Easter 2019

Happy Easter!

Last night, we dyed eggs and prepped Easter dinner (which is basically Octoberfeast). This morning, we woke up early and the kids rummaged through their baskets for early morning treats. We planned to go to church for what we thought was at 9:30. We arrived two minutes early, but after double-checking, learned we were actually 30 minutes late. Oh well. Elias suggested Cracker Barrel since we had skipped breakfast, and who are we to say no to such a reasonable request? It wasn't a long wait, not very crowded, and it was nice just sitting together. We came home and the kiddos hunted eggs in the back yard. Zac and I cooked dinner and stuffed ourselves to the brim. I'm thinking I might go to bed early, ha.

Random

Mom offered to take us out for dinner, so the kids chose McAlister's. I haven't felt like cooking lately. My shoulder has STILL been hurting from those stupid sit-ups in February. Luckily, the pain isn't constant, but in the mornings it's stiff and by the evening, I'm sore from carrying Cole around all day. Anyway, the broccoli and cheese soup is my favorite and now it's Elias' and Leah's as well.

Strawberries

Today, we met up with Jessie and her guys in Louisiana to pick strawberries from Ms. Heather's Strawberry Farm. We planned to wake up at 6am in order to arrive at the farm by 9am, but neither Zac nor I heard the alarm until the 7:30am one went off. Awesome. So, I texted Jessie, let her know we were heading out ASAP and we rode through the chilly morning to our destination.

We first went to Ponchatoula and paid for parking near the Strawberry Festival that was happening today as well. However, after asking Jessie where she was, she was 11 miles away in Albany. A misunderstanding, but whatever. We met up and it was actually a fun day picking fresh strawberries. We filled about 3 buckets to bring home, so I'm sitting in my bed typing while breastfeeding Cole and eating strawberries.

Jessie had to go to work, so we left the strawberry patch with three buckets full of strawberries, as well as a container of chocolate-covered strawberries (which disappeared almost instantly), and visited with Kenny for a little while. He was working, so the visit was brief. The kids were hungry, so we headed to Chookies for a poboy and catfish, followed by snoballs. Did I mention I got a sunburn? It figured I'd get burned by the sun on an overcast day.

We made it home around 7pm, just before the weather went bad. We drove through some tornado warnings, but the power didn't turn off and it only rained a bit. The kiddos were bathed and in the bed on time, too.

April brings Allergies

I sometimes miss having a cat, but this time of year reminds me of my allergies and I change my mind. It's been a busy/lazy/sneezy week.

Cole had his four-month checkup and is doing great. I actually forgot about the appointment until the night before when I was looking through my planner. Oops. But, I got the kiddos up, made it on time, and spent a very long three hours waiting to be seen since Dr. Y was the only doctor working at the time. Luckily I have some pretty good kids who behaved themselves, though Elias was gifted a busted lip from a rambunctious toddler. I treated them to well-deserved doughnuts.

 

Cole and Elias are dealing with seasonal allergies like their mama, so it's been a little gross over here. It's also been raining like crazy off and on. At least the outdoors are getting warmer. I'm planning a trip to the beach next week, rain or shine, unless we head to Louisiana for the strawberry festival. Either way, outside it is. Or I might just splurge and buy a pool. We did have a break from the pollen and took a walk around the block with the dogs.