Overflowing

The title of this post is "Overflowing" for several reasons. Since my Dad has been here (and while he was here), we have been overflowing with activities. Not to mention the toilet overflowed at 6:00 am this morning...

We had a nice Easter weekend - including a rather chilly egg hunt on the church property on Saturday. Nicholas was happy to have an egg in each hand and to just be outside. Allison doesn't quite have the "urgency" that some of the others have while hunting for eggs. But she found 9 or so and had a good time.

We hosted Mommy & Me at our house on Friday, the 13th. We had 14 children, including two babies, in attendance. I would occasionally stop chatting for a few seconds just to listen to the squeals and the laughter.

Lisa's birthday was Friday, the 20th. We were able to go to dinner with her and Chelsea and have some playtime at our house afterwards. Heather (my sister-in-law) is staying with my in-laws while they make the transition from Starkville, MS. back to Houston. This has allowed us to spend a lot of time with our niece and nephew. We have been to McDonald's playland, the park, to lunch a couple of times and tomorrow we may go to Bouncing Tigers.

We've been to get the kids' haircut this week, and it's my turn tomorrow. We also went to the bookstore to get a "potty" book for Allison. I'm slowly but surely beginning to introduce "potty talk." Allison seems to have to ease into certain situations and it seems potty training is going to be one of them.

We went to AgMagic with the Mommy & Me group this past Monday. The kids enjoyed walking around "learning" about Louisiana agriculture and how we use it in our everyday lives. I think the favorite part of the tour was the live animals at the end. Allison seemed to particularly like the sleeping baby pigs. She didn't want to touch the baby chick, but she gave it a lot of thought. Nicholas gave the dairy cow a good "moooo" - head tilted back and everything. Then it was on to lunch at Tanya's house before it was time to head home for a good nap.

Ernie is still putting in a lot of hours at work. He is ready for things to slow down, but as long as he sees himself working at least 6 days a week, we're not sure when that is going to happen.
I'm hoping he can catch a little break soon so that we can head to Gulf Shores, stick our toes in the sand, and regroup a little bit.