Happy Easter to you and yours! High time to do a catch up, we have multiple holidays, events and visits to rehash. Settle in, here is the rundown on the past 2 months and the accompanying photos.
The kids are doing great. Preston continues to do well in Kindergarten. The school hosted a curriculum fair to display various projects which highlight the learning points the kids have master to move forward. We were so proud of Pres. He has learned so much this year. His teacher Ms Ducote passes on such great feedback, so pleased enjoys school so far. Pres's swimming is fantastic! We went snorkeling 2 times this past week. We were in the ocean, with plenty of current, plenty of sea life, coral and reef all around and depths in excess of 10'. He did amazing! Stayed by my side the entire time. Snorkel mask and fins with no issue. Made for a wonderful time. Really neat to do a grown up thing with him. His comfort level in the water makes all the viewing a great time. To see and hear his reactions to all the fish and a turtle was so rewarding. His sass and bossiness is still at the forefront but most of it is pretty creative. Glad for his little brain to work so well and quick but will be constant effort to remind him that he is the child and needs to listen. We will get there. Just part of the deal, right?
Meanwhile, Alexa is doing everything she can to catch up. In the past 2 months she has mastered crawling, going upstairs, standing up while holding onto things, scooting about the furniture and just yesterday she stood up and then let go. Moving so fast for us, not sure what the rush is. Her first tooth broke through, bottom right. It's neighbor is right behind, any day now. Happy girl though. Always has a smile on hand for us.
The Halsteds just left after being in Hawaii for 6 weeks. Was great to have them here, always nice to have family around. If we could convince the fam to move here we would never leave. Anyhow we spent lots of time showing sites and introducing them to yummy food. Just a great time. We even got to celebrate St Pattys with a corned beef feast. They hosted us over on the Big Island for a long weekend. It was our first hop there and well worth it. We fully intend to go back and spend more time with the Volcanoes. Preston spent his Spring Break with them and was treated to gardening and lots of beach time. Lucky duck! We are all missing them and thankful for the visit.
Easter was being talked about in the house for the past month. Preston has been discussing the need for decorations for the bunny and how we could help him. His Auntie Mandi went overboard last year and decorated every inch of her house for him. I can only imagine that we were a let down. Anyway we did 3 types of eggs, lollipops, paper chains and banners. The Bunny decorated accordingly and Pres seemed to be pleased. Additionally, since we didn't cook the eggs that Pres decorated the Bunny hid eggs in the house to make up for not setting out the fancy eggs with the baskets. Lots of fun this morning, a bit too early but still fun. Karley welcomed sweets back into her life and Reg gladly drank pop. No more meatless Fridays...woot woot! The family also made their way to Easter brunch and egg hunt at a restaurant downtown. Good times spent together.
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