Easter Egg Hunt!

Abby, McKenna, Becca, Sariah

Sooooo Happy!!!

Eggs Gallore!

All Done!

Every year the Big Horn Health Coalition sponsers a community Easter Egg Hunt. This year Whitney was too old to participate, so it was just the two little girls. Whitney was sick anyway. They split up the kids into age groups. Toddlers, preschoolers, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders. So they lined up and got ready. They had all of the eggs spread out into a big section. The preschoolers got to get 22 eggs, and the 1st graders got to get 28, I think. Anyways, the girls had a great time, although it only lasted about 2 minutes long. The egg hunt started at 10:00 am and we were back home at 10:10. It was a fun morning.

Coloring Easter Eggs!

Abby showing off her eggs

Yes, we had a dozen different colors!

Whitney being very artistic with her eggs

McKenna marking her eggs

Here's the kiddos ready to color eggs

Friday, the 10th of April, here are the girls dying their eggs. They had twelve different colors to work with. They also had stickers and markers to use for their artistic abilities. They colored 2 dozen eggs! They had a lot of fun! It was nice seeing them get along and having fun together!

Only Abby

I have to write about this because only my Abby would say this. I have a Sirius satellite radio in my suburban. Usually, it's on number 1 hits song list. Well, whenever this certain song comes on she knows it and tells me to turn it because it's not very nice. She calls it the hell song. Mom, it's the hell song, turn it. One time it came on and I didn't realize it and I heard her in the back singing My hell, my hell, my hell. My lesson in this is that I had better pay attention to what comes on the radio from now on. I am always good at blocking things out when driving. For those who are moms, it becomes habit to block the not so pleasant sounds that are coming from the rear. Anyways, Abby is quite the girl when it comes to saying things. She has a very unique sense of humor. We love her very much!

Last Friday, the 10th of April, Ruben decided to power rake the lawn. Well, Abby went outside and discovered what he was doing and asked if she could drive the tractor. Soooo, what does daddy do? Let's her drive it all by herself!!! Oh my!
She was having a good ole time. She drug the rake around and around until it got dark. Abby thought she was pretty cool.

There she goes!

McKenna got mail!

McKenna showing us her surprise
All of the first graders were in a drawing contest for the KULR 8 News. McKenna had to draw a picture of the weather and whatever she wanted on it. Well, in the mail last week she recieved this letter from KULR 8 saying she had WON! She was so excited! They gave her a $25 gift card to Wendy's! McKenna explained to me the picture that she drew, but I am hoping I can get a copy of it and I will post it later.

Congratulations McKenna!

Sick Sick Sick

Well, this last couple of weeks have been interesting. Almost everyone in my family has been sick with something. Ruben started with a cold a couple of weeks ago and continued on with cough, sore throat, etc. He is still coughing! Whitney started to complain with a sore throat last Tuesday night after her basketball game. She went to school the next day and felt ok during the day. But in the evening around 6:00, she wasn't doing so well. She had a fever with a temp of 102.5. Whit's throat hurt so bad she could hardly swallow. She missed school on Thursday. Then on Friday, my mom and I and Abby and McKenna went to Powell to get groceries for Easter dinner. The whole time Abby was complaining of her tummy hurting. When we were on our way home, almost to Garland, she threw up. A lot of it! Pour thing! This continued through Sunday night until she fell asleep. Everything she would try to eat or drink came right back up. Monday morning she woke up and came running into my room and said, "Mommy, my tummy doesn't hurt anymore!" She was so excited to finally feel better! Abby and her sisters played all day long outside. Later that evening, daddy took them to the park while I stayed home and got some things done. This morning Abby woke up at 3:30 am and came into our bed and fell back asleep. At 4:30 am, she woke up and wanted to go and watch TV. Ok, whatever, I thought. Then at 5:30, just before Ruben woke up to go to work, I could hear her throwing up in the family room. She had her bowl that she has been carrying around since Friday and was throwing up in that. Bless her heart! Soooo, she stayed home from school today with a low grade fever and a really sore throat and a sore tummy! I pray that McKenna and I don't get the little bugs that have been going around our house. I am ready for us all to be healthy!
*This morning Abby had told me her throat hurt. So I said, "Can I look in your throat?" Abby opened wide and I said, "Yep, it's a little red." Then Abby asks, "Mommy, can I see your throat?" So I opened wide and said ahhhhhh. She said, "Yep, your goggles are red." I guess she meant to say tonsils!! LOL! Funny little girl!

A day at Preschool

Doing the Tooty Ta dance
Writing my name next to cousin Anessa

Teacher Abby

Teacher Blanca

Grandma Cheryl

Last Wed. the 1st of April, I went to school with Abby. I try and volunteer every month. The day is usually full of excitement. When we arrived at school, we had to go and wash hands first thing. Then we get to set our place on the table for breakfast. We had cinnamon raisin toast with oranges. Mmmmm, it was good. After breakfast, the kids get to brush their teeth while they play the song called "Brush Rap" for 2 minutes. Then it was time for circle. This is when they get to sing their alphabet song, and do some movement. The picture above with Abby dancing, they are doing their favorite song called the Tooty Ta. It is hilarious to watch the kids dance to this song! At circle, they were instructed to go and get their notebooks and practice writing their name. They got to go anywhere in the classroom and do it. When they were finished with that, it was time to plan centers. Abby planned science area, computer area, and listening area. Then when they were through with centers, we got to go outside and play. After outside time, we came in and washed up to get ready for lunch. Cooker Sandy made a very delicious lunch. We had ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, pineapple, and rolls. It tasted really good. Then it was time to go home! I enjoyed spending the day with my daughter at preschool.