April 2015

April 2015

The month of April went by very quickly, which is mainly due to celebrating both of our girl’s birthdays in April.  Combine these events with the weather improving and allowing us to go outside more and a trip for Deb and me to the Bahamas, we have plenty to write about this month! 

The first weekend of the month, Randy and Anna came to celebrate Sarah’s birthday along with Easter.  During the week, Deb and I went to the daycare to decorate Easter eggs with the girls and enjoyed some time with Rosie and Zoey Foulke.  That weekend, we spent Saturday morning attending the neighborhood Easter egg hunt and went to Allison’s basketball game.  Sarah’s birthday party was on Saturday afternoon and we enjoyed having everyone over for some pizza, cupcakes and presents for Sarah.  She enjoyed all of her gifts and was much more social this year as she is more familiar with the friendly faces and had fun interacting with everyone.  On Sunday, the Easter bunny gave us a visit and hid some eggs in the sunroom along with some Easter baskets.  We hosted the 4 of us, Randy and Anna, my mom along with Beth and Matt for an Easter brunch. On Sarah’s actual birthday (April 6^th), Randy, Anna and Deb took the girls to the Children’s Museum. 

Later in the month, Randy and Anna came a few days early in advance of Allison’s birthday weekend to allow Deb and me to head to the Sandals resort in the Bahamas for a quick 3 night stay.  We have visited this resort before and really enjoyed how easy it was to get to.  We flew out at 7AM and were having lunch at the resort with a drink in hand by 12:30.  We enjoyed some great weather, food and drinks.  We hope to continue doing weekend trips without the kids at least annually, but we know it won’t always be possible!  We came home on Saturday evening to celebrate Allison’s birthday on Sunday.   

The Sunday we got home, we were fortunate enough to have some friends of ours stop by on their way through town.  The Rago’s stopped by for lunch and we enjoyed meeting their son and watching their daughter and our girls playing together while we had a quick chance to catch up.  Shortly after they left, we had Allison’s birthday party and it was great.  We had about 10 kids and 20 adults come to the party and we enjoyed pizza and cupcakes again.  Allison loved celebrating her birthday with her friends!  On Allison’s actual birthday, (April 27^th), Randy, Anna and Deb took the girls to the Children’s Museum since it was too cold for the zoo!  We celebrated having cupcakes at Allison’s daycare and she requested that Deb and I attend to help pass out the treats.   

Sarah’s Things of the Month

            Sarah had a 2 good doctor appointments this month.  The first one was her usual 2 year check-up and she is doing very well.  She has transitioned to her new room at daycare and she is a little upset when we drop her off but she is adapting pretty well.  Her other appointment was related to her eye.  We learned that her stint to open up her tear duct that was inserted last June fell out, so hopefully that means that her tear duct is permanently open and we hopefully won’t have any more issues with it! 

Allison’s Things of the Month

            Allison has finished playing basketball on Saturday mornings and received a trophy.  Laura, Pete, Claire, Randy, Anna and my Mom were able to attend this month on different Saturdays and I think they were all entertained by what they saw.  I enjoyed coaching her and we hope to maybe get her involved again next year.  Allison also had a good 4 year check-up and will hopefully be transitioning to a booster seat soon. 

A few more items from this month:

• Deb and I went to the 10^th Annual MSMC Brady Awards for her clinic.  The guest speaker was Lou Holtz and we found it very interesting to listen to him. 
• The Vandervaarts came to visit in the middle of April and we had a great visit with them.  All of the kids are playing together pretty well.  We enjoyed playing in the morning along with some good times at dinner over at mom’s condo. 
• We went over to the Bassett’s on Easter (utilizing Randy and Anna to watch the girls) and had some drinks with them, Lawton and some of their neighbors.