April FHE at the Clark's

We headed on out to Tiffin and Kimball's for April's FHE. It is the big Easter Egg Hunt. The kids were so excited to get eggs. We got there and ate breakfast burritos and then we headed on out to the park for the hunt. (Warning: my pictures of the actual hunt are LAME.)

After the hunt the kids wanted to play on the playground. They had a great time.

While the other kids were playing Emmalin was checking out her stash.

She even offered to share with me.

Despite what my pictures show, Raef and Carrigan were there.

Children's Museum of Phoenix

A while back I took Matt and Ray to the Children's Museum of Phoenix with a preschool group. From that trip we got two passes for free admission. Then, a few months ago I saw a great deal online where you could get 3 tickets for $16 (normally it is $11 per person). Since Hailey and Kade had the 20th off of school for a teacher development day, Nathan took the day off of work and we went to the museum.

The kids used the giant bathtub as a slide.

Making a pizza.

Waiting for our pizza to cook.

It was so much fun.

Hailey's Ears

Today we went to the mall because I wanted to look for Easter dresses at a couple of stores and Nathan wanted to look at Dick's Sporting Goods for a shotgun (which he's never going to get) and a gun cabinet.

Since Dick's had shopping carts Nathan kept the 3 youngest with him and I took Hailey to Penneys. On our way we passed Claire's. Hailey asked me what the store was called and I told her it was the store that pierces ears. She turned to me and said, "Could I get mine pierced?" I about fell over. For years we've (really I've) been trying to get her to pierce her ears but she wouldn't budge. I almost took her right then before she could change her mind. Instead, we went to Penneys and she tried on about 20 dresses. I even let her try on one of the "wedding" gowns (although there is no way I was going to buy it for her). Out of the 20 dresses one had sleeves. ONE! It is ridiculous. Out of the 20 dresses she liked one and I liked another, but neither of us liked either dress enough to compromise. So...no dress.

Anyway, after meeting back up with the rest of the family I told Nathan that she wanted her ears pierced. He okayed it and off we went.

Hailey chose rose crystal daisies as her earring then hopped in the seat. She did great. She flinched when the actual piercing took place, but she didn't cry. She has 6 weeks of 3x-a-day cleanings and then she can change her earrings. She can't wait.

(I bribed her to go to one more store with me by saying I'd let her look at all the earrings. She was amazed at Kohl's selection. I've never heard her say "Oh my gosh!" so many times. Apparently, Kohl's has EVERYTHING she could ever imagine when it comes to earrings.)

Disney on Ice Princess Classics

Waiting for the show to start. Hailey is pouting because she has cheapskates for parents--$10 for cotton candy with a plastic crown? No, thank you.

Sometimes, Nathan's job has perks.

One day he came home from work and asked if I wanted to take the kids to Disney on Ice that night. It was press night and his station had tickets. I debated because it was a school night, but gave in because I thought it would be fun for the kids and one night out late wasn't going to kill them, right? Turned out that we couldn't get tickets for that night, but we could go on Saturday. We chose the afternoon show (that way Matt and Ray could get a short nap and we could eat before we left).

We got to US Airways Center and made our way to our seats. I wish we had blinders for the kids so we didn't have to endure the "gimmes" on our way in. We were in row 7, I think, so pretty close to the ice. 

The show started and we saw scenes from the princess movies: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Mulan. Then there was and intermission (and more vending) and Cinderella.started. It was a long show.

Rachel's favorite part was when Mickey and Minnie came out at the very beginning and then again at the end.
Matthew spent the entire time changing seats.
There was just enough prince/boy stuff to make it bearable for Kade.
Hailey liked it (though she had already seen it with Kristi). Her favorite part was recording it on her MP3 player.

Mom! Help!

I always chuckle a little bit when I hear Matt yell for help and I see this:

Rachel can definitely hold her own with him.

Rachel's First Hairs Cut

 I finally took Rachel to get her hairs cut. Now her hair won't be in her eyes for a while. Hopefully, now that all her baby shaggy hair is gone it will grow in nicely. It actually looks like she has more hair now.