Dentist

Bella made her first trip ever to the dentist today.  I am happy to say she did an excellent job!  She is generally timid around strangers so I wasn't that surprised when she just opened up and let the dentist "count" and clean her teeth.  Then she got to watch me get my teeth cleaned (during which she managed to unravel the entire thing of floss she got).      

Bella also made her first trip to get her first 'professional' hair cut about a week ago.  She did a good job listening again with that too.  I can't imagine taking Lucy to do these things.  I think they will turn out to be very different stories but I could be wrong.  

Lucy is also experimenting with new hair dos...

And I love that she can go on the swings all by herself now :)

Just when I thought life couldn't get any busier, my work (fortunately) landed a few projects that are a bit more than we can handle.  Therefore, I'm adding another day to my schedule, temporarily, to help out.  We had been slow for a while, so if I am wanted and needed, I have to take advantage of it!  Even if I'd much rather have this happen in the middle of January!  

Easter

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!  

We colored eggs using one of those egg spinners.  It was a very mess-free way to do it.  

Finding Lucy's basket.  It was under the computer desk while Bella's was behind a toy basket.  

Abby, Bryn, and Paige set up an Easter egg hunt in the backyard.  They were smart and made them really easy to find.  Bella and especially Lucy had so much fun finding them!

planning

They love to wrestle!

For Bella's birthday this year, we have decided to let her have her first kids' party.  Not sure if I am crazy or not to have a party for a 4 yr old, but Bella is SO excited it is worth it for now!  I'll have to answer that same question after the party.  She has picked out a Dora theme.  I wanted ladybugs, like a ladybug picnic,  but then we got a party supply catalog in the mail.  It was full of Dora, Diego, etc so my ladybug theme was over after Bella saw all that!  She still spends time looking at all the stuff in that catalog, dreaming about her party.  

"Mom, maybe we should do a Scooby Doo party"

"but Bella, you don't even watch Scooby"

"Mom, but maybe my friends like Scooby. Mom, then we have to do Dora and Diego because Cooper loves Diego"  (Cooper is one of her best friends at school.)

  

I'm trying to think of games to do but I'm honestly hoping for a nice warm day so the kids can just play outside.  It will be in June so this is probably a good assumption.  Then we'll do a pinata and cake and send them on their way!  I'm thinking that will be plenty fun for a bunch of pre-schoolers.  

I'm making Bella her very own Dora skirt to wear at the party.  Here it is in progress.  I hope it turns out!  Right now its looking like it may be too short.  If so, Lucy may get a Dora skirt too!