Whoooooosh.

And just like that it's Easter week! This turbo speed year needs to cool it! It's even St. Patricks Day! I'm not so much into this holiday, which is a little bit sad because I think I'm Irish. I'm wearing orange today, though I do love green and thanks to Renee, [hi sis!] I've been wishing I had one of these today. I was the kid who always forgot to wear green. I can hear my child-self saying to my classmates "no look, I have a green flower on my sock, it's green thread, really!" My mom always made the corned beef and cabbage, I've never tried to make it though.

I am really happy about the first day of spring coming up on Thursday, very happy about that. And Friday, Good Friday, yes, I just love it. It will be especially GOOD for this family, I think Friday is a great day to have a baby.

Friday we will decorate eggs. My children have been deprived the last few years, for some reason we have not remembered to dye the eggs until Easter had passed us by. This year we are way on top of it and have set the date.

This very COOL egg, I made myself. No really, I dyed it and poured in the wax.


OK I confess, it was in a group setting and I didn't do the prep or the melting but I think it's pretty awesome and I have managed to keep my candle egg out of the hands of little children. It was surprisingly uncomplicated. Next year I think I will make lots and lots of these and give them to my friends in egg cartons, seriously.

Emily is playing basketball and she is loving it. So the really cool development in our family's history this week is the basketball thing we just spent two days assembling. You know that thing with the pole and the hoop at the top, I just don't know it's real name. I'm hoping that we won't loose our basketball to the neighbor kids since I assume basketball does not involve kicking or batting them over the fence.

I tried to get a photo of Em playing in her game last week but those girls just move too fast and my little camera just isn't built for speed. I guess that's what I get for announcing to the world I like blurry pictures! That's Emily in front there running with the ball, just squint your eyes a little and you can see her clearly.


It's so much fun to watch your kids play sports. Emily has three or four more games and Sarah and Wyatt will start T-ball in April. That'll be fun because they will be on the same team, very nice!


I am loving all the blooms and blossoms this time of year, things are really greening up and it's becoming almost perfect around here weather wise. So pretty when everything comes back to life, I love love love spring, I'd say love ten more times if it weren't so silly. Who cares, I am silly and proud of it!

Speaking of greening up, today is GREEN day so I think I'll go outside and enjoy all the new green things. Maybe play a little b-ball with the kids, sounds like I know what I'm talking about, no? I AM going to get out there today, if I could only find that darn ball. Where is that ball?

Ball and thing update: I just looked over the fence, it's in the neighbors flower pot! Aw maaan! After checking the box, I can now report to you that it says "complete portable basketball system." Wyatt has now found a soccer ball and we are off to use the CPBS!