Easter Break Eggcitement

Easter break is always an enjoyable time. It is the point in the school year when everyone (students and teachers alike) just need a little break. Our family enjoyed this time very much! We tried to take advantage of the beautiful weather and M's limited time off of work.

For the first two days of the break I did respite for a couple of families. I love to offer this service to other foster parents! It is also great for my children to have other little ones around. They each LOVE to dote on the babies.

On Wednesday, we took a trip to Sacramento for the day. Our children had no idea where we were going. Well...until I ACCIDENTALLY spilled the beans the night before by saying the word zoo on the telephone. OOPS! I am really bad about doing that! So we loaded up in the car that morning and headed to the Sacramento Zoo. It was supposed to rain ALL day in Sacramento. So, we took our hooded coats and an umbrella. Fortunately, the weather was beautiful. It did rain the last 10 or 15 minutes of our zoo experience. Luckily, we were in the gift shop during most of the cloud burst. One of B's favorite parts was the sink in the bathroom that was just her size!

We decided to take a cute little monkey home with us.

Then we headed to Old Sacramento to eat our picnic lunch and take in the sights. The boys loved this part of the trip. It was incredibly educational! I loved that part too! We were able to go into a one-room schoolhouse. Little B loved the slates and chalk. It just reminded me so much of Anne of Green Gables. :) On the way out of town we had to at least drive by the capital. The boys were amazed at the size. "It looks just like the White House!"

On Easter Sunday we enjoyed a morning at our church, lunch with grandma and grandpa, and a fun egg hunt in the backyard. We then went for a bike ride through Bidwell Park and played at Caper Acres. That was little B's favorite part of the day! She loves to go on the swings and down the big twisty slide. A is quite the big brother to her and follows her all around playing whatever she wants to play. Z was over in the sand box for most of the time enjoying meeting new friends as he played.

Our children are also getting very inspired by The Biggest Loser. We watch it together on Tuesday evenings. This picture is from tonight. Bob (Harper), one of the trainers, gave us a trainer tip. He encouraged us to pick up weights during each commercial and do a squat, curl, and press. Z took this very seriously! He got cans out of the pantry to use as weights and did it during the remaining commercials. I was so proud of him! His example wore off on his siblings because each of them got their own cans and worked out during the commercial. I just had to get a picture of it. They were SO cute!

We also spent some time preparing for our field trip to Sutter's Fort. We are supposed to dress up in clothing from 1846. This has not been an easy feat since I am not a seamstress! With a little help from a costume shop we are well on our way! Here are a couple of pictures that we needed to send down ahead of us so that they could post them on the welcome board. What cuties they are!

There will be more to write about in the next couple of weeks. Busy, busy, busy!