One of those Perfect Days

Today was just that.  David's been working nonstop overtime as a result of the tornado's that came through on Saturday.  Fortunately, he has one day off, today.  His next day off will likely not happen until next Tuesday.  And it'll be 12 on/12 off until then.  The best part about today being the one day he has off is that he got to join me for Hannah's school Easter Egg Hunt at the park.  Instead of dropping the kids off and coming home for 30 minutes to meet the school at the park, we kept Braylon and Hannah here and headed straight to the park.  We went a little early so they could play.  After her class got there they played for about 30 minutes.  Then the adults, David included, hid the eggs.  This really just meant they tossed the randomly all over the ground.

All the kids getting situated

Playing egg themed games

Bubbles!

Hannah sliding to Ms. Lisa

Ms Rakia and Hannah; and yes, that's her underpants because she's a tiny

thing and most of her pants are just a little too big!

Braylon

Hannah going down the big slide

Braylon and Ms. Faith

Daddy got sucked into helping a bunch of kids across the bars.

Singing songs while waiting for the hunt to begin.

Hannah grabbing her first egg.

It was a mad dash.....

More eggs!

Braylon, running to find more eggs

Hannah's bag.  After this we all had lunch together.  Ms. Pat, one of Hannah's teachers, said to me "Hannah's so funny with you guys around.  She's our little class leader!"  With mom and dad around she seemed a little bashful and wanted to hang out close to us.  After awhile she started to be more like herself though.  

This was the crash, hours later.

Hannah took these pictures.  You can see our new pool in the background.

I'll have to post some pictures of her playing in it.  She really likes the new slide 

feature.  I like that it's big enough for me to get in and really get wet.

I love Phlox, I think it smells so good.

My mint and zucchini, that need to be planted in the garden.

Me, watering the fern in front of Hannah's playhouse.

Geesh...that is one big prego belly!

An absolutely perfect meal: pork chops and asparagus with sweet potatoes.  

A perfect end to such a good day!  Hannah played, David and I sat on the deck, talking and relaxing.  

Playdate at Monkey Joe's

Last week we decided to take Hannah and Braylon to Monkey Joe's.  It's nice because we can take the kids during the middle of the week, during the middle of the work day and there's a fraction of the kids there.  This time there were about 10 kids total.  We stayed for about an hour and a half the kids didn't slow down at all!  They had so much fun.  

This was the cutest thing: every time they went down this particular slide together, they held hands.   

It's nice when Hannah and Braylon get to play together like this.  They don't get much time to play together since they're in separate classrooms at school.  And they play so well together.  While they were playing, I was busy typing up a summary for school.  That's one of the nice perks of Monkey Joe's: free Wifi.  

New and exciting things are happening

Last Monday, Hannah started the preschool program at the YMCA.  It's similar to the Summer Camp she went to.  She has the same teachers but this one is more structured than the Summer Camp.  There is more of a learning focus for this program.  Most of the kids in the preschool were in her summer program.  I'm helping out another mom by dropping her son off with Hannah and picking him up and dropping him off at his babysitters house.  He gets dropped off here at 730 and we leave right at 8.  His babysitter is only about 10 minutes from the house, so it's not bad at all.  And I am being compensated.  His name is Braylen.  The 30 minutes they spend together at my house is slightly chaotic and full of laughter.  

Letting in the dog, or trying to.  It's all about teamwork.

Coloring

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Pick-up time, waiting in line

This is Hannah's buddy and teacher, Ms. Faith

End of the day, loading up

I can't express how happy I am with the YMCA program.  I believe that Hannah's teachers; Ms. Pat, Ms. Faith, and Ms. Rakia, are there because they enjoy working with kids.  It's a very comforting thought for a parent.