Happy Easter

The week before Easter Sunday was Punky's Spring Break from preschool. Although we didn't have any big plans, we definitely did not plan on spending the ENTIRE week at home with sick kids. A trip to the doctor confirmed that unfortunately they both had a nasty virus that we just would have to wait out. Punky was sick for 4 or 5 days, and was also worn out and tired for the next few days after. Buddy only appeared to be sick for 2 days, but I think he was not feeling his best for longer. He just doesn't ever slow down, so it is hard to know with him.

Thursday night everyone felt a little better, so we spent the night re-celebrating Daddy's birthday with cake and candles. We also dyed Easter eggs.

Buddy totally crushed that egg!

Luckily, the kids seemed to be feeling better on Friday in time for us to head to Grandma and Grandpa's house. We got to town late and the kids stayed up well past bedtime. In the morning, we headed to an Easter Egg hunt at the nursing home where Great Great Grandma Irene lives. Punky is quite lucky at this Easter Egg hunt. Three years ago, she won a tricycle. Two years ago, she won a toy. And this year, she was a winner again (the first name called, actually!). She marched right to the front of the crowd when her name was called and wasn't scared at all. She won a bubble gun. Buddy also won a prize (Chutes and Ladders). After the Egg hunt, we spent some more time with Great Great Grandma before heading back to Grandma's for lunch.



When we got home, we noticed Punky was really hot and wasn't feeling well. She spent the afternoon on the couch and her temp rose to over 103. We had an early reservation at Budger's for dinner that night and after some debate, Punky came with us. As soon as we got back at 7pm though, Punky went straight to bed.

Punky slept well that night (even though Buddy fell out of the bed in the middle of the night) and woke up in time for church. When we got home from church, Punky started looking out of the truck windows looking for Easter eggs. She was expecting to have an Easter egg hunt outside, but with snow still on the ground, I told her the Easter bunny only left her a basket.

Sunglasses and a guitar in the Easter Basket

Ray Charles?

We had a delicious dinner with family followed by dessert, visiting and Old Maid. We stayed way too late and didn't get home until 9pm! We hauled home Auntie's old twin bed from when she was a little girl, so hopefully soon I'll be able to post photos of Punky's new big girl bed!