Easter 2010

I find myself getting more excited for each holiday that comes. Isabella is now 3 years old and is starting to enjoy the holidays in a "magical" sort of way. Even though Halloween, Christmas and Easter are over she still makes comments like:

"Mommy, I'm scared of pumpkins... jack-o-lanterns." (followed by a recounting of what happened when she went trick-or-treating).

"Mommy, did you see that?? I think I just saw Santa's sleigh."

"I'm a nice/good girl. The Easter Bunny will be happy."

It's so fun to hear her talk about it all.

So, a funny thing happened with Isabella this last week. Well, actually it wasn't funny when it happened. She was taking a little longer finishing up her dinner so Josh and I got up from the table and went about other things. Shortly after we left the table Bella came over crying and covering her face with her hands. I took her hands away and didn't notice anything except a watery eye. I assumed that she had poked it or something. It also happened to be her left eye. She had a clogged tear duct when she was born and also has allergies. So, it was not uncommon to see that particular eye get watery. Her crying seemed to be escalating and becoming more frantic. What on earth?? What could be wrong with this child? Through her tears and hysteria she managed to communicate that she had a piece of corn up her nose!! Josh and I looked at each other and thought, "Oh, crap! This is going to be one expensive trip to the emergancy room. All of that money for a stinking lousy piece of corn." We tried massaging it out... nothing, sneezing/blowing it out... nothing, we even tried holding her down and going at it with tweezers (yeah, that didn't happen either). I massaged it one more time and tried to coach her on how to properly "blow out" through your nose. She just couldn't figure out how to blow out. She kept sniffing in. Just when I had about given up hope she miraculously blew out through her nose (in between sniffs). The corn popped out!! Oh, but wait, she sniffed it back in! I quickly prevented her from sticking her finger up her nose and began massaging her nose from the top down. The corn slipped out very quickly after that. "Phew"...I'm glad that's over.

Luke is cruising pretty well around furniture and various objects. I believe he will most likely be walking within a month. His latest interest has been to have mommy or daddy (mostly daddy) chase him around the house in his walker. He's fairly quick in that thing. He will giggle and laugh to no end if someone will give him chase. It's pretty darn cute and entertaining to watch. He also has shown some interest in a toy microphone we have (the plastic one with the metal coil inside). He will pick it up and loudly make, "Ah!" sounds into it. That's fun to see too.

Josh is getting senioritis. He is only a couple short months from graduating with his master's degree in administration. He walks on May 1st and he can't HARDLY wait!! Me neither. As for me, nothing much has changed.

I'm still plugging away watching kids. Oh - and I did take part in a small talent show for relief society. A few girls and I did a "nerd herd" version of nsync's, "Bye bye bye." (you can see it on facebook if you want). Other than that, not much else. We hope everyone is doing well. See you around for the next post!

Luke crawls & stands by couch:


What Easter is all about:


Easter egg hunt with cousins:


Luke takes the mic: