Happy Friday! Let me tell you, it's been a week. Cooper has been sick, not sleeping well, and in lots of pain (which is exhausting for everyone), I had to fill out a police report for an extremely odd and upsetting incident that happened at work on Wednesday, we're slowly trying to pack up our house for the big movie, we're gearing up for state testing at school, we had a hiking field trip to Lula Lake today with 85 fifth graders, Cooper and I made our second trip of the week to the pediatrician this afternoon, and I'm just running on fumes. I'm VERY ready for spring break next week!
We celebrated Easter with my family this past weekend, so we dyed our eggs early. I bought a dozen per child, but of course, some cracked during the process. We just used boiling water, vinegar, and normal food coloring, and our eggs turned out bright and vibrant. I put them down on paper towels first to help them dry, and the colors bled some, so a lot of them look tie dyed. They're cool!
Most of the time Cooper wants to be super involved with egg dying, but this year he wasn't as interested. Clark was my big helper from start to finish.
We braved the cold and rainy weather Saturday to hit up the zoo. We pretty much had the place to ourselves, so the boys had a great time running around. I let Abel walk on his own, instead of taking a stroller, and he loved it! Chattanooga has an awesome zoo!
We celebrated Easter with my family on Sunday, and the boys had a great time hunting eggs. Abel was really into it this year, so it was fun to watch him run around. One of the kids' favorite traditions is throwing the eggs down in the woods when they're done hunting, so they did that too.
Cooper is my artsy boy. He's a very talented little artist, and I don't know where he gets that from. I loved my art classes in high school and college, but I wasn't very good compared to others. He would choose something involving art over sports any day, so he decided he wanted to take a break from playing soccer this spring. He spends the vast majority of his free time drawing, so I wanted to find an art class to put him in for the summer. We want to encourage them to pursue what they like and enjoy instead of forcing something on them, if that makes sense. We had talked about putting him in piano lessons, but he loves art so much, we went in that direction. I turned to my trusty Facebook friends for recommendations, and they followed through! We found a local one that is a great price per month, so he starts April 30th! He's so excited about it.
It's been a good week for cuddling with all my men!
Andy and I had another date night Saturday, and I didn't take a picture of this one either. We ate dinner at Cheddar's and then headed to Ashley Furniture to look around for the new house. We've had our living room couches since before we got married, so to say they've had it is an understatement. They'll be going up in the bonus/playroom at the new house. We bought our bedroom furniture there, and we've been really happy with it. We walked in and a wonderful salesman helped us out, and we ended up buying a beautiful sectional and ottoman for the new house. It was so comfortable! It'll be a week or so after we move in before it's delivered, but I'm really excited! We just got the couch and ottoman... not all the other bling in the picture. 😉 I haven't got any throw pillows yet... I think I'm going to wait until we've settled on decor and paint colors before I buy those.
We took our 5th grade class to Lula Lake today. To be honest, I wasn't excited about taking 85 kiddos hiking on the side of the mountain, but they were great! There was a ton of water in the falls due to all the rain we've had, so it was a great day for it. We hiked over 4 miles, so we wore them out!
I finished season 4 of Gilmore Girls this week! I loved it! I'm almost afraid to see what happens next!
The Easter Bunny got his work done early! He's ready for Sunday! 😉
Happy Easter weekend, friends! I hope you have a great one!
