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4.13.2008

Spring Break Highlights

Well, we didn't go away anywhere for Spring Break this year, but we did do a lot of fun things. Here we go.....

On Tuesday, Grandma Catey took us all to McDonald's PlayPlace for lunch and to the movie theatre to see Horton Hears a Who! Natalie was jumping up and down in her seat, screaming, yelling at the screen, so excited, scared. She absolutely loved it. Amanda was glued to the screen too! Ryan eventually gave in and took his nap. Daddy even snuck away from work for a 'long lunch' and saw the movie w/us. Can't wait for this one to come out on DVD!



And then back to Grandma's house to play. Natalie climbed the tree and also found a birdie's nest that had fallen out of the tree on to the ground. I had to put it in a ziploc b/c it was making quite a mess, but here it is.

Wednesday was a day of rest and play at home. Natalie rode her new bike for a few minutes. But still too cold to be outside for too long. She's doing great.

On Thursday, Ryan had his 9-month checkup. Daddy came along too!

Here are his stats:

Weight: 23 lbs.
Length: 28"
75th %'ile

What a big boy. He did great and his doctor was very pleased to see how well he is progressing w/his milestones. So are we! :) And no immunizations this time, yeah!

After Ryan's checkup, we met Grandma Catey and headed to the Children's Museum. It had started snowing and by the time we got there the parking lot was full and it was very chaotic since it was Good Friday and everyone was out of school. I decided at that point we should go there another day and we headed to Odyssey Fun World instead and had an absolute blast!


Although the kids played a lot of games, the funnest part was the EXPLORATION ADVENTURE, where we spent most of our time. You could be in this thing for days!
And we ended the afternoon with snack...Natalie had a big pretzel and Amanda had pink & blue ice cream dots!

Friday...A week off of school and Natalie was looking for a new adventure. She asked us how she could make money. Scott told her she could do chores. At first she didn't think that was such a great idea (but has since bought in to it!) He also mentioned that she could make something and try to sell it to her Grandma (who would buy anything from her wonderful little granddaughter!) So she decided to make art. She designed this dress and came up with a price: 4 quarters + 5 cents ($1.05) - so Scott made a price tag for it, stapled it to her design and we went to Grandma's house. Guess what....Grandma bought it! What a smart little girl Natalie is. What a concept. I don't think I could have been so creative at that age or shoot, even now?!?


Her first piece of art SOLD - for $1.05!

Saturday...

Ryan plays dress-up and masters the pincer grasp with a little star treat!
Sunday...

What a big boy - so strong!
We celebrate Uncle Tony's 27th birthday and Amanda helps him blow out the candles!

4.11.2008

The last of Easter pictures...

We ended Easter day at Grandma Diamond and Papa Painter's house. Dinner, presents, visiting. Most everyone was too full to even have dessert. How did that happen?!?
The kids arrive 'in style' in their fancy coats.


Amanda gives Grandma the cross she made. Grandma LOVED it!


The grandchildren in their Easter best. Natalie has on her pearls!

Natalie was beside herself she she got the Barbie Mariposa DVD from G&G and Ryan was amused with his Easter basket from Uncle Tommy & Auntie Cassie (and his Pat the Bunny DVD from G&G)

The girls strike a pose in their new sunglasses and Amanda plants a big kiss on Uncle Tommy!

Auntie-to-be Mary & Auntie Cassie looking cute!

4.07.2008

Easter Morning Hysteria

I'm doing all of this in bits and pieces, but there were so many great pix from Easter. So here is Easter morning...egg hunt, baskets, presents!




Papa Dan arrived in the middle of the chaos. Lucky Papa!

Easter Eve - Countdown to the Bunny

We rushed home Easter Eve from the Catey's after a wonderful day of food and family. We still had eggs to decorate and the Easter Bunny still had to hide those eggs, fill baskets & put a bike together for Natalie and assemble Ryan's push-along buggy. Scott dropped the girls and I off at the house and ran to Mom's to p/u the gifts that have been hiding in her garage while Ryan slept in the minivan. I got started on decorating the eggs with the girls....Ahhhh! The Easter Bunnies were up very late, but it was so worth it when we all woke up and went downstairs in the morning and discovered what the Bunny left! Wow!
I gave Amanda her new art apron I picked up from Land of Nod. She's been using a piece of material as her apron and wanted 'one like Natalie's'. So she got the pretty pink one w/flowers. The girls loved mixing colors and making new colors (PURPLE!)
Here are they are, ready to be hidden by the Easter Bunny!
Natalie, Amanda & Ryan's Easter baskets

This is what the kids came downstairs to in the morning....Natalie got her bike w/training wheels, Amanda got her Hello Kitty rocking chair and Ryan got his push-along buggy!
Thanks Easter Bunny!

4.06.2008

Easter 2008 - At the Catey's

Here are some Easter pictures from the day before Easter when we celebrated the holiday with Scott's side of the family.

Family Photo

The Kids and the Cousins

Amanda & Ryan in their vintage dress coats that my mother-in-law dug out and had cleaned for Easter. They were worn by Daddy & his siblings when they were children, 30+ years ago!
The lamb cake was so cute and Ryan and cousin Austin play like boys do.
Grandma Catey had all kinds of crafts lined up for the kids to work on! Like painting Easter eggs and making bracelets!

All of the girls line up, by size and ran dowstairs for the Easter egg hunt, which was so fun to watch!

Natalie gives Grandma the cross that she made and Grandma LOVED it, of course!