Easter Fun

We have had a lot of fun the last couple of weeks attending Easter Egg Hunts and birthday parties! D had fun finding eggs with her MOMs group friends, and then at church with her friend Matthew, and finally at school. Thankfully she didn't care too much about the candy inside!

D was treated to a movie and swimming with daddy on Thursday and Friday. She then got to see the Easter Bunny on Saturday, as well as attended a friend's birthday party at a local gymnastics place.

Nathan and I had fun playing the Easter Bunny! We got a little more creative this year, creating rabbit tracks from the sliding glass door and into the living room where her basket was hidden. D was surprised in the morning to see the mess, she was waiting to see if I got mad. She had fun finding her eggs and her basket.

We will be doing some travelling the next few weekends! We are looking forward to seeing family and also to go back to Disney!

This post is brought to you by the letter D and the number 5!

Our sweet daughter is 5! It seems like just yesterday we met her birth parents and started filling out the mountain of paperwork involved in adoption. We have loved every minute of being her parents and look forward to all there is to come.

D celebrated her actual birthday by having a friend over. We went out to lunch and stopped for some ice cream, then the girls were able to come back to our house and play for a couple of hours. When Big Daddy got home we ordered subs (D's choice) and let her open her presents from us and the ones she got in the mail from family and friends.

We had her big birthday celebration with her friends yesterday. We had a pool party at a local community center. We had a great turnout, 18 kids! They splashed and played in the pool for a little over an hour and then we had a party room to enjoy pizza and cake. I think everyone had a great time!

D also got to spend the weekend with her Grandma, Grandpa and GG Grandma.

Update on life in Michigan.....

What have we been up to?

Finishing up our back-splash! It looks amazing!

Hiring a painter (as we are sick of painting!)! He has been painting away since last Monday, hopefully he will be done by Wednesday. He is painting the ceiling, trim, and walls in our great room, foyer, upstairs hallway, and kitchen. He finished the great room last week and it looks great. We found window valances to match the color of the walls and the room darkening curtains we already had.

D has been busy with school and swimming! And she is gearing up for her big 5th birthday. She decided she wanted a swimming party, so we invited all her school friends and a few other friends to come swim with her at a local community center on Sunday.

Hoping and wishing for Spring!! I think it may finally be here, 60 and rainy today. April showers bring May flowers, right?

It is D's Spring Break from school.....not sure what we are going to do all week! We hit the pool and went and bought some pink sand for her sand table.

Spring has Sprung (at least for a few days, looks like we still have some winter left here in MI)

The bulbs D and I planted in the fall are popping up! She is so excited to see them become flowers. Hopefully the "winter" storm coming in doesn't kill them. It looks like we are just getting freezing rain, so hopefully they will be okay.

We are slowly finishing the backsplash......need to finish putting up the "finishing" end tiles and then seal and grout. We have decided to hire a painter to paint the foyer, kitchen and great room. He is going to pain the ceiling, walls and all the trim. We are trying to decide on color fast so he can start.

Apparently Minnie Mouse likes Dick and Jane books.....who knew?

Disney on Ice: Toy Story 3

We decided last minute to go to the Toy Story 3 show on ice. It was a good show, they did a good job incorporating all the Toy Story movies into one show. They also did a few popular Disney/Movie songs (Hoedown Throwdown and These Boots are Made for Walkin').

TGIF!

Oh my what a long week! It started off with me giving into Nathan and allowing a dog to come to our house. She was a beautiful dog, but too young for our family and after 2 days of craziness we decided we need to re-think owning a dog (especially one that is under a year or even 2 years old).

I went back to the doctors to review my CT scan, it showed multiple calyceal diverticulum. Basically there are several small pockets in my kidney, some contain stones. We are at a holding pattern as far as treatment goes, I have to track my back pain for the next three months. The doctor does not feel it is a good idea to start drilling holes in my kidney to find the stones.

Big Daddy is finally getting better! He hasn't had to use crouches or a boot in almost 2 weeks. Hopefully after another few weeks he can start taking the medicine that will hopefully prevent any further gout attacks.

We have begun our back splash, finally!! It looks really good, although a complete pain in the A$$ to do. Hopefully we can finish getting up the tiles this weekend and grout next weekend. Then I need to decide on paint colors.

D finally got to have her helper day at school, her last 3 were cancelled do to snow days and an illness. We mad shamrock rice krispie treats to take for snack, they were a big hit. She and I both read to the class, I was so proud of her! She only got nervous during one page, but got her confidence right back. I wish I had the teacher video tape it.

D's first book

Of course D's first book is about TinkerBell!

She has also begun to read the BOB books (great first reader books), we are so proud of her!