We had a 5-day weekend for Easter, and on Friday it was freezing cold and snowy. We had plans to go to the zoo, but thank goodness some friends called and wanted to meet down at the gym, set up the volleyball net, and let the kids go at it. It was a marvelous morning, and the kids got out enough energy to actually be quiet for a few hours. We had a blast.
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Easter morning was a success, even though Matt didn't want to wake up. He's not very good at waking up unless it's his idea to do so. The boys were bestowed with water guns (big ones), Grace got "Tangled", Haley got Just Dance 2, and Matthew was finally happy with his new drawing pad. It lights up and everything. We followed with the annual Easter Egg Hunt in the living room. Matthew was very pleased, and everybody found all their eggs, although one last egg wasn't found until after church. There's always that last one, right?
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Joey has had wiggly front teeth for quite a while now. By the time we needed to go to church, it was just hanging there. I could see the top of it, and it was sideways. But it hurt to pull on it, so we thought we'd corner one of the dentists in our ward and have them yank on it a bit. But right in the middle of the passing of the Sacrament, Joey (who was sitting one row in front of me with Momma Harris), jumped up and exclaimed, "Mom! Look!" He held out that tooth for all to see, and we had three rows of patrons very quietly cheering for him. I'm sure Daddy (who was presiding today) was so happy that his family was the cause of all the irreverence today.
