Ready for Kindergarten

Well, now that it is April it's time to register

for Kindergarten. We filled out all the paper

work, went to Kindergarten round up, met the

teachers, saw the classrooms, now we only need

to get shots to be completely done!! So today we

went and got shots, yes, shots!! Not 1, not 2, but 5!!

Jolene had to get 5 shots. Even before I knew she

needed 5 shots she said you get the amount of shots

for your age so she would get 5 and Raychel

would get 8!! Well, she had to get

5 and Raychel

only needed 1. She was fine thinking she would

get 5 because Raychel was getting more, when

we found out Raychel only needed 1, it became

unfair!! Needless to say she did great!! She got

one in her leg, and two in each arm. The last shot

hurt the worst and will hurt the longest. She got

teary eyed on the third one but really cried on the

last one. The nurse felt really bad, but if you think

of what the alternative is the tears are worth it!!

I have two very brave, healthy little girls!!

Bye Baby Chick

It was a sad day at preschool. The next time Jolene

goes to school the baby chicks will be at their new

home. Jolene had this great plan to bring her favorite

little black chick home. It would live in a gerbil cage,

we would buy it chicken food and have an animal

water bottle in case it got thirsty. Then when it got

to big we would take it to a farm. She was convinced

this would work. It was so hard to tell her no. Of course

I don't want a chicken, but it really broke her heart to

say good bye. Ms. Debbie said she had really become

a "mother hen" to that one chick. After the tears we

got some great pictures of the little chick and her holding it.

Keep Away

After sitting through General Conference

and "listening" to the speakers and doing

quiet things the girls decided to go watch

one of their movies in Raychel's room. Ward

and I both said it wouldn't last long to sit still

and watch the movie.

Then out of nowhere all this
loud giggling, laughing, screaming
"That's it, I'm going to get you!!"
The game was on!!


The game one started of keep away
and wrestling that the other
couldn't resist!!

The hysterical laughing had both
running to separate bathrooms fast!!
But then it was on again!!

A great day to be early!!

Jolene's preschool class has been watching

with great excitement for the past 21 days

for the baby chicks to hatch!! Ms. Debbie

made sure the chicks would be on different

schedules so all of her classes would be

able to see them actually hatch.

Jolene was the first child at school today

and got to witness one hatching from

beginning to end. It was amazing.

The one in the picture started hatching at the

beginning of class and was only this far when

class ended.

And they have!!

Ms. Debbie said Jolene wasn't far away
from the box all day.

Let's Go Fly A Kite

The wind was perfect Saturday to fly a kite.

First we started with Ward's

kite we got before children

when we went to the coast

for a vacation. Lets just say it didn't work very well.

It would go up...but came
back down again.

And even found the a tree. (yes if you look close that is Ward in the tree)

We finally went to the

neighborhood store and bought little $1 kites for the girls.

They worked great!! We had a wonderful family

Saturday doing nothing and loving it!!

Jolene loved flying her Dora kite until her hands got too cold and she passed it off.

If you look

high in the

sky you will see the Dora kite.

Friday Night

Friday evening we had a great time.

We ordered pizza, watched a great movie,

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.

The girls and I love this part when Mr.

Magorium dances on bubble wrap. We

so want to do that!!

Raychel made a dessert they

had at school for a class party.

I know it looks..interesting. It's just

chocolate pudding, oreos and gummy

worms to look like dirt. They had

so much fun making their own. It was

a hit with the girls and Ward.

Then the lights went out for a few hours and the sister sleep over became a family sleep over in our room!!

Blowing Bubbles

A great way to pass the time!!

The girls love to blow bubbles

and see who can get the most.

It never fails, one bubble blower

always works better then the other.

This time it's Jolene's that worked the best!!

Field Trip

Today for Pre-school Jolene's class went

to the
Lamb Ranch. It is always fun to see the

baby lambs!! These little lambs were only 2

days old.

Jolene didn't want to understand

why we

couldn't bring one home!! Where

do I start!!??

The kids got to hold the baby lambs

get a "ride"
on the tractor, and have snack on

the hay bails.

Easter

What a great day!! Another great Easter tradition

is of course the new Easter dresses. This year they

wanted yellow!! Well, we found them!! After church

we had our Easter egg hunt and finished preparing

the meal. It was a really nice day. The church meetings

were beautiful, very spiritual. It was a great day

to remember our Savior and his sacrifice for us,

to know that because of the resurrection we

may live as an eternal family.

Preparing for Easter

I really enjoy Easter!!

We had a great day Saturday

coloring the Easter Eggs and seeing what great

colors we could come up with. We made our traditional

Easter bunny cake, and prepared some of the

great salads to go with Easter dinner. When Raychel was little she came across a picture of me with my siblings holding the Easter bunny cake we had made and every since we have made it our families tradition as well. Everyone gets involved with what kind of frosting, what the face will look like to turning coconut into "grass". It's a lot of fun!!

A great way to end Spring Break

The last day of Spring Break Ward

took the day off!! We went to

Kidz Plex, out to lunch and to the movie

"Horton Hears A Who".

What a

great movie.

There is nothing better

then hearing

the girls laugh and being

out of town as a family!!

Beginning of Spring Break!!

What a great week off!! Or as Raychel says,
"10 days off!!" We hung out with friends,

had picnics, did crafts, went to the parks and Ward

even took a day off to spend time with the us during

Spring Break!