The Saturday before Easter, Kristin and I took the girls to an Easter egg hunt at Truman University. Granny and Papa came to watch the girls and of course Luke came too, although he'll have to wait til next year to get in on the hunt. The Truman bulldog was there and the Easter Bunny. Lauren did not want her picture with the bulldog, but I did get one of her with the Bunny. The egg hunt was basically a free for all. The eggs were everywhere and it was so fun to watch the kids run to a big pile of eggs, pick up one egg and then look around like they can't find anymore. Lauren made out pretty well. Easter morning we went to church and celebrated our Risen King! After we went to lunch with my side of the family. Later we had another Easter egg hunt with Granny and Papa. Granny was smart and stuffed the eggs with stickers and small toys, which helped reduce the candy intake. And we finished out the night hanging out at Matthew and Kristin's.
Oh and I would like to mention that Lauren and I did color a dozen eggs and even did some of them with glitter. So I think I earn my award in patience, cause doing things like that, that can spill and make big messes stress me out big time. It actually was fun and Lauren had a great time.
Today Lauren and Ellie got to play while Andrew took Jackson turkey hunting. The girls made paper dolls with Granny and then headed outside to play. They played on the swing and even figured out that they could both fit and swing together. They also played with bubbles and chalk, and tried to fly Lauren's kite.
This afternoon we took Lauren to a community track meet. It was something for kids ages 5 to 14, so I check to see if Lauren could participate, since she's still 4 and she could. So she got to complete in a softball throw, a long jump and a 50 yard dash. We've been practicing racing here at home, so she was excited about the race. The throw and the jump she liked, but the race was the most fun. Brad helped her practice throwing the soft ball for a while before it was her turn. She did great on her first and third throw and well... we'll just say her second throw was more like a bowl. For the race, she did great. She ran with the 5 and 6 year olds and started slow, but once she saw she was behind she ran so hard to catch the others and finished well. We spent this evening running race after race with her. I think she's got the racing bug, which I like, because I loved running when I was young.
It was so fun to see her compete today and try to do her best. Brad and I were so proud of her!
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