Vivi's Interview 2012

Clay's Interview 2012

Carter's Interview 2012

A Visit

Since we're headed back to CA in 4 short weeks, we decided to make a quick jaunt over to Mississippi to visit my grandparents. Obviously, it's going to be hard to see them very much once we're in CA. We spent the night at my Aunt's house and had a quick visit with my grandparents on Saturday evening and then had lunch with them on Sunday afternoon. We brought Bailey along and were hoping to arrive and then leave without incident. But, as I'm sure you can guess, those times are few and far between. My Aunt let the 5 of us (+1 dog) have her master bedroom and sometime during the night, Bailey laid on their long designer curtains and pulled them straight out of the wall and down onto herself. ~sigh~ The kids weren't too bad, just bored. We were planning on allowing them to get their wiggles out by swimming, but a cold front came in Saturday night and ruled that out.

Some delicious fried chicken, mashed potatoes and peas.

At Ma Bettie's and Grandad's house

with Grandad

MaBettie joined us too

Vivi and Aunt Sally

Clay was a disaster come lunchtime Sunday afternoon. And this was before our drive home. 

Field Day

Every year, the preschool does a Field Day. And again, I SWORE I posted about it last year, but alas, I cannot find it. My memory is worthless these days. But, it is exactly how you would expect it to be. The kids practice the month prior and the parents come for the 'big day' to watch them compete in events. Everyone goes home with a participation ribbon and goes home dirty and happy.

This was the best shot I got of Carter running through the tunnel, Carter was on team Orange.

Clay was on the blue team

A Preschool rainbow

The 'egg' race.

The hula jump

The sack race

look at that concentration

The softball throw

Foot race

Popping a balloon

Carter popped it before I could get a picture of course.

Everyone wins first prize!

Carter plays Tball

Carter started Tball in March. He liked soccer okay, but so far he hasn't quite found his love for tball. We don't want to be pushy sports parents or anything, but he's at least got to finish out the season. We want him to get exposure, try out sports and see what he likes. If he loves all of them, great. If he hates them, well, then that's fine too I guess. And while we're here, at a locale that HAS THINGS TO DO we're damn well going to do them. Because, guess what? We're moving abck to Edwards in 2 months and THEY HAVE NO PROGRAMS OR ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT BASE ANYMORE. Not that they started out with much, But believe it or not, they have less than they did 2 years ago. But, I digress. That is another post for another time. Here are some pictures of Carter's first game.

Easter Festivities

Our computer has been on the fritz, again. It's been hanging on by a thread for awhile now. Luckily, my husband is a smart guy that can patch it up for awhile until it tries to die again. UNluckily, he does not work for Apple so we cannot buy a Macbook for a reasonable price.
The Thursday before Easter, Carter and Clay's preschool had an Easter egg hunt and fire station field trip. My parents came into town on Friday, we went to church Sunday morning (I am really going to miss our church here!) and they left on Tuesday. It was - as always - too short of a visit. But I was so glad to see them for an extended weekend.

The teachers did something new this year. I tried to find the post that I swore I wrote last year about socialized Easter egg hunting. But, apparently it only exists in my head. My point was that the kids were all only allowed to grab 12 eggs. Which I guess is fair and all, but 12 eggs takes about 30 seconds to collect. So the hunt was really short and over by the time we all knew what was going on. This year, they tried something different by writing each child's name on 12 eggs. Well, that's fine and dandy for the kids who are reading, (maybe 1/4 of the class?) but it really left most of the kids frustrated and the babies confused. Vivi had no idea why she could only pick up certain eggs. Clay was upset that he was left to walk slowly and check all the eggs for his name while Carter zoomed off on his own. Of course, no one seemed to be able to find all their own eggs, and after 20 minutes, all the parents grabbed all the leftover eggs, put them in a pile and sorted through them ourselves. Carter actually loved it, and was a good resource after he had found most of his eggs. He would pick up any eggs around him and just take them to the rightful owner. Hm, neither year's idea worked perfectly, but alas, there are bigger problems in the world than perfect Easter egg hunting schemes. 

Carter showing off his loot

Eating lunch

This is Clay and Tatiannah, She lives a few houses down from us, and we carpool with her. I take all the kids to school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and Tatiannah's mom brings Carter home. It is a nice deal considering Clay doesn't stay the whole day and I pick him up at noon.

Right next door to the park where we hunted eggs was the fire station. The kids got the standard peek inside the fire truck and tried on some of the gear. Here is Clay getting a turn at the hose.

Our plan was to take pictures before church, but we were running behind and decided we would just have to do it when we got home. Everyone was really cranky and hungry of course. 

You may remember this dress as the notorious wedding dress from JC Pennys in BFE.

Seriously, this was the best family picture we took.

Me, my mom and dad.

Vivi is not happy about this.