Good Times

Coloring Easter eggs, Easter egg hunts outside, outside fun in the park. What fun I had with Kaitlyn, Lauren and Grandma Debby!

Kaylie's Second Easter

Ms. Kaitlyn wrote...
It's almost Easter! Kaylie is so happy. She's enjoying the bunny ears we got her. She also puts the cellophane over her head! I bought her, her first ball, with my own money! She loves it!!!!!!!!!!!!! She also knows how to say it.Her first word in the morning is ball, ball,ball. It's always ball!!

JellyBeans

Ms. Beth wrote...
We went to Children's Orchard to get a few outfits for Kaylie because she is growing so fast. There was an Easter egg hunt in the store and the Easter bunny was there! Kaylie was a little scared of the Easter bunny but she enjoyed the hunt. Appearently it is easiest to take eggs out of other kid's baskets. Too bad I hadn't let her keep those ones. She did get some herself, though, and best of all she ate her first jellybeans! One red and one orange. Yum! Kaylie was very ready for a nap. She was crying as I prepared the bottle and screamed during her diaper change. She didn't want anything but to be held and have her bottle! I hope she is OK on the drive to Ohio.

Remembering

Ms. Beth wrote...
This morning Kaylie was sitting on the kitchen floor in her pajamas and using her feet to spin herself in a circle. Watching her, I remembered doing that myself when I was a child. I also remembered how ridiculously fun it was to just use my body all the time. Kids just need to keep moving. As a caretaker of children I know that- but in watching Kaylie that knowledge moved suddenly and impulsively from my head to my heart- and my body remembered! So I sat on the floor with Kaylie an we made circles together- laughing all the time! Thank-you Kaylie, for reminding me how to play!

One Cold to Rule Them All

Ms. Beth wrote...
Kaylie's still recovering She played quietly, watched a little Sesame Street and took a warm bath. It's quite cold outside so we didn't go out. Because of her congestion, whenever she squeals the noise that comes out makes me think of a (baby) Ring-Wraith! It's horrific and sort of funny at the same time.

Palm Sunday

Well, I almost stayed awake; I fell asleep during the last five minutes of the Palm Sunday Mass. Mommy had to carry me to the Parish Center where Grandpa Peters and his friends from the Men's Club were working hard hosting a Pancake All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast. They had over 400 people show up and taste the plain scrambled eggs. western-style scrambled eggs, ham, sausage, pancakes, french toast, bread pudding, hashbrowns and coffee and OJ. I woke up after everyone had eaten and just in time to watch two young boys rough-housing. Good times.

Grandma and Grandpa's House

Yesterday we drove to Manistee so that we could play at Grandma and Grandpa's house over the weekend. This afternoon when the sun was shining high, I explored the vast yard (front and back) and even went over to play on the neighbor's swing set. I pointed to the many birds that would fly above the trees, studied the texture of several dry leaves and twigs, and used a pussy-willow branch as a wand waving it up-and-down and all-a-round. I can't wait until the weather gets even warmer, so that I can explore the lake below! No matter, because until then, inside the house, I had lots of fun with the duplo blocks, "TumbleBus" balloon from Lauren's birthday party, and Dixie's sqeekly soccer ball.