Easter Eve

I let Amelia pick how many eggs she wanted to dye this year. I figure at $1 a dozen that is pretty cheap entertainment. I was surprised to limited herself to 3 dozen and we only lost one in the boiling process. She dyed eggs for nearly 2 hours and each dozen got brighter and brighter as she learned that they would if you leave them in longer. The first dozen are pretty pastel because she was so excited to take them out. Amelia is very excited for the Easter Bunny to visit tonight, Nina is oblivious but she does have an Easter basket still.

The girls' Easter baskets. Amelia got a couple of Webkinz and a new Piggy Bank. Nina got a gumball toy thingy and a Piggy Bank. The both got Peeps just for tradition and bunny ears. Nina had Easter Goldfish crackers and Amelia has chocolate eggs and bubble gum eggs. And 2 new pinwheels, Nina LOVES pinwheels.

Easter at School

The day of Amelia's Easter Egg hunt at school was FREEZING, and of course, it was sandwiched right in between 2 beautiful 70 degree days. So the parents did a fair job of "encouraging" quick egg finding.

She's a Rockstar

Our First Ever Antibiotics

Well it has finally hit the Chavez household, a sickness serious enough to warrant antibiotics. Neither of my kids has ever had a sickness that requires them so I think that is a pretty good track record for the past 5 years. But little Nina has been diagnosed with a double ear infection and RSV. She is on amoxicillin and regular does of Motrin for the pain. We have to watch closely that she doesn't get any worse, like wheezing or we will have to take further action. This started as a simple cold and Nina was still Nina, happy and active so I didn't really worry about it until last night when she woke up hysterical every 30 minutes. She has probably been pretty sick for a few days but didn't act it at all. She is a child I will have to watch very closely because she is definetely not a complainer (anymore, now that the whole milk thing was solved). So we are starting her medicine and hoping it clears quickly.

Nina Kisses

Morning at the Chavez House

Both girls think it is hilarious when Mao is going crazy. He had basically stolen this Coke box from Nina and the girls were fascinated. It always think it funny when the baby and the cat are fighting over toys, one of Nina's favorite toys is an actual cat toy and Mao's favorite toy is Nina's ball popper.

And She Stands

Nina can now pull herself to standing. She has been doing it a couple of weeks now and gets very proud of herself when she gets up. She has even started cruising on the furniture. She gets a little over-confident sometime and ends up with a head bonk on the floor or table edge. But she is getting better, today she stood without hanging on to anything for about 5 seconds. Walking isn't far off. (She had also mastered crawling now, by the way. And you can't get her to sit still for 5 seconds.) It is all downhill from here, ha ha.

In Other News...

We have been doing a lot of activities that I haven't had my camera for. The first is swimming lessons. Amelia is doing so well they have given her a yellow band. That means she can go in the pool without a grown-up as long as she stays in the shallow end. Her teacher said she is only a couple of lessons away from a green band, unrestricted access to the pool without a grown-up. We have been to the park a million times, including a picnic with Grandma Kitty and Grandpa Ike. Amelia has spend countless hours playing in her new backyard and is anxiously awaiting a new swingset. Amelia also started indoor soccer. Her team name is the Glitter Sharks, a compromise between the 4 girls and 4 boys on the team. She has had one game and scored her first goal. It was very excited to watch her swell with pride after scoring. She was also goalie and stopped about 10 goals. I also took Amelia to Disney Princesses on Ice, which she loved. She chose a sno-cone as her special treat and $15 later decided she didn't like sno-cones so I had to choke down a sno-cone because I paid $15 ridiculous for it. I will tell you that sno-cones taste better in my memory.