Easter 2012

Coloring eggs with Ninny

They turned out great!

(1st dozen)

(2nd dozen)

I have to share this story. Hana scribbled on the eggs with the "magic crayon," which was really just a clear crayon. You write on the eggs before you color them and the spots where the crayon is don't get dyed. It was difficult to see where or what you were doing, but Hana scribbled away on all the eggs.  Mom and I snuck behind her and wrote and drew things on the eggs like names, flowers and faces. Hana's reaction every time was priceless. "That really is a magic crayon! How did I put all that on those eggs?" she said.

Hana's Easter basket:

The Easter Bunny left it right out the back door, after all, bunnies don't come in the house.

He brought Hana a sand and water table! He must have really been paying attention because she has been asking for one for quite some time now.

Hana decorated a bag for daddy and filled it full of his favorite Easter treats.

It didn't take long for Hana to spot the goodies outside that the Easter Bunny left for her.

There were eggs EVERYWHERE!

Daddy got cascaroned. Is that even a word? I might have just made it up!

I had to get a picture of Hana enjoying her very first pixie stick.

The loot:

What a wonderful Easter, even thought we didn't get to see much of our family.

Rambling

No, I haven't even attempted to deal with the picture problem I'm having, I've been a little busy. With what? Well, Hana was incredibly sick this weekend. Sicker than she's ever been, or at least acted. Her only symptoms were a headache, leg aches and a very high fever that medicine did little for. We're talking about a fever that crept all the way up to 104.3 Saturday night. She was delusional to say the least. We tried everything to get her temp down, but a cold wash cloth & popsicles worked best for us. The lukewarm bath was nothing but torturous. She shivered, cried and was covered in goodebumps for the duration. She was much better yesterday, but the fever snuck back in at bed time last night. Couple that with Joe's neck and I've had my hands full! It hasn't been too bad, really, I've just had more important things on my mind. ;-)

Sorry if there are typos, I'm writing this on my phone at McDonald's while Hana plays. We took Joe to his doctor's appointment this morning and then to work for just a bit so he can attempt to get some stuff done. On three antibiotics & Vicodon, I'm sure he'll get lots done, or probably not. Poor Joe. Hana and I came here to have breakfast, then it's off to the store and the pharmacy for more wound-packing supplies. The gauze we have is now too big to use, making yesterday's packing incredibly difficult. Yes, I've managed to pack his wound! It's not bad at all. I really impressed myself and then doctor gave me kudos on my work today, so now I'm full of confidence and will be even more once I get the correct size gauze. It's amazing how fast it's healing up. I mean, Saturday the larger gauze worked fine but by Sunday it was too big. Remarkable!

Okay, we'll I better tell Hana to come out of the tunnel and get her shoes on so we can get our errands ran before Joe calls to be picked up from work. TTYL!

Fishing. Literally.

We went.

We fished.

We posed.

We fished some more.

Apparently we are great at fishing, not catching.

But either way, Hana is hooked.

Literally.

Gone Fishing: 2nd Attempt

She caught a bunch of leaves and a big branch.

But it was very cold and very windy.

We didn't last an hour. No trout fish for us this weekend!

Gone Fishing

It's that time again! Time for the annual Towne Lake Trout Derby!

There were quite a few people this year.

Hana was super excited to catch, clean and eat "trout fish," as she calls them.

Yes, you read right. She was excited to help clean the fish! (Who is this kid?)

This guy here was a big hit.

The crowd quickly became insane. Can you see all the people? It was literally shoulder to shoulder. Hana was fishing with a bobber and let's just say the trout fish were not interested. The grown ups bottom fishing were catching them all, which we thought was against the rules.

Supposedly this specific area we were at was for ages 5 and under only and only kids 16 and under could fish until noon. After that anyone could. They didn't follow the rules. There were so many adults all around us catching fish left and right.

Hana was very patient for a while, but slowly lost interest. Playing in the water with a stick was more appealing than sitting and waiting, and waiting, and waiting. (She is my daughter!)

But at least she looked super cute sporting her bobber necklace!

After at least a dozen or so tangled and cut lines, we gave up out of frustration and left. As I said, Hana had already lost interest anyway. There were SO MANY people casting here and there and everywhere! It was insane and insanely frustrating, but it was fun!

Good Times

Go Fly A Kite!

A Fan of A Fan

Hana needed a new ceiling fan. We let her pick it out.

She even helped her daddy install it.

They did a great job hanging it.

She did a great job picking it.