Happy Earth Day! (and Spring)

I was under the impression that spring had arrived, but apparently I was wrong! It has been cold and rainy for the last few days. I do not like it (Cassidy doesn't like it either)! According to our our meteorologist this rain and cold is suppose to break...we shall see! Cassidy keeps gazing longingly out our window at her sandbox and swingset.

I just checked www.weather.com for our 10 day forecast and starting Friday we are suppose to be 80F for 4 days! WOOHOO! If that is even remotely correct it shall be a very lovely weekend! Yay for sun! I must remind myself to pick up some new kiddie sunscreen.

Life is going well here at Casa de Hart. Cassidy, Cailin, and I have started to use our local library more regularly. We had been going sporadically. The girls really enjoy it. The library has a really love children's wing, so we play and then check out books. Cassidy even has her own library card. She is very proud of herself when she gets to check out her own books. :-)

My father-in-law, Bill, just ran the Boston Marathon and finished 3:52:44! Go Bill! I only wish I had the motivation to run let along 26.2 miles! I was able to watch some of the race online, but of course they only show the elite runners...

Hmm...I think that is all on our front right now.


Happy Earth Day! Always remember to leave a place better then you found it!

I also came across this great site, check it out!

http://www.eattheseasons.com/

Easter Pictures

Here are some pictures from our Easter! We hope you enjoyed a blessed day!

Cassidy & Cailin are ready to color eggs!

Coloring Eggs!

At Grandma & Grandad's after church. (enjoying from cinammon rolls & fruit)

Cailin and Great Grandma Magnus

Have a beautiful day!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! What a glorious day! We enjoyed a lovely, relaxing, and exciting day.

(Pictures to follow!)

Happy Easter to all!

Snakes and other happenings!

Yesterday morning Cassidy comes up to me and says, "Mama, there is a dead snake in the hallway." She says this in a very serious tone with a a very serious look on her face. I had just walked through the hallway and had not seen any dead snakes. I ask her to show it to me, so we walk through the kitchen into the hallway and she points to the floor. I look and see a very small dead worm. Yup...just a dead worm.

Me: "Cassidy that is a dead worm. It isn't a snake."
Cassidy: "It is a snake, Mama." (this is said in a very exasperated tone! How could I think it wasn't a snak?!)
Me: "I'll pick it up and throw it away."

So I reach down, pick up the worm, and Cassidy proceeds to start shrieking, "put down the snake!" I tell her again that it is a dead worm and then throw it in the garbage. She continues to look at me incredulously. I still don't think she agrees that it was a dead worm, and I don't think she thought I was Super Mom for picking it up. :-)

In other news...HOLY SNOW!?! I think Mother Nature missed the memo that Spring had Sprung! We enjoyed a few days of semi nice weather and then get slammed with bitter cold, windy, and snowy days. Seriously? I am over it! Bring on the sunshine!

Cassidy will be starting a new spring class called Spring into Art. She loves to color and draw, so I am hoping that she will enjoy this class. It starts on Thursday and it is lead by the same teacher that did her Movin' & Groovin' class.

Well...that is all for now! Happy Easter!

It's that time again....

I keep telling myself that I am going to be better about updating...and then a month goes by...phew!

March:

March was a pretty busy month for us. The girls and I enjoyed Movin' & Groovin' and our MOPS/MOPPETS. Movin' & Groovin' is every Thursday morning and MOPS is every other Friday morning. I am a Girl Scout Co-leader and I have been busy with that as well.

Lucas is busy at work, and a new office is in the works which keeps him even busier. He is also very active with the F'muth Jaycees, especially the Volkslaufe. Three Monday evenings a month he is gone for Jaycee and/or Volkslaufe meetings. Busy, busy.

Lucas' cousin Cameray is a senior this year and she has been very active in Puppen fur Cristus, which is a puppet ministry through our church. I had only seen a performance at one of our Contemporary services. Well, they offered a Dinner Theater show, so we went at watched. It was quite good. They did songs and such from Godspell. Cassidy enjoyed it. She kept asking "where is Camay?" throughout the entire performance! Cailin fell asleep. :-)

The big event was our vacation to Isla Mujeres, MX. Well, suffice it to say that we went to Mexico for 2 days, had a rather disturbing experience, Lucas became very uncomfortable, and we came home 3 days early. Long story short...it was a disaster. The island is absolutely stunning. I would definitely return to the island. The largest contributor to our disaster of a vacation was the hotel we stayed at, Avalon Reef Club. They are pretty ridiculous and I would not recommend anyone to stay there or at any of their other resorts. Let's hope we are able to enjoy another vacation...in the future.

Now, it is nearly April and I hope that Spring is right around the corner...wait...wasn't the first day of Spring a week ago...it was...March 20th was the First day of Spring. Well, Spring in Michigan is always an adventure...it snowed yesterday/last night. Ridiculous. I hope there isn't any more of that...I will keep praying for warmer weather! We have lots to do this spring, largely fixing the backyard. We have rather destructive dogs when it comes to being outside, and the yard was dug up from the remodeling because of the plumbing and hooking into our septic. It looks like a disaster zone.

Here's to Spring and warmer weather!

The dust has settled...

Literally...I think all the drywall dust is gone (well...almost gone.) Thankfully! I think the construction phase is done. Now onto the painting phase of our house overhaul. At least the end is in sight, and things are looking great around Casa de Hart.

Now, for our exciting news...Lucas and Alicia are going on vacation sans kiddos! What?! Yes, you read it right...no kids for 5 days. We are going to Isla Mujeres, which is a tiny (5 miles long and 1/2 mile wide, tiny!) island off the coast of Cancun.

Check it out.

Here:

http://www.isla-mujeres.net/

Here:

http://www.islamujeres.info/

and Here:

http://bnwisla.blogspot.com/

In other news...we found this fabulous place to take the kids, well, Cassidy. In the Birch Run Mall, they opened this place called Spring Break, which is full of inflatables. It is fabulous and the best thing about it is the $5 it costs for Cassidy to run herself around like crazy. Cailin likes to watch Cassidy and play on the ride-on toys.

The girls are also participating in a class called Movin' & Groovin', which allows them to work on their large movements, following directions, and interacting with other children. It is taught by a kindergarten teacher at St. Lorenz School, and sponsored by their Early Childhood Department. Cassidy and Cailin really enjoy this class and their teacher, Mrs. Hessler.

That is brief recap of what is happening in our neck of the woods, er, farm fields. Ta, ta for now!

Birthday Cake Pictures