Firestation visit

I took the girls on a tour of the fire station this morning with my Mother's group. They had a great time and learned alot (not to mention mom learning stuff too). It was fun and got a few pics from my phone (dang, forgot the normal camera!).

Our vacation to Indy

We had a really fun mini-vacation to Indianapolis. We really haven't been there before to stay. We stayed at a hotel that had an indoor water park. The first day, we got there about 4 in the afternoon and just played in the pool till bedtime. Boy, that was interesting.... the kids haven't had too many times sleeping outside their own beds. They only had rooms with two double beds so Kyle got one, I shared one with Kaylee and Kira got to "camp out" on the floor. It was so funny because she laid down and got up after a few minutes saying "I can't lay there, my back is killing me". We put some more cushioning down and it got her by. Kaylee had a hard time going to sleep and she is quite a restless sleeper, I found out. At 3:42 a.m. I got up to use the restroom and turned down the A/C because I was freezing. I laid back down and tried to sleep but was still cold so I got up again to adjust it. That woke Kaylee up and she was awake until after 6 a.m. but then we both were able to sleep for awhile longer. Not fun! Kira woke up during that time too but she went back to sleep ok. We finally got up and going a little later that morning to the zoo. It was really fun and the kids had a ball looking at all the animals. We loved the dolphin show and touching the sharks. It was beautiful weather, we couldn't have asked for better. It was a long day and it was the second day that Kaylee didn't nap so she was exhausted at the end and fell asleep in the car on the way back to the hotel. We ate dinner then went to the pool again for awhile. Needless to say, everyone was so tired we all slept much better that night.

The next morning we got up and got ready because we were going to go to the Children's museum. Well, plans changed as soon as we went out to our car. Someone had broken in overnight! They broke the passenger window out and all they took was the little book with all of the girls' movies and the instructions manuals for the car. There wasn't much in the car to take but they left stuff I would have thought they would take. Probably some kids just trying to see what they could get into. I was so irritated more about the hassle of it all. So, we had to find a glass shop to come fix it and get the police to file a report. What a pain! Kyle mostly dealt with all that and I took the girls back in to swim for awhile. We got it all fixed up and headed out about 1:30 - earlier than we had planned but we were pretty much wiped out from it all. Nothing like adding $500 in damages and a couple hundred more to replace movies that we weren't planning on. At least we had fun for most of the trip and we'll just plan to head back over again soon to see the museum. All in all, a fun trip!

Happy Easter!

On Thursday, the 9th, I volunteered at Kira's preschool. It was a really fun day because they were doing the Easter celebration. They had a little egg hunt out in the playground. The kids had so much fun. It was so cute because the teachers even had a little basket and put enough eggs out for Kaylee to be able to join in too. I love that school!

On Saturday, we colored our eggs. It was kind of crazy because earlier that day, our power went out. All except our washer, fridge, Kaylee's room and a couple other outlets. We had an electrician friend of Kyle's come over and he determined it was a power company problem. They came out and were able to get us up on temporary power but they're going to have to dig up our front lawn tomorrow to fix the problem, nice. Anyway, I had wanted Kyle to be able to do eggs with us so that's why we waited until Sat. afternoon. With him dealing with all the power stuff, I just went ahead and did it with the kids. They did pretty good but I was so afraid the cups were going to be knocked over but all was well. They had a great time!

Trying out the finished product. Yummmm!

On Easter morning, I heard Kaylee calling for me at 6 a.m.! She never wakes up that early. Dang! I got her up and we played up in our room for awhile because I couldn't let her go downstairs without Kira up. Kira finally got up about 7 and they found some eggs in their rooms. Kira didn't understand how the bunny could have put them in her room. They came downstairs and ran all over collecting eggs. I had prepared a breakfast the night before that had to go in the oven. I set the timer and just happened to notice that it took only ten minutes to find and collect four dozen eggs! They are fast! lol They had such a good time. Not to mention munching on all that candy all day.

Later that afternoon, we went to Kyle's mom's house for more egg hunting outside. They have a large yard and they had fun looking all over for the eggs. We had a lovely dinner with family and really enjoyed our Easter day.

April fun

So Kyle pulled off the best surprise birthday party for me. About a week and a half before my birthday, I reminded him it was coming up. He kept asking me what I wanted to do. I said we could just have family over for ice cream and cake one day then he could take me to dinner one night. Of course, in the back of my mind I was thinking this is a milestone birthday and it would be fun to do something big but I didn't mention it. He played it that we were going to go to dinner on Sunday and even asked ME to get a sitter. I said no way, that it was my birthday and he could plan it. Well, the Weds. before my birthday he mentioned he had a craving for a certain type of pizza at a local restaurant. The next day, he was supposed to be having a late appt. but called in the afternoon to say that his appointment cancelled but he needed to meet clients for a short meeting right near that particular restaurant. So he said he'd pick us up and we could all go to dinner after his meeting. I didn't think much of it and agreed. When we got there, he took us around to some back stairs to go downstairs saying he wanted to show me something. On the way downstairs, there was one of Kira's friends and her sister coming up. Now, they live fairly far away from this place so I asked what they were doing there. The older sister said "Ummm, my mom wanted to come to play?". I had a feeling something was up. We walked down and I first saw balloons then Kyle's mom then I started scanning the crowd and saw everyone there. I was quite surprised at all the people who showed up. It was great! It's a nice place where they have a bunch of arcade type games for the kids and we pretty much had the downstairs area to ourselves for awhile so I could actually keep an eye on the kids but let them play while I had a chance to visit with all my friends. What a great night and fun way to spend the big 4-0! Thanks, honey, and all my friends and family who came out.

I sure felt the heat from the flame on all those candles!

Kaylee is such a little girl. She loves to get the polish out and try to paint her own neenas(fingers). This polish is almost like paste so it doesn't spill so I don't mind letting her go at it. It keeps her occupied for quite awhile.

While Kira is in school on Tuesdays, Kaylee and I go to a little arts/crafts class. Today she got to make a bunny ear hat and loved wearing it around all morning. She loves painting too. I just wish I was that creative to think of things for them to do at home.

Kira started soccer on Saturday. She really had a fun time running through all the drills and kicking the ball herself. The last 10 minutes or so, however, they divided into teams and had a scrimmage. She did NOT like that part. She got the pouty face and just walked around the field. She kept coming over to me (standing behind the white line) and saying she was done, she didn't want to play and wanted to come out. I said we had to stay until the coach said we were done. Afterwards, she wanted to leave her shirt and I said we take it home and wash it for next time. She melted down and said she was not ever coming back, didn't like soccer anymore, etc. I tried not to laugh. I think she'll have fun going again when it's warmer (and dryer) and if Kyle can practice with her some more.

Yesterday, April 6th, we woke up to snow AGAIN. Luckily it wasn't much but the kids begged to go outside and play. I got them all dressed up because I didn't want their pants getting all wet and muddy. They had fun. Kira was tossing snowballs and accidentally got one right in Kaylee's face. I had to laugh because Kaylee didn't cry but just wanted me to wipe it all off. It's cold today again but at least we have sunshine. I am SOOOO ready for warmer weather, no wind and playing outside.

This morning we woke up to find about five rabbits in our yard. They are out all over the place and already eating up all my plants. That's one more thing that I don't like about where we live. There are rabbits everywhere and you can't keep them off the plants. Hopefully I'll find some kind of flowers this year that they don't devour. I put planter boxes on the patio last year and found rabbits up in them and they ate the flowers completely to nothing.

I get to volunteer at Kira's school on Thursday when they do their Easter egg hunt so that will be fun. Kira is so excited for Easter and Kaylee is kinda getting the idea of it all so we're looking forward to a fun weekend. Then, the next weekend, we have a little trip scheduled to Indy! I am so excited we finally have it set up. We'll go stay at a hotel that has an indoor waterpark and go see the zoo. Just a weekender but at least we'll be away as a family. So, hopefully, I'll have more to update again soon. I haven't kept on here much but hasn't seemed like there's been alot going on.

Hope all is well with our family and friends. We miss all who are far away.