What a wonderful Easter.

Angela was on spring break all last week.  Mommy took Thursday and Friday off so we could enjoy the beautiful weather and time together.  Thursday was Karate, so it was really great to watch her.  She is doing so well.  She gets to move up to the regular classes this fall, so it will get a little harder, but I have seen a big improvement.  I am really proud of her.  She also got to spend the night with her Grandma Barb, who she does not get to see as often now.  Grandma's job is very demanding.  I am so glad they had time together.  Friday afternoon we went and had a picnic at a park up near the airport.  I am so glad we fond that one.  Nadia is a little girl that goes to her school, but is not in the same class.  They get to ride the bus together, so when Angela found her at the park, she was so happy tp have someone to play with.  From there, she went to spend the night with Grandma Pam and Papa.  She was pretty tired by the time we got there, so I am sure Grandma had her hands full for a while.  She got home about 5:30.  We went to Walmart and got her a new bike helmet because she has grow out of the one she used last year.

On Easter morning she woke us up at about 6:30 to tell us the Easter Bunny had been there.  I was able to get her back to sleep long enough for me to take a shower and get ready for church.  She woke up and we headed downstairs to get her breakfast.  When she hit the landing at the top of the stairs, she stopped dead and just looked.  Her mouth was hanging open, when she slowly turned to me and said" Mommy, the Easter Bunny got me a new bike".  She was so excited.  After church, Easter egg hunting and a couple trips around the block with the new bike, we headed to Aunt Becky's for Easter dinner.  We took two cars so we could take her bike for her.  After we ate the wonderful meal that Grandma Pam and Aunt Becky prepared, they headed out to the back yard for the Easter egg hunt.  Then Grandma Pam, Grandma Barb, cousin Jacey and I headed out so Angela could ride her bike.  Aunt Becky has very big blocks and great sidewalks for bike riding.  She did so well.  We then headed back for a little rest and some more food.

The Easter bunny left Angela another Easter basket at Grandma Pam's.  She got a couple of really cute summer dresses for church, some new slippers, some new bath toys, a stuffed Chick that peeps.  Grandma Barb also got her a couple of baskets as well with so many things. You would of thought it was Christmas again with all the gifts she got.  We had to paint her finger nails and two nails last night before bed.

Today was her last day of spring break, so iDaddy took her around the block this afternoon and a visit to Grandma Pam's and Pap's.  They had a good day. Mommy took her for a bike ride down to the park, around the walking track and back home.  It was our after dinner work out.  I am looking forward to getting out in the evenings with her and walking while she rides her bike.  I hope to get her comfortable enough to start working on getting the training wheels off by the end of the year.  We will see.

Well back to our normal weekly routine tomorrow, so no more extra sleep for Mommy for a while.  She has about 9 more weeks of school.  I have a feeling it will go faster then we expect it to.

I will update again soon with a report on how the rest of the week goes.

Thank you Daddy for all the hard work you have put into getting her site set up again. We love you and are very grateful for all you do. It looks great and my goal is to post more often.

It is nice to see the Robins again.  It has always been the first sign of spring for me.  They give us hope that warmer weather is on the way.

Angela is almost through with Kindergarten. She has been riding the bus both ways for school and it has been a learning experience for all.  She has had to learn to sit and be quiet, but the am bus driver says she is doing much better.  I am glad we have started her on the bus now because she will be in school all day this fall and I feel we will have a very tired daughter that first week.  She will also have a new teacher next year.  I am hoping it will go smoothly.  She really likes Mrs France.  Only time will tell.

She has learned to tie, so now she loves to tie her own shoes. She actually loves to tie anything that can be tied.  Daddy and I just went to buy her some new shoes and we can not believe she is wearing a size 1 now.  Most of the pants that we bought last fall are getting too short.  She will be passing up Mommy soon.

She continues to do well is school.  Daddy has been working with her on learning her upper and lower case letters as well as her numbers 1-25.  She is doing very well.  We are very proud of her.  The other thing we have to work on sight words.  She can write her first and last name too.

With the few nice days we have had, we are all ready to open windows for the fresh air and get out from behind the walls of the house.  We just hope that the snow that fell Thursday night will be our last till next winter.

The lilac bush has several buds already and the butterfly bush we hope will bloom earlier this year.  There are new leaves on it already as well.

This week is spring break for Angela so she is home until April 6th.  Mommy is going to take Thursday and Friday as vacation days, so we hope to be able to get outside and do a picnic and park fun.  The last time I looked, it is suppose to be in the 60's both days and no rain.  I hope that it is stay that way.

Angela has been going to youth group at church on Wednesdays and really loves it.  It is sad that it only goes through April.  She is also takes Karate every Thursday.  She is going to the same place her brother went when he was young.  She is doing very well.  She earned her first stripe in January for discipline and is working very hard to get the one for Respect and tenacity.  We also have been told that once she turns 6, she will graduate from the little learners class to the regular karate classes.  I am so happy that she enjoys it and I hope she will follow through and get her black belt some day.  If nothing else, I will feel better that she will be able to defend herself if she ever needs to.

Well I am going to end for now, but will update again soon, either with a daily or weekly report.

It is hard to beleive it is 2010.  Each year goes faster.

Angela is now riding the bus to school and home from school.  She seems to like it, but we both still need to get use to the new schedule.  We are now getting up about 1/2 hour earlier.  I am now heading up at 7:30 to put her to bed, instead of 8:00.  We always read a story before bed and she likes to have Mom cuddle a little before she falls asleep, so now it is closer to 8:00 instead of 8:30 that she falls asleep.

She got her orange strip on her Karate belt Thursday.  She received this for Discipline!!  We are so proud of her!!

She is not taking Spanish anymore, but she really was not getting much out of it, so maybe in a few years we will look into that again.

She has learned how to tie and does a pretty good job with it.  She is becoming more independent on so many things now.

They had a snow day on January 8th, so her and Daddy went sleding for the first time.  She really had a good time.  I hope to take her on the next snow we have.  It has been too many years for me, but I would like to go again.