Easter 2009

We had so many things to do this Easter! The day before Easter, we went to church for the annual Easter egg hunt. It was really rainy and only about 50 degrees, so we had to look for eggs in the church. It was pretty cool though because they were all through the hallways, the narthex, and even in the Sunday School classrooms. Later that afternoon we decorated Easter eggs at home. Mommy bought us a Transformer Easter egg kit, that was totally WICKED (that's my new word by the way). The next day we woke up and found a letter from the Easter bunny on our table in the kitchen. Next to it was a clue for each of us. We had to go on a hunt for our baskets! Mine was hidden in the oven and Em's was in the dishwasher! That bunny gets sneakier every year! Once we found our baskets, we got to go on an egg hunt in the house. We finally got ready for church. It was nice to remember the REAL meaning of Easter amidst all of the fun activities--Jesus loves us! After a beautiful service at church, which Mommy said later she was so proud of us for behaving because there was no Sunday School, we went to Mommom Lenor and Poppop Ladd's house for brunch. The Easter bunny hid eggs and baskets for us there too! The hunts at Poppop's house were outside though. We headed home at about 2 o'clock and Mommy started making our Easter dinner. This is the first time that she let us eat on her special plates! We had a really yummy dinner of Baked Ham, Southern Candied Yams (we tried them, but weren't really fans), deviled eggs (we liked the egg whites, but not the middles), and steamed brocolli. After a long day of fun, we hit the sack early at about 6:45 so we could wind down with a chapter from Harry Potter (book 2). We hope you all had a very Happy Easter too!

Harrison discovers girls....

Setting the scene: Both boys are upstairs in the loft playing the Wii and talking back and forth. Mommy is downstairs in her room listening to us talk.
Harrison: "What if we all had to dress like girls?"
Emerson: "Yeah, like wear a dress like Peach (Princess from Super Mario)."
Harrison: "Or Amanda S. (a girl in Harrison's kindergarten class)."
Emerson: "Yeah, she's a girl."
Harrison: "She's a HOT girl."
Mommy: (Sheesh!)

Birthday Dinner at Mommom & Poppop Ladd's

Tonight we went to Mommom Lenor and Poppop Ladd's house for Emerson's birthday dinner. Our friend Eliza, who lives across the street from Mommom and Poppop, came over with her mom and dad too. Poppop grilled hotdogs and hamburgers for us and then we went outside while the grown-ups ate their dinner. When they were finished they called us inside for birthday cake. Poppop came up with the great idea of having Emerson's #4 candle in one of the train cars going around on a railroad track! It was so awesome! After we all sang, we ate some cake and then Em got to open presents. He really racked up this year! (And he hasn't even had his "friends" birthday party yet!)

Birthday Bowling

Mommy and Daddy took us to the bowling alley in Norwalk today. We've been working really hard to fill our chores chart with charms so that we could earn this! It took us a few weeks, but we finally managed to get it done! Bowling was so much fun! I figured out that if I hold my stance after I roll the ball, I'm more likely to hit more pins. I even got a few spares! Emerson did pretty well too! Here are a few pics from our afternoon bowl!

(Early) Birthday Dinner at Sakura

Tonight we met Daddy at the Japanese restaurant Sakura in Westport for Em's birthday dinner. We LOVE hibachi and the fires they make on the table before they cook our food. After dinner we went to a fundraiser at Emerson's school. It was a concert and an ice cream social. That was a lot of fun! We sang songs like "We don't care what Momma don't allow, we're gonna do it anyhow!" and John the Rabbit's "Oh yes!". We got to dance, jump, and shake too! After the concert we had a BIG bowl of ice cream! Once we got home, Daddy read some more Harry Potter (we're about halfway through the 2nd one) to us. We let Emerson fall asleep and then I helped Mommy and Daddy decorate and wrap birthday presents. Here are some pics from our night!

Let the Birthday Celebrations Begin! Emerson is turning 4!

Today Emerson got to bring cupcakes to school so he could celebrate his 4th birthday with his friends! He really wanted Super Paper Mario cupcakes, so Mommy found a way to make them for him. She even put one in my lunchbox so I could have one too! When he got to school, his teacher gave him a birthday crown, sticker, pencil, and certificate. Here are some pictures from his special day at school!

My First Report Card

Today Mommy had a conference with my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Stelly. Mrs. Stelly gave Mommy my first report card. I got mostly all 4's which are like A's!! The only area Mrs. Stelly says that I still need to work on is writing my words with a capital letter first and then all lower case letters. She also said I need to work on leaving spaces in between my words. Mrs. Stelly said that I'm reading level 5 books which is also really great because when you leave kindergarten they like for you to be reading level 4 books and I'm already past that! I am one of 3 kids in my class that are reading books by myself! By the time I finish kindergarten Mrs. Stelly thinks I'll be way past the 5 books! She also told my Mommy that I am one of the brightest kids that will be going into 1st grade next year! Mommy and Daddy told me that they are so proud of me and they gave me new Mario Kart PJ's as a special treat for such a good report card. :)