Easter......Old Friends....Birthdays and of course the "Whiz Freedom Urinating Aid"

So first things first......I'm glad a few people know how to have fun and make some guesses on my last post. My cousin Suzie was the first to get it right......she even called to confirm it with me. I came across it the other week as I was looking through the new MEC catalog. I got quite the chuckle from it.......the thing that even made me laugh more is that you can buy an attachment hose that gives you enough accuracy to write your name in the snow. Nice......the things they think up for us ladies!!!

Enough on that.......the Easter Bunny made a stop at our house again this year much to the kids delight. It was soooooo funny to listen to all the things they said. I wish I had written them all down. Jeff and I were still awake at 2 a.m reading when we heard Jessica shout out with delight that the Easter Bunny had come........she then proceeded to wake Sarah and inform her of this fantastic news. For the next few minutes you could hear them scamming and schemeing to get out of their beds. I think Sarah was the first to make a pee trip........her report was 3 eggs in the bathroom.....some how she missed the 9 on the back of the sink.....my guess is she was so sleepy she forgot to wash her hands.....tsk....tsk....Jessica was the next out of bed after hearing that report......she made a pit stop on route to the bathroom to show us the carrot note in the hallway. I really was afraid that they wouldn't go back to sleep but somehow they did. The next morning they were up and ready to go. For anyone who knows Jacob he is a very sound sleeper and super hard to wake up.....very hard. Once he heard Jessica say the Easter Bunny had come he BOLTED out of bed RUNNING.......it was too cute!!! They had fun hunting their eggs......and looking at their treats. I have a new theory that if it can't fit in the basket it's not meant for Easter. I guess I don't want it to become a crazy present holiday. That would take away from the true meaning of why we celebrate the holiday. My kids were quite excited with the candy treats they got, their new books and underwear.......Jake was especially excited about the underwear!!! I'll be glad when all the chocolate is gone because at this point I just can't stop eating it:)

My Jessica Rabbit.....

Miss Georgia Bunny.....

My Sarah Rabbit....

My Jake Rabbit too.......

Easter Monday brought together some of my old friends from highschool. It was such a fun time to get together. Kim was in town with her hubby Simon and daughter Grace so we all hooked up at Kate's place for a visit. Kate has 2 kiddos......Miles is 2 and Charlotte is 5 months.......Gill has Libby who is almost 10 months.......and Kim has Grace who is 9 months. It was fun to see Libby, Grace and Georgia together as they are only 28 days apart. Hopefully we'll be able to hook up next time Kim is back in town and that it won't take us 10 years to get together again!! It was a great time and I'm so glad we pulled it off.

Miss Grace

Miss Libby

Miss Georgia

The big guy....Miles.....no Charlotte shots....she

wasn't too happy....cutting teeth!!

Birthdays have begun!!!! Jake kicks off birthdays in our house and he turned 4 this past Friday. I still can't believe that he is that old already. We had family and friends over for some cake, ice-cream and finger foods. Jake was soooooo good at opening his presents. He even put all the garbage in the bag before moving on to the next thing. We got him a bike this year as he out grew last years and he has been riding it ever since. I don't think that we are going to be able to keep up with him this year at Keji. The other favorites have been the Shake n' Go cars......we have had a few crashes......but lots of laughs and his adventure backpack. It has gone everywhere.......the girls sometimes use it more then him but still lots of fun. I like the real flashlight/lantern it came with.....it works really well....it has been tested lots.

Testing out the new wheels....

Checking out his books....

Getting ready to blow out his candles.....

On that note.....not to much else to report. Jeff is gone to a kayaking course with Luke Petersen tonight. They are learning how to roll their kayaks. I can't wait to get them to show me on the lake when it's warmer. Jeff is excited to have someone to kayak with and I'm hoping that Jessica and I will get to go out sometime with them too!!! I'm excited to test out the new kayak this spring. I haven't been up to much more......got Georgia's birth certificate today and SIN numbers for all the kiddies. I want to get her passport done in the next few months so I figured I best start now. Sarah is a little under the weather tonight......hoping it passes so I can send her back to school but at this point it is a waiting game. I'm off to read some more of my book......"Three weeks with my brother"......such a good read.....and maybe do some laundry......I will try and be better at getting updates done......till then......