Misc. happenings in April

Trying to be better about keeping this blog updated! Mike is finishing up his semester at UNT with 9 hours of classes, making A's in all three classes. He's scheduled to take 4 classes over the summer and then 5 classes (17 hours) in the fall. It's going to be a busy few months for us. 

For the fall, we are looking for a Mother's Day Out/Preschool for Paisley for 2 days a week. We've got it narrowed down to 2 churches in the area, and will hopefully have a decision made pretty soon. 

In just a few short weeks, we'll be taking our first solo vacation as a family of three. Mike, Paisley and I are loading up our truck and driving to the beach for a week. We're headed to Gulf Shores, AL where we've rented a beachfront condo for a week. I CANT WAIT.

Paisley's enjoying her little slide. This weekend, Mike treated his girl to a "new" slide for the yard - a used find on Craigslist. She is loving it! You can see in the picture that Paisley is also showing off her new sandals. It hasn't been an instant love, she's been a little reluctant to wear sandals. In fact, I bought her a cute little pair of flip flops from Old Navy that she flat out refuses to wear. What girl doesn't love her $2 pair of Old Navy flip flops?? We're going to have to work on that one...

Today we had a big treat - the Marx girls - Hannah and Abby - spent the afternoon with us! They were a ton of fun :) Abby's on the left, Hannah's on the right. They are giving lots of love to the Fisher Price Little People Noah's Ark animals. 

Abby enjoying the giraffe, or as Paisley calls it, the "raff". 

And, miss Hannah, just chillin'. 
Here we are, all the girls anyways. Paisley was quite upset that I took her paci out for this picture, and so she refused to look at Daddy. She wasn't too sure about her mommy taking care of other babies, but she was excited to have the girls here. She kept saying "Hi Abby" and "Hi Hannah" and when we were feeding them (bottles and some other baby food), she was a big helper. 
Getting ready for our beach trip, we picked up a couple of pairs of new sunglasses for P. Here she is in her super stylin' purple ones. I'm not sure that these server the purpose of shading her eyes from the sun? But Daddy thought Paisley needed a purple pair, and clearly, she's enjoying them. 

Last of the Easter pictures

Paisley enjoyed her Easter with church, a nice long nap, and an afternoon with ReeRee, Papa, Devon, Ian, Heather, Mom and Dad. Here she is in her Easter dress and sweater. She's learning her colors right now & is coming along really well! She knows quite a few colors by sight, and can say them all pretty well. However, green is a tough one. Her interpretation of the word "green" sounds something like "dee-um". It's pretty funny :)

This next picture makes me laugh. On the Saturday before Easter, we had an egg hunt at our house with Paisley and her grandparents and Uncle Ian. Obviously, Paisley was clear on the fact that she didn't want to have her picture taken with everyone. The individual faces of all the grandparents are priceless. And, the sticker on Paisley's forehead is courtesy of Uncle Ian. 

And, of course, the plastic eggs have made a daily appearance at our house since Easter. She has been playing with them non-stop, and when she wants someone to put one of the plastic eggs back together, she'll hand you the pieces and say "fix it". She's a smarty pants. 

Longest Post Ever!

Clearly the blog has been neglected... total bummer. Here's what's been going on since early March:

Paisley's been playing with Jarrett and Dane (Jesse & Jade's boys) pretty often. Sometimes they play in the backyard of the Fagan's house, but most recently they've been to the Dallas zoo and the Museum of Natural History (I think that's the official name). Here they are heading out, all three car seats in Mike's truck. 

That same week, Mike, Paisley and I ran in a 5K in Denton. It was the first official 5K run for mommy, and despite the fact that I lost my Ipod in the process and it took me FAR too long, we ran nearly the entire way, so I'll consider that a small victory. We plan to participate in more 5K runs this spring and summer.

Paisley is very much a "crafty" girl these days, and loves her colors, stickers, play-doh, and other paper and craft items. She'll find some very creative places to put her colors, and we find them hidden in lots of interesting spots. Like here: not so much hidden, but her dress pocket makes a good spot for colors:

The weather has been great for the most part, so lots of time is spent outside. Paisley is thrilled when she gets to play outside. Memorial Park, which is a 5-minute walk from our house, has lots of great swings and slides to keep her busy:

Last weekend, Paisley and I went with Ree Ree to visit Aunt Heather in Waco. We went to a great park area and played with Heather & Adam and Ducati (his sweet doggie) for the afternoon. 

And this week has been filled with preparations for Easter, and it has been a beautiful few days. On Wednesday, Paisley had her first taste of Easter egg hunting with Grandma Fay and Grandma Darlene at their house. On Friday, she helped color and decorate eggs with Mommy, Ree Ree, and Aunt Heather. 

She's a goofy girl :)

As for the egg decorating, she really wasn't all that interested, and was a little frustrated that she had to be gentle with the eggs and couldn't hold the cups with the dye by herself. So, after a few tries, I broke out the Play-doh and she enjoyed playing with that while the big girls finished up the eggs. 

This morning, the grandparents and Ian came over and we had an Easter egg hunt just for Paisley. I'll post more pictures later, but she had a great time, knew exactly what to do. I am sure we'll be hiding the Easter eggs several times a day for a while!

Happy Easter!