Happy Spring Day

First Day of Spring was Wed. March 20.  We celebrated early last Sat.  The weather was beautiful!!  Its turned cold again after this day, but it was perfect weather for our annual Spring Day celebration!

Waiting for the guys to hide all the spring eggs

And they're off

Seems as though Caroline was not pleased that her eggs were hidden so well.  On a side note, Mark noticed a boy and his mom taking off with some eggs(which would be ok if we had unlimited, but I'm a bit of a planner and had 10 eggs for each kid, with a color code and sticker on each one).  So Mark confronted the woman and she said, Oh this isn't a public activity to which he said no, can you give me back the egg? Oh and then he had to have her go to her car and get the egg from her son!!  Judson was still missing 4 at the end, so I think someone else was happy!!(note to self, make some extra eggs next year for curious people)

Dying Spring Eggs.  Thanks to Granny Morel for bringing in the stash from the states the night before Spring day!!!  What a treat!!!

And, thankfully our neighbor came and hung out with us for the festivities.  His dad got online and came over the night before asking if he needed to bring some homemade eggs:)  I said no, just bring a basket.

Another note to self:  Next year grab Judsons basket before he gets inside.  He had eaten EVERYTHING by the time I found him.  And then he pounded this cup of dirt cake!!!  Happy Spring friends.  I hear the cherry blossoms are out on campus.  Hopefully I can get there before they are gone!!

 

 

 

 

Another round of hair cuts

Why does kids hair grow so fast?  I can't keep up.  Did I tell you about last time Jud got his hair cut?  They decided to do a dry wash.  He was ok with that, but when it came time to lay down and wash out the soap, he was having nothing to do with it.  Li and I held him down while he kicked and screamed.  Then I held him down to get his hair cut.  Lets just say that it was shorter. . .  in some spots.

This day, wise mom went with no wash.  He was calm.  Not smiling, but calm.

Such a funny face.

Lawrence, like me, enjoys a good wash and massage.

And a mohawk doesn't hurt.

This is Emma's first hair cut in a salon.  She wasn't so sure at first.

Yahoo, I'm done, and I got 2 lollipops out of those guys.

She asked me yesterday when she could get her hair cut again.

At the park with new haircuts!

Lisa let us borrow a bike, and after moving the seat down, Emma can ride!!

Special Announcement

Our family is growing by 2 feet!  

Estimated arrival in early September 2013.

Home again

I started this post the day we got home.  Then the cold, my tiredness, the messy house, and the kids sickness got in the way.  I feel more hopeful today, evidenced by thinking about putting some pics up here for you all.  Enjoy.

On the way home the boys kept asking about where we were going.  They weren't so sure where or what "Home" was!  It was hilarious.  Lawrence kept saying things like, "will I ever see my legos again?"  Judson just couldn't remember where home was, or what it was like.  3 weeks on the road, staying in 4 different places will do that!  Don't feel bad tho, the kids are so adjustable it really doesn't phase them.  They seem to like the adventure of it.  There favorite things we talked about on the way home was, breakfast buffets, swimming, and the beach.

I'm glad to be home, tho we are all adjusting to being cold again.

We did get our 90 day visas!

The kids all did fevers and colds.  Emma is the last one to get it.

The worst thing that happened was that I dropped my camera in the Gulf of Thailand when Judson fell off a plastic dolphin.  It was actually shallow water that he could stand in, but I felt better about ruining my camera when I think that I saved Jud. So, enjoy these pics, as I'm without for a few weeks.  Another is on the way from the States with a friend!

Its New Years around here this weekend, so I need to get out and stock up on some food.

Enjoy some pics of the time away and of Carolines 8th birthday!

Off to see the elephants with our friends

Feeding baby elephants

Lets just say I was ready to get off the second I sat on.  I may have a death grip on those kids.

Carolines birthday scavenger hunt thanks to Li Ayi.

Bday pedicure

Thankful for 2 weeks of great childcare

And this is the second before I dropped the camera