy.

10. Three little dots. Jon walking Micah and Lucas to school. I love the green trees in this photo. I love my 3 boys in this picture too.

11. Paperwork. I registered David for Pre-K for next school year. I am excited for him to go, but I will miss him too. He's such a fun kid to hang out with.

12. Gracie splashing in that darn puddle. It was cold outside too. Well, cold for us SoCal people. She had a great time playing outside. She threw dirt, played in the puddle, threw the dog his ball, and played in her red car. She loves being outside. She is always asking to put her shoes on, after which she goes to the door hoping she gets to go out.

Things that I did not get pictures off that are noteworthy for the day. Me picking up 4 piles of you know what that the dog leaves in the yard. Gross. Also, Lucas had soccer. Jon took him. While Lucas practiced, Jon ran a couple miles around the fields. We are trying to get in shape to run the 10k mud run in June. Wish us luck on that one. It'll be fun but challenging.