Easter Egg Hunt

The kids had their first Easter Egg Hunt of the season today. It was put on by the Library here in LE. They had 6,000 eggs thrown out onto a field. The kids went crazy. It was a little odd though. Instead of candy and prizes in the eggs they were filled with slips of paper to be redeemed at the library, and they had to give the plastic eggs back. I took them to the library to collect there junk....and it really was junk. They could get things like toys (mostly left over happy meal toys, dum dums, and books (about 10 to choose from to be exact). The kids really seem to enjoy it though. Kate was terrified of the Easter Bunny, and Braeden and Josh loved the mad dash to see who would get the most eggs. They all made out pretty well.

For Sale

We did it. We put our house up for sale. After eight years we have decided it is time to move on. We have a contract on another home, but we have to sale ours first. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

Braeden is a foster parent...........

This is Mater. He belongs to Braeden's teacher, Mrs. Moorehead. She isn't going to be in town all week for spring break so she drew names to see who would be the lucky student to take him home. Braeden won the drawing. Lucky us! He is kind of cute, but he stinks..........really stinks. The kids think he is great, but I can't wait for him to go home. Hopefully Bugsy won't get to him before Mrs. Moorehead's vacation is up.

3rd place goes to......

Braeden had his UIL competition last week. He competed in the Spelling portion. He competed against 3rd and 4th graders from 4 other elementary schools. He won 3rd place. We are very proud of him!!

Rodeo Day

Friday was Rodeo day for Kindergarten. They had horse racing, potato sack races, horse shoe toss, square dancing, and pin the star on the sheriff. Joshua was scared to death the day before because he thought there was going to be real bulls at the rodeo. He kept telling me, "Mom, bulls are at rodeos". He ended up having a great time and there were no bulls.

Grumpy Mornings

Joshua is not a morning person. He absolutely hates getting out of bed in the mornings. He loves to sleep and sleep and sleep until the last possible moment. The only time he hops out of bed is when there are doughnuts for breakfast. He is so looking forward to spring break next week. Only 5 more school days!!

I Have a Genius!

Ok....so Braeden may not be a genius, but he did score a 100 hundred on his Reading TAKS test. He was only 1 of three kids to do so. He was so stressed out about taking this test. I don't know why....the kid is really smart (not that I'm bragging). For those of you who do not live in Texas, the TAKS is a test that Texas students must take in order to go forward to the next grade. They start taking it in 3rd grade and then I think every year after that until High School. TAKS stands for Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. He will take the Math TAKS in May. I will let everyone know how he scores on that one.

Fun at Gatti Town

Our kids dentist rented out Gatti Town to say Thank you to all of her patients. She gave each of the kids 25 dollar game cards to play until they could play no more. Kate preferred the carousel, Braeden went from game to game to game, and Johsua was in love with the Stars Wars game. It was loads of fun!

Princess party

Kate was invited to her friend, Adria's birthday party. She had so much fun! I am behind on posting pictures so there will be more to come. Stay tuned!

UGH!!!

I am sick of being sick! I am sick of my family being sick! It all started last Wednesday when I got a phone call from the school to come pick up Joshua. That's when the fever, chills, headaches, coughing, achy body, runny nose then stuffy nose all began. I got sick, then Cary, then Kate then Joshua again. So far Braeden has been the lucky one. (knock on wood) I have bleached down bathrooms, washed every sheet and blanket in the house, sprayed door knobs,telephones and light switches. What more can I do? Hopefully we are on the up side of things. I am actually feeling better. I just wish i didn't feel like I am going to cough up a lung every time I cough. Kate and Joshua woke up feeling better this morning. If all goes well with no fevers today then Joshua will finally go back to school tomorrow. Hip,Hip,Hooray!! We had not been sick in such a long time that it was bound to be our turn at some point.............we should be done now for the rest of the year!