EASTER EVE

The night before Easter we dyed the eggs.

We went fishing at our neighborhood pond.

04/09/09 EGG HUNT AT SCHOOL

Here are a few pictures from the egg hunt at school. Isn't that a pretty bunny! I will later put up a post of the "crack bunny" that they had at Wal Mart.

DALTON LOST ANOTHER TOOTH

Actually he lost it a week ago today. Dalton lost his first two teeth within a week of each other back in the summer and this one is on the bottom too. There are so many areas of parenthood that you think and worry about and this was one of those that I had completely forgot about until the first two became loose. Today Dalton told me he has another one loose and this one is on top. I was starting to suspect that he had more loose teeth because of the way he is talking. He has the whistling sound when he talks. I was worried at first when he started loosing them because I was thinking he is only in Kindergarten-then I remembered he has the late birthday and he is also 6! I am glad he is loosing them now while he is in Kindergarten because the older you get the more cruel kids are and right now for the most part I think that all of the kids in his class get along pretty well together. The kids have assigned seats at tables and every once in a while Mrs.R moves them around so they get a chance to know one another and learn to be friends with everyone and not have little clicks or "Kindergarten gangs". hahaha

MORE NATURE SCENES

This one was taken in my flower bed.

This one was taken in my neighbor (Dana's) flower bed.

Yeah this one was taken at Dana's too.

Well as you may have noticed I have been taking a lot of "nature" and other pictures here lately. Well, that is because I have a new camera and I am having a lot of fun with it. I am hoping that over time I will get better at taking them and who knows.........one day I might even read the owners manual!!!! Now that would be a FAMILY first!

DALTON AND HIS SISTERS (oh relax)

Dalton and Sloan.

Dalton, Erin and Sloan.

Dalton and Sloan up at the pond. (Erin took off on her bike) Sloan is giving Dalton a cookie.

Okay, of course they are not his real sisters but he acts like they are his sisters and they act like he is their little brother. Erin and Sloan live next door and from the first day we moved in Dalton took to them. It just seems natural for one of both of the girls to be over here with Dalton playing or raiding the refrigerator. Don't get excited Dana, I like it this way! They know where the drinks and snacks are and they know they can help them selves. My only rules are DON'T LET THE DOGS OUT AND DON'T TRACK MUD THROUGH THE HOUSE. Easy rules. They sometimes fuss with each other but I think here lately they have been getting their aggressions out by having mud fights with each other. Yeah I said mud fights. It has rained so much that we have not been able to spread out the last 2 loads of dirt that we had brought in so the kids play in it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DENNY MARCH 30TH

Dalton wanted to ice the cake..so Dalton got to ice the cake!

Look! I think he is giving me the evil eye!!

And of course it is the birthday boy blowing out his candles!! We keep letting him say the proverbial "29 again!"

FLASH FLOOD 03-24-09

This is a picture taken from the driveway looking at the creek where the foot bridge is. Normally the water is low enough that I could crawl through it - if for some crazy reason I would want to. The water has left the bank on the far side of the bridge. The driveway is not flooded-just wet.

This was taken from my garage looking up towards the road. Our drive way makes a horse shoe and has to cross the creek on each side of it. So this is to the right of one side (not the middle section). There is a trench that comes from at the top of the road and runs down to the creek but this is not it! It has over flowed it's little bank too and just spread out all over and then down into the creek. The water standing in the foreground is a low spot beside the driveway that we have not filled in yet.