A day in the park

We FINALLY got some really warm weather. 80 degrees for Spokane in April is really HOT. 82 degrees was the record for the day (yes I was a weather.girl in my past life. ha) So we took the kids to the park after naps on Sunday. Morgen's just learning how to stay on the swing by herself, but she did really good.

JaCee's 4 year pictures

JaCee's 4 year check up

JaCee had her 4 year check.up last week. It went great. She weight's in at a whopping 37lbs. Her weight is in the 70th percentile and her height is in the 90th. She is growing good & checked out great. The saddest part was the vaccinations. She asked me all day if she was going to have to get a shot. I told her I didn't know, because I really wasn't sure...and she would get such a sad face & say, but I don't want one mom. I wish I could have gotten one for her. She did end up needing 3 shots, but we only allow 2 "pokes" per visit, so we'll go back at another time for her one more before her kindergarten registration. (did I really just type that??)

She is still the light of our eyes. Every day she makes us smile & laugh & is still the best big sister I could have ever hoped for. There are day's when Morgen is so ornery to JaCee, I think if I were her....I would push her down or something a 4 year old would do, but JaCee doesn't. She is so patient with her little sister. Some of the things I hear her saying to Morgen:

After Morgen has fallen down --- "Morgen, don't cry --- your tuff. There's no blood. Let's go swing.
After Morgen has hit/pushed JaCee --- "Morgen! Do we do that??? Well, do we? NO! We don't! We don't hit and push! How would you like it it if I did that to you?

You still LOOOOVVVEE your babies. You "lost" your favorite baby Lacey (she was in the dress up tub when we finally found her) so you decided your next baby of choice was my cabbage patch doll I gave to you. Her name is Bobbi Jo & she fits in real new born clothes so I think that was the best part for you....dressing her up.

You love to change your outfits 100 times a day. It drives me crazy.

Your nap time was getting pretty short for a while there & I was afraid the dreaded day of no nap was coming soon --- but as soon as the weather got warmer and you have been outside playing with Morgen, your nap times just went back to the normal 2 hours. You go to bed about 830 or 9pm and get up about 730am. Nap at from 1-3.

(why did I change the tense this post was written in?)

Here you are all dressed up for picture day at school.

Easter

Easter for us this year was not a one day event...it was a weekend event! The weather was great & the girls are getting to an age of understanding how to find the eggs!  Sunday night as I was putting JaCee to bed, she said, "Mom...what holiday comes next?" OK. I think my daughter is getting this holiday fun thing. (I told her the next holiday is mommy's birthday & make sure you tell daddy that tomorrow!)

Saturday our church had an Easter egg hunt and fun stuff for kids to do. A Petting Zoo, jumpy house, games galore, etc. We took the girls to the hunt 1st. In one word. CRAZY. And this mom almost went crazy on the parent's who were pushing their kids and older siblings in front of us! I will confess I put a few eggs in Morgen's basket because I was getting concerned she wouldn't get any. She did manage to SLOWLY pick up a few amidst watching the chaos of other parent's & older siblings going absolutely crazy.

After the egg hunt for Morgen, I knew I could not handle another egg hunt for JaCee or I would honestly go crazy on a parent...so we shared some of Morgen's egg's with JaCee & headed off the bounce house & games.

After a couple hours of fun at church...we went home to lay Morgen down for a nap, clean up eat an early dinner & then headed back to church for Saturday evening service. After church, we stopped by some friends house to drop off Easter basket's I had made for their two kids, and then we all went to yogurt for dessert.

Sunday morning...JaCee was in our bedroom nice & early trying to convince us to get out of bed & see if the Easter Bunny had made a stop at our house. After opening the Easter basket's from us, we headed outside for an Easter egg hunt....then got ready & headed to Edwall for family dinner. It was a long weekend, but a lot of fun.

Morgen is more concerned with her Twix than the baby chicks!

A new Car...a new era...

I have mixed emotions about this life changing event! We sold our car & bought a mini.van. Oh my gosh, did I just say that? I did! We bought the min van about a month ago, and just sold my car last week. I was so sad to see my car go. I bought that car with full intentions of raising our family in it. And we could have if we wanted to, but a mini van seemed more practical for carpooling, etc. As it drove off I thought about bringing the girls him from the hospital in it...thinking about the day's of pulling over on the side of the road to calm JaCee down from screaming when she was a colicky baby. I have a lot of memories in that car, and I was sad to see it go. It does make the transition a little easier since I am IN LOVE WITH my mini.van. And the girl that bought it lives just down the street, so I see it go buy all the time...and if JaCee sees it go buy ---- she screams! Mom ~ there goes our car!

Long hair ... to short hair

Morgen's 1st pig.tails that I could get ALL her hair fit in.

And today ---- JaCee went from hair this long....

It might not look too different in the pictures but she got about 4 inches cut off. Her hair was almost to the middle of her back & I got it cut in a bob...with a little bit of a stack in the back. It looks ADORABLE! Course I think she would look cute no matter what!

Easter Egg hunt with Great Grandma Pat

Our weather has been NON.Stop raining. Yes, we live in the pacific northwest where we are "suppose" to get a lot of rain in the spring, but we broke a March record for SO much rain. So Sad! I am ready for some sunshine & fun outside.

Last Saturday we went to an Easter Egg hunt at Great Gma (Matt's Grandma) Pat's retirement home. We were suppose to do it outside, but due to the above mentioned ---- RAIN --- it was inside.

The girls so much fun. JaCee loved seeing the Easter Bunny. She asked him if he would "hop" for her and sadly....he said, "NO!" What kind of Easter bunny says no? (the kind that was probably sweating inside his costume)

Grandma Pat & some of her grand kids.

Grandma has a bird named Charlie the kids are in love with.

The Easter Bunny gave JaCee a high five...

Eli, Morgen & JaCee.....The smiles say it all!

JaCee & her cousin Zachary won egg's that had tickets for special prizes in them....