Easter

Lauren had a triple dose of egg hunts this year and a double dose of egg coloring! She had egg hunts at preschool, in our neighborhood and at Mimi and Papa's ranch. Wow - she had fun! I am pretty sure by Sunday afternoon she was starting to think the whole Easter bunny thing was better than Santa Clause!

Sea World

We ended Spring Break this year with a trip to Sea World. This was Lauren and Connor's first time to see Shamu. Lauren loved every minute of it and even rode on her first roller coaster ride with mommy! Connor mostly slept while daddy carried him around in the Ergo Carrier during the day. We planned this trip while Aunt Kathy had her sisters in town, so we ended up having a large group that consisted of Matthew's sister, Aunt Katie and cousins Jo and Nathaniel along with my brother, Uncle Ron and as just mentioned, Aunt Kathy and her sisters and their children as well.

Birthdays

Lauren is very excited (to put it mildly) about her birthday coming. She has been ready since Christmas. And now that her Mimi just had a birthday - oh boy - is she even more ready. We have told her that she has to wait because after Mimi's birthday is Mommy's birthday and then it is her turn. (The girls in this family have their birthday's on the 3rd of the month in order - First my moms on March 3rd, then mine on April 3rd, then Lauren's on May 3rd.) So now when we go anywhere and see any stranger at a store she has to make sure they know the birthday order of our family. It goes like this - somebody says, "hi" to Lauren. Lauren then says, "First it is my Mimi's birthday, and then my Mommy's birthday, and then it will be MY birthday!" If she is really into it, then she will continue on with, "after my birthday, it will be daddy's birthday and then it will be Connor's birthday."
We have asked her what she wants for her birthday and she is very certain that she wants flowers - ORANGE ones! She has also added that she would like a pink cake and maybe balloons. I asked her if she wanted any presents and she looked at me like I was crazy and said, "Of course!".