Easter 2019

Can I be SUPER honest for a second? Easter was tough this year.  I don't know why.... But my kids were ALL sooooo cranky for 3/4 of the day.  It started out just fine.  They were excited to run to their baskets and everyone was in great spirits.   And then about 2 hours later (I assume when the sugar wore off) they crashed.... and they crashed HARD. Their moodiness hit Shawn and I like a ton of bricks and lasted the rest of the day! Even the egg hunt was torturous because they fought over who found which egg and who had the most!  I said to Shawn more than once, "this is the worst Easter ever." I felt sad because Easter is my 2nd favorite holiday! I always just love it.  The Resurrection, the Spring air, the flowers, the non-Christian stuff like new dresses and shoes, Easter baskets and dying eggs, etc.  I LOVE Easter.   But this year it didn't even feel like Easter!  If there are any other parents out there reading this, maybe you've had a tough Easter at some point with your kids and this post will resonate with you.  It wasn't a perfect holiday.  It was just a bad day!  So many tears.  So much yelling.  So many fights.  The weather was absolutely gorgeous and I just wanted to have a good day with my kids but they just weren't feeling it.

I got extremely lucky that the day before was perfection.  I took them to take some pictures by the Arkansas River and they were stellar!  They smiled beautifully.  They didn't complain.  They were happy and so sweet and fun to be with.  We took them to get ice cream afterwards and then came home and spent all day outside.  Shawn and I finally did hours of Spring yard work and I planted my garden and all our front flowers. The kids jumped on the trampoline in the sprinkler and later that night we dyed eggs.  It was one of those perfect days.  NO fighting.  No tears.  Sunshine all day. Everyone was happy.  The next day.... was completely polar opposite!  Too bad Easter wasn't on Saturday this year! 

Anyway, the pictures from the day before are precious and that's the day I want to remember when I think about Easter 2019!

We also had our annual Neighborhood Easter Egg hunt the week before and Sully made out with $5.75, Piper got $10.25 and Lucy got $15.75! They love this hunt each year!

Don't know what it is about this picture, but I am in LOVE with it!

 

Piper had dance pictures this week.  She's in hip-hop this year and looked ADORABLE, as usual!

Lucy lost her 6th tooth! She discovered it was loose on Thursday and then Friday while brushing her teeth it got stuck in her toothbrush bristles, haha!

Sully got to see a Firetruck at school! It was fun for me to get to be there with him.  He was SOOOOO excited!!!

Lucy participated in a little basketball camp for Bixby and loved it! She said she wants to do Cheer AND basketball next year! She also was able to visit the Wetlands for a field trip and I tagged along with her :)

April is usually the calm before the (May) storm, but this year it has been oh-my-gosh-busy and it is not even over yet! Lucy, Piper, Sully AND me all came down with strep which was MISERABLE.  It was the worst case of strep I've ever had in my entire life. Piper and I got hit the hardest, even though we all tested positive for it.  Her fever got to 104.2 and that's when I rushed her to the Urgent Care one night.   It hit all of us like dominoes.  One person at a time.  2 *EXPENSIVE* visits to Urgent Care and then 2 regular doctor visits as well ALONG WITH our dog getting an ear infection (who knew that was even a thing?!) and all her updated shots....We spent over $700 within 4 days on medical bills just between the dog, me and the kids.  Ouch..... :(

Now we are gearing up for May and I need to mentally prepare myself for that month.  It is chaos and stressful every year!  The girls' last day of school is May 22nd so if I can get through 22 days of madness without breaking down, I'll definitely celebrate a little ;-) Here goes nothin'!