A big POKE

Yesterday, I took Hailey into the doctor's office to have her blood drawn. Hailey is on a medication study with a vaccine and so they had to draw some blood. When we got there, the nurse looked at her veins and said she was a little dehydrated. I brought some gatorade mixed with water with me just encase this happened to see if she would take it. Hailey took about an ounce and the nurse put a warm glove on her vein to see if she could get it to stick out some more. We waited for a few minutes, the nurse came back in to see if the vein would work and she said that it would and she would go for it! Hailey did such a great job. Hardly any noise came out of her when she got poked. She was more upset that we had to wrap her legs and other arm in her blanket so she wouldn't move while they did it. The nurse got enough blood out on the first attempt! She wrapped up Hailey's little arm and we were on our way home. Even after the nurse poked Hailey, Hailey still gave her a goodbye smile! What a trooper.

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday started off with Tyler and Kali waking up at 6:15, ready to search for their baskets. They came into the front room and noticed that there were lots of eggs all around. They were super excited and started searching for all the eggs. Kali even found a silver egg (she called it a mirror egg) and got the winning egg. There were so many eggs hidden around, we were still finding them come Monday and Tuesday! They then found their Easter baskets. Kali's was hidden in the oven, Tyler's was in Hailey's bouncing chair, Hailey's was on the couch under her blanket and Makena's was in the dryer. She thought it was pretty funny that the Easter Bunny was trying to dry her basket. The kids got a gumball machine this year, along with playdough and some candy. They were very excited and were eating the candy right away! We then got ready for church and went to church. After church, Makena and Kali came with me to do a drop off at Grandpa and Grandma Hathaway's house. They were so surprised with their basket...and the girls thought it was fun to ring the doorbell and run. We visited with them for a little bit and then went home and got Jarel, Tyler and Hailey and went to Grandpa and Grandma Boyack's house. There, we were spoiled once again. We went on a big egg hunt and found eggs and surprises! The kids were so happy searching for their eggs and Makena thought it was funny that Grandpa hid her egg with her name on it under a shovel. It was tricky for her to find...but she found it! My dad did a great job this year hiding our "name eggs." We had dinner there and had a fabulous time! It was a very nice day for us!

Kali and Tyler

Makena looking for eggs

Tyler with the eggs he found

Jarel told Kali to turn around for the camera...and this is the pose Kali chose to do.

With a little help from Kali, Tyler found his Easter basket.

Tyler getting his money ready for the gumball machine

Makena and Kali looking to see if the Easter bunny ate the crackers and cheese. And yes, the bunny ate the crackers and cheese!

Kali with her gumball machine

Tyler

Hailey loved playing the the grass in her basket.

Hailey

Makena

So excited

Ready for church

Tyler finding an egg at Grandpa Boyack's house

Kali getting an egg

Makena

Kali with all of her eggs

Hailey helping mom out

Kali, Tyler, Gretchen, Makena, Hailey and Ryan

Easter Saturday

Easter was spread out over a couple of days! Saturday we took the kids to the egg scramble at the park. They had so much fun. Jarel went with Tyler, and I took the girls to their age group spot. Jarel said that once Tyler knew what was going on...he got down there and got the candy in his basket. Makena loves watching people, so she would pick up a piece of candy (and she is very selective on what she wants and is always looking out for others. She told me she picked up a almond joy candy bar because she knew I would like that. We gave it to Dad instead...but she is such a sweetheart. Always thinking of others.) and put the candy in her basket and then watch the other kids and then would get another piece. Kali got right to work, getting all the candy she could. She was super excited to show me that she got a lot of bubble gum!
After the egg hunt, we went home and worked on the basement for a little bit and then went to Costco to pick up last minute things for our egg hunt/dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Hathaways. The kids dyed eggs and had a blast getting their fingers all colored, and then they went on a egg hunt. I loved what Grandma Hathaway did this year for the kids. She got them little toys or chapsticks that would fit into the eggs. The kids were so excited opening up their eggs and finding balloons, candy necklace, chapstick, lip gloss, silly putty, bouncy balls and other fun stuff. A huge success with my kids!
We stayed and played with cousins, ate dinner and just made a day of it hanging out over there. It was a very nice day! The kids got bathed and then we headed home to get ready for the Easter Bunny. I totally forgot to buy carrots this year to leave out for the Easter Bunny, so instead Makena found cheese and crackers to put out, hoping he would like it! She also left some water to drink. We got our baskets out and put by the front door and then the kids all went to sleep. It was a very fun day.

Kali and Makena before the egg scramble began

Makena after. She counted her pieces and got 17!

Kali after. She got 40 pieces of candy! She was so happy with how many bubble gum pieces she got.

They had so much fun.

They were super excited when they got to go in the fire truck.

Kali unsure about the Chick-Fil-A cow. Tyler went up but then got scared and ran back to me.

Kali, Amy and Tyler by the dragon

Kali, Jarel and Tyler

Hailey slept through the whole thing

Tyler dying an egg.

Makena dying her egg red

Hudson put his egg stickers on his forehead!

Hailey enjoying the egg dying activity

Tyler with his yellow egg.

Hailey with her cute tongue sticking out

MacKenzie

I love how excited Tyler is in this picture! He had so many eggs and they were all dyed multiple colors. He was having a great time.

This egg probably had 5-6 different colors on it

Kali had 3 eggs going at once!

Looking for their eggs and prizes with their name on it.

Kali on the hunt

Tyler found his slinky

Hailey with her egg

Makena had some tricky hidden eggs this year!

Kali showing what she found

Makena and MacKenzie

Silly Song

Makena learned a song at school many months ago...and we get to see it all the time! I am so glad we do...because it makes us laugh each time we see her do it. At one point she has her "feet apart, knees together, bottoms up, elbows bent, eyes closed, tongue out, thumbs up and turn around." She even gets Kali and Tyler to participate.