The missing baseball cap...

is no longer missing. It turned up today in the van, having been stuffed into one of the compartments by Nathan's seat. Now we have two.

First Games

Today, both Alex and Nathan had their first T-ball games. Nathan's game was this morning and unfortunately, Amy and I had to miss it because of her Little Gym class. But it sounds like he had a great time. You might notice there are more pictures from his game than Alex's. That would be because I was in charge of taking pictures at Alex's game... while I kept an eye on Amy and Nathan (Bill was helping in the dugout). And though at times Amy and Nathan sat fairly happily next to me and watched the game, those moments only lasted about 2 minutes and then they were all over the place. But I did manage to get a few other shots, some where Alex was happily playing in the dirt, or looking off into the outfield while the other team was at bat. It was too cute. Kids are so easily distracted at this age. :) Oh, and you might also notice that in the picture where Nathan is fielding the ball, he is not wearing a baseball cap. That would be because we discovered it missing this morning when we getting Nathan ready for his game. A complete rampage of our entire house turned up nothing. It's vanished without a trace. Thankfully, even though his first game was played hatless, we were able to purchase another one for him later in the day. This is a very good thing because his team pictures are tomorrow!!!

Easter

I hope you all had a blessed Easter! We've been so busy lately, as you can tell by my lack of posts. But here are some pictures from our Easter activities (and yes, those are pictures of Easter morning, not Christmas :) ).

Amy on the Easter egg hunt

Alex and Nathan on the Easter egg huntNathan checking out the egg contents...Amy, wearing her chocolate bunny

Easter morning!Ready for church!Posing at Granny's houseThe whole familyTime to dye the eggs
Amy, just chillin'

A stomach bug?

That's what we're still trying to decide this morning. Amy woke yesterday morning and threw up several times. I immediately put her on the couch and covered her with a blanket, declaring to all that this was now the "sick" couch and this was the "sick" blanket, both of which were to be avoided by all but Amy. I take all precautions I can, but of course, with a stomach bug everyone usually gets it anyway.

As sick as the poor little thing was in the morning, after some lemon-lime Gatorade (thanks, Celeste!) Amy began to perk up. By 12:30 pm she informed me that she was hungry, so I began giving her oyster crackers. Not only did she keep them all down, but she downed over half of the large container of Gatorade and ate almost as many waffles for dinner as I did - plus half a banana! And other than a restless night's sleep (probably from over-eating), she didn't have anymore incidents. She's been actively playing all morning. So maybe it wasn't a stomach bug afterall? Whatever it was, I hope it's over and that we see no more of it for quite some time!