2nd Annual Minton Easter Egg Hunt

The girls took part in the 2nd Annual Minton Easter Egg hunt (at Joann and Ernie's house). So cute, Ernie was master of ceremonies and explained the "rules" and where and what they would be finding and then they were off. They are a bit like locust so it only took minutes to find all the eggs but at the Minton Easter egg hunt we started a tradition last year that we reset the eggs and take turns finding them again. Great fun, 3 hunts for the price of one.

All the girls found lots of eggs and inside was loads of candy. Joann baked some of her superb brownies and we relaxed on the deck. Blissful weather for us and a great hour or two of fun. Thanks Joann and Ernie.

Cowgirl fairy and friends

Sorry, this one is blurry - I uploaded the wrong one.

All cowgirl fairies need a pet pupster to love and protect them. Apparently Border Collies are the preferred pup to have.

Milk that sucker

Sawyer taking her turn to milk the cow

Maren got a blocked teat and didn't get much milk out of the cow

Romay was a born natural at cow milking - she even warmed her hands before she started.

This was all at the zoo in the farm area.

I will never worry about cellulite

You see, even after 3 kids, my butt is not as bad as some others!

Riverbank Zoo, Columbia at Spring Break

Really nice zoo with all the usual animals (lion, bears, penguins etc). Laid out with families in mind. We came home with some tired kids.
Spring break week was filled with activities to keep us all busy - Ikea (Mon), friends to play (Tue), Zoo (Wed), Concord Mills to buy new sneakers for all 3 kids (Thurs), hanging in the yard with Mom and Dad (Friday). Lovely weather and nice and relaxing as I got to lie in past 6am!!

I will have 20/20 vision by the time I'm 56

Seriously, each year when I go for my vision test my eye sight has improved. It is currently improving at .25 each year, which may not seem a lot, but I've gone from being minus 5 (aka blind!!) to minus 3.75. Hurrah. At my current rate, I will have 20/20 by the time I'm 56. Now, by that time I might also get some degeneration with old age but I'll not worry about that yet.....

I'm not donating any of my 30 boxes of cereal

Ok, before you all think I'm a bad person, I did fully intend to donate them all but they met with an accident.

I had them all anally lined up in color and expiry date order on my kitchen counter top. That may be weird for the majority of the population but for the other domestic goddess addicts like myself that is normal.

Anyway, my neighbor dropped by and I was forcing her to "shop" my coupon contraband and take some of it off my hands. We got distracted and moved out of the kitchen and upstairs to see some thing else, leaving the 3 girls in the kitchen playing with the "stock". We heard some screaming and laughter but it was only when I heard the "MOM" cry that I came running. Only to find Maren standing on my kitchen counter top crying because she had peed herself. Yip, you guessed it - all over the microwave, and in a huge puddle that was soaking up nicely into all the cereal boxes.

Anyone want some cereal?