Rielee's Easter chicks

 Rielee came over to get us today so we could see her new chicks.  Olivia is holding Snoopy and Rielee is holding Peanut.  She named her other newbies Mia, Copper and Lulu. 

We were surprised later when she came over again carrying Peanut, who was looking a little worn out. 

April Fools, Bunny dress-up

 These two got us good!  All the way home from they told us a big story about how they made brownies at school-especially for us, "you are going to love them, Grandma" they said.  Our mouths were watering as they got them out of their backpacks and hid them behind their backs, we thought we were getting something special-then they presented us with brown "e's", they were so excited, squealing and laughing hysterically!  It was so cute.  They said their teacher pulled the trick on them in the morning, so they knew just how to do it, and they did it well.  Rielee got a kick out it,  that I fell for it this year when I pulled the same trick on she and Parker last year.  I just never expected a prank from the twins.

 They had fun decorating Easter bunnies, sticking with their signature colors, of course.  It kept them busy for over an hour,

and made our wall look festive.

Harper can pump, Rielee's chicks, reading

 Harper was super excited Sunday, she mastered pumping and could go really, really high!

 Rielee showed us her 3 new chicks.  She was happy that 2 are Aracaunas and will lay blue or green eggs.

They were dressed up and out scootering, then had to play monkeys.

Ava looked so cute in all her pink.

After bath time, all three sat down to read.  Ava and Harper read their take home books to Rielee, then she read several books to them. 

Softball, volleyball, the new project

 This was Lexi playing at Kelso Thursday, she is easy to see out there with her distinctive, thick curls.

 Rielee played in her last tournament of the season in Longview Saturday.  They took 3rd, it was fun to see how much they've improved this year.  I stayed at the tournament with Rielee while Des, Gabe, Papa, Parker and Olivia went to Salem for Parker's basketball tournament. 

Gabe and Papa continued on to Eugene to pick up a project-a 1977 Fiat X19.  Parker will help Papa restore it.

The Dolans

 Laury and Will came over for coffee this morning,  Uncle showed them his "game room" for the kids, and they humored him by playing air hockey a little.  We got to see a scrapbook Laury made for Will about his basketball at SWOCC, it was really nice.

We met Emmy in her classroom after school with a skirt for her projector table.  She wants to hide all the wires and be able to store things under it. It was a bit long so I'll hem it and get it back to her Monday.

Toe writing

The girls had been coloring and decided to play dress up when they dropped their crayons on the floor.  They impressed Papa by picking up a couple with their toes so he challenged them to try writing their names.   Ava did it but Harper's toes needed some help from her fingers before she could finish.  Not fair, she said,  she has twice as many letters in her name than Ava.

Seeing Parker outside cutting wood with this old hardhat on reminded me of  Dad.  Parker wasn't sure where he got it, but thought it might be Grandpa Harold's.

Monday madness

This was a chaotic but happy morning.  Ava and Harper got up early since they knew Rielee was coming over to eat breakfast and play with them before school.   They played a game of  Tumbling Monkeys and then played Barbies.  When I said I needed a picture of them, Rielee thought of this one-she and Harper doing bridges while Ava crawled underneath.   Plus, Ava woke me up in the middle of the night to remind me that I forgot to sew her blanket and asked if I could do it in the morning, so I had to hurry and add another mile of thread to her poor little blanket.  She's not about to give it up though, she said she's keeping it until she's grown.  After the twins left with Papa for school, Rielee wanted to play Scrabble.  We got through half a game before her ride came, we'll finish it next time she's here.