Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was very busy, and went by way too fast but we had a lot of fun. Saturday I took the girls to see the Easter Bunny. Kenzie was absolutely terrified and started crying and refused to sit by him. Brooklyn was a little weirded out by him but didn't mind sitting by him for a picture. We went to an egg hunt at the park and a grocery store here does a fun little thing for kids so we went to that too. They got balloons and all sorts of goodies. That afternoon we had a baby shower for my nephew Brandon's baby-boy-to-be. Our Easter was great! The Easter Bunny brought the girls pretty new dresses that unfortunately they couldn't wear because it just wasn't warm enough. It still turned out to be a pretty nice day outside. Both our parents and my brothers came out and we had dinner together. We are so lucky to be so close to our families and to able to spend time with them.

To the farm we go!

Friday we went to Baby Animal Days. It is always so much fun. Brooklyn is an animal lover and this year she was old enough to appreciate the animals. It was so funny to watch her she was not scared of anything, and so curious about everything! She even touched a snake! She was climbing the fences to get a better look and even convinced her sister it was ok to get in there and pet the animals. Kenzie preferred to pet through the fence until Brooklyn got right in there with a baby calf and was "loving" it. Then Kenzie did too. Same thing happened with the pigs and goats. Isn't it usually the big sister convincing the little one to do things? Kenzie was so interested in learning about the Indians. They had a teepee set up and she went in, sat on a buffalo rug and watched the lady mash meat, nuts and berries and make pemmican, then she got to try some.

Coloring eggs

We had a very busy weekend planned so we colored eggs Thurdsay night. They had fun and thanks to Brooklyn and her one hand not being functional we had a lot of broken eggs. Good thing they are cooked first! I tried to hold them for her so she could color on them, but she'd have none of it. She's quite independent these days. As always Kenzie is the little artist and had to make each one just perfect.

Aren't they pretty?

Easter fun!

Savanah came to play on Wednesday. With Easter coming up we hid the eggs and found them about a hundred times. We also decorated a big paper egg. These girls have SOOO much fun together!

Kenzie's week?

After the horrible week that Brooklyn had last week, on Wednesday Kenzie does this...

She ran smack into the back of our recliner, we were wondering if it was going to be the start of a bad week for her but LUCKILY it was an isolated incident! Over the next couple days it turned all black under her eye but is looking better now.

The funniest thing...

The funniest thing happened this morning. Kenzie loves to listen to Taylor Swift, so much that she has all her songs practically memorized. Well, I am at a point where I just can't hear anymore of it so I got out a discman so she could still listen to her cd but I could enjoy something different for a change. Funny thing is she is in the back seat listening to it on the way to my mom's this morning and she is just belting out the songs so loud I still can't hear the radio. So again, I found my self listening to Taylor Swift through the voice of my little girl....

I didn't mind it so much this way. It was so cute!

A Rough Week!

I just want to start off by saying.... I'm so glad that last week is over!!! The week started off with being totally stressed out because of layoffs at Chad's work on Tuesday. We weren't sure how things would go since Chad has been there just five years, which may seem like a lot but he's sort of new in his department and most of the guys he works with have been there 20 or even 30 + years. We are grateful to report he still has his job. So after that we thought the rest of the week would go much better, not so.... Brooklyn wakes up Wednesday morning looking like this....

It's kind of hard to see but she had a rash all over her back and tummy. She had just had a shot and was taking amoxicillin for an ear infection. We weren't sure which caused it but I checked and she'd had the same shot before so that likely wasn't it but she's never had amoxicillin before so I figured that was the cause. I freaked out because Chad has a really bad allergic reaction to it when he was little and I thought Oh No! What if she is too? I called the doctor, waited 2 LOOONG hours for them to call me back and say that sometimes amoxicillin causes a rash, they don't really need to see her, and that I should keep giving it to her. WHAT? I'm sorry, but does that sound crazy to anyone else? With only a couple days of it left I decided against giving her more and over the next 4 days watched it move all over her body, down her arms, legs, up to her face and even her feet. Can you imagine if I'd given her more? Then to top it off on Friday I am looking forward to a nice relaxing day at home, finally without worry and nothing to really do. Well, it didn't really work out that way! McKenzie goes to shut her bedroom door because she's cleaning it and Brooklyn is not such a big help when it comes to cleaning, and catches Brooklyn's finger in the door. I tell you what, I have never seen anything like it. Her finger was literally flat! It was black and blue and cut in 2 places. I was sure it was broken! I rushed her to the doctor, before I could get shoes and jackets on and out to the car it had nearly doubled it's normal size and she is just screaming in pain!

Then to add to it, McKenzie feels sooo bad and I'm trying to convince her that she's not in trouble and that I know it was an accident so she will stop crying too. I honestly don't know how, and the doctor seemed just as surprised as I was but her finger is not broken. Thank goodness! It is really swollen still and bruised pretty bad so we have to keep it splinted like this for the next couple weeks.

She keeps trying to take it off and she hates getting it wrapped back up after her bath, but otherwise she's been a pretty good sport about it. So needless to say I'm ready for the start of a new week. We have a lot of fun stuff going on that I am excited about and although I know it could have been worse I am hoping this week goes better than last week! So far the weather has been nice enough to play outside but something tells me that maybe the girls aren't ready to let go of winter...

Ha ha! Yes they are laying in sleds on the trampoline! Oh the things kids come up with!

I had to sneak this Proud Mommy moment too, I thought it was so cute. Before bedtime tonight Kenzie started reading Five Little Monkeys to Brooklyn all by herself!

P. S. Lindsey these are for you... Thanks! We all love them!