A busy Saturday...

Today was a busy Saturday!! We started off getting the kids in their swim suits and then out the door for Swimming Lessons. Sorry no pics today! Shaun took them swimming while I ran to the Recreation Department downtown to sign Christopher up for Soccer with the Plainville Soccer Club. Fun, fun, fun! After swimming and soccer sign up Shaun and Anneli headed up to UCONN Storrs to check on some contractors Shaun had working. Christopher and I ran a few errands and then we raced to a birthday party for his friend Justin from school. It was a fun party. It was at T-Bowl Lanes in Newington--it's known as the "Largest Duck Pin Center in the World!" Christopher had fun bowling and hanging out with his friends.

After the bowling party, Christopher and I rushed home because my mother in law and her friend Jim were supposed to stop by that evening as they traveled back home to New Hampshire from their vacation in Florida. When I got home, Shaun was slaving away in the kitchen cooking his yummy lasagna recipe and making a salad for supper. What an awesome guy! He even made two extra pans of lasagna, or as Anneli calls it, "zania" to put in the freezer for later! Yummy!! :)

We all had a nice visit with Memere from NH and Jim. We had a great supper, visited with them a bit, watched a few minutes of TV and then we all went to bed! Everyone was exhausted! thanks for stopping by Memere and Jim! It was great to see you!

How Fast are YOU!?

I saw this on a few friends BLOGS (Brandi, RAE and Susan)and thought I'd give it a try! I LOVE to type! I'm not that bad either!

89 words

Speed test

Give it a try and see how fast YOU are! Then let me know! :)

Prima Ballerina!

As you can see in the Easter Bunny Picture, Anneli was wearing her pink tutu. She wore it all day shopping and we all enjoyed a ballet performance that evening!

Outdoor Fun!

Springlike weather has started to spring here in good old Connecticut! I hope it stays! After our Encounter with the Easter Bunny and shopping at the mall, we went back to my parents house and the kids went outside to play with my mom. They had a blast!

They played Hopscotch.

They rode their bikes.

They played with Lily and Aunt Valerie, who was finally feeling better!

We took a walk around the block.

Christopher even made "X marks the spot" marks all over Memere and Pepere's walkway. Opps! If it was me I would have gotten into trouble! It's funny how Grandchildren can do no wrong! :)

It was a FUN Springlike day!

Easter Bunny Encounter

As you can see, Christopher, Anneli and I had our picture taken with the Easter Bunny today! We went to West Farms Mall with Aunt Valerie and Memere. As we walked around the mall, Christopher really wanted to see the Easter Bunny. Anneli thought differently. She cried and wanted to stay on the second floor of the mall as far from the Easter Bunny as she could! There was NO way she was going. I knew that if Christopher got his picture with the Easter Bunny she would be disappointed, so I grabbed her and went with them. The Easter Bunny was good, he didn't touch her at all and the photographer was great! He must have snapped about 5 pictures! When we were finished, Anneli gave the Easter Bunny a high five and went off with Aunty Valerie. As I waited to pay for the picture I could hear her tell Aunt Val, "I do like him. He's nice." She kept talking about him the whole way home. I'm glad I forced her to see him!

Chris and his magic finger nails.

Christopher totally hates having his finger nails cut. He screams and kicks if we try to cut them, so we cut his nails while he is asleep. It’s just easier and there is no fighting to deal with, since he is getting so big and very strong. Last night I made a comment on how fast his nails grow--heck I wish mine would grow as fast as his do! Of course he said they were fine and that he'd take care of them. Last night after he fell asleep Shaun went in his room and cut his fingernails. This morning when he was at the kitchen table eating breakfast he said, “Wow, all my nails peeled off last night!” After a while he was thinking and talking with Anneli and he asked me, “Does someone cut them when I’m asleep…” Shoot, maybe Anneli was awake! I told him he’d have to ask Dad. Dang! He's too smart for us, now he knows our little secret!

Anneli the "snipper"

Anneli LOVES her little pair of scissors. Everyday she'll play on the computer, print something out and then cut, or as she calls it "snip", it out. She's been really obsessed with Holly Hobbie paper dolls lately. She doesn't understand the paper doll concept but she cuts them out and then glues the clothes on the doll! Oh well, she has so much fun and it's good for her fine motor skills!