Tour Guide

Jimmy's mom was in town this last week and we had tons of fun! She had never been to DC and loved seeing everything. I haven't done the "tourist" junk in a long time and forgot how much I loved it. It rained most of the time she was here but we still had lots of fun. Jimmy is terrible with directions, so I got to play tour guide and get us around. My favorite part of her being here was when I got left behind while they went shopping. It was nice to have a shopping partner for Jimmy so I didn't have to play butler, carrying his bags and trying not to fall asleep as I walked the mall. We love having family visit.

Never Too Old for the Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny came today. I keep thinking that I'm getting too old, but it hasn't happened yet, despite what Jimmy keeps telling me. I have made multiple comments about the great grilled cheese sandwich maker the family had growing up, and how much I miss it. I guess the Eater Bunny was listening because he brought me a Grilled Sandwich Maker/Waffle Maker. Jimmy already said I could use it to make dinner tonight. I can't wait! The Easter Bunny did pretty good with Jimmy too, but not quite as good. Jimmy got a Snow Cone Maker, and yes, he's already used it! We are so spoiled.

Easter with the Kids

Today the kids from Sullivan House and I had an Easter party. We were supposed to do it at the local park, but it rained and we ended up having to do it all inside. Afterwords, there was dye, frosting and chocolate on the wall, ceilings and every inch of the floor. 20 kids under the age of 12 in a small playroom designed for 10 is not the brightest idea...but it sure is a lot of fun!

The kids did not have the patience to dye one egg multiple colors and instead just plunged the entire egg in the cup of dye. Most of them also didn't understand the concept of the "dipper" and instead used their hands to put the eggs in the dye and take them out. Despite what the box says, vinegar does not help get dye off kids hands. I'm sure all their mothers just love me now.

The kids also got to decorate cookies. I had no idea that so much frosting could fit on one cookie.

Finally, we had an easter egg hunt. We tried to make some of the eggs difficult for the older kids. I was sure it would take forever for the kids to find all the eggs and that there was no chance they would ever find them all, but somehow these small kids found 400 plastic eggs in about 3 1/2 minutes. I have never seen a room cleared that quick, and i've never seen little kids move so fast.

Lets Try This Again

This will be the third blog I've ever created (I lost interest in each of the first two blogs after two days), but hopefully this one will stick. I always seem to be the last one to jump on the bandwagon and I only have one sibling left who hasn't created a blog yet, so I figured I'd better get this set up before I am the last one. Here goes...

Just got back from a Cruise to the Caribbean. Nine days of snorkeling with sea turtles, shipwrecks, bike rides through the rain forest, waterfalls and hiking, beaches, new people, tons of food and lots of crazy experiences and all of it incredible!