Happy Easter!!

Good morning to everyone. It's early (I'd say bright, but it's just not bright out yet!!) and everyone is still sleeping so it's a good time for a blog update!

All is well with everyone. As usual, life has been busy over the past two weeks, so here we go!

Believe it or not, on March 29th, we registered Miss Erin for Jr. Kindergarten!! We went to the school to register and we got a chance to meet the Principal, the French Teacher, and the Kindergarten Teacher. Erin also got a chance to check out her new digs for the new year, and she did just great! She went in and looked around and found some great stuff to play with. She also ran into a friend or two from the Nursery School that will be going on the same days she is, so the transition in September should go well. We have an appointment to go back so she can see what a day looks like (well, for an hour anyway!!), and we made sure she will be going on a day that Erika will be there. I'm so proud of my big girl!!!

On March 31st, we had a big gang over for Erin's Easter Egg Hunt Party. The kids just had a great time! The Easter Bunny even wrote them a note (this was for the adult's benefit) and sent them on a big egg hunt. We did it a bit differently than we have done it in the past. Since we had some little ones here, we wrote names on the eggs so that the kids could help each other out. Once the egg hunt was over - there are a couple out there that we just couldn't find, which surprises me because I didn't think the Easter Bunny hid the eggs in such hard to find places - the kids spent some time running around outside, playing on the play structure, and bombing around on the Hummer! We had a marvellous day out, a bit cool, but sunny and dry. Next we fed everyone, then sent the kids outside again for the pineta! You have to like Bulk Barn, where you can find pinetas for every occasion. It literally took the kids 20 minutes to break the Easter Bunny pineta! The Bunny was looking pretty ragged by the end, but finally the full brunt of the bigger kids' whacking broke the prizes free!! Next we played a round of jelly bean bingo, followed by some cookie decorating. The kids played outside for the rest of the afternoon. It was funny how many kids just didn't want to go home! There were parents chasing kids around the yard when it was time to leave!! I think it's great because it meant they had fun!! All of the kids, and many of the adults, slept very well that night!!!

The start of April meant that Erin was moving from the pre-school program to the Kindergarten program. This went off as smooth as glass! I am amazed at the confidence in Erin and how much she has progressed at the Nursery School. They have really been wonderful.

The week has just been plain old busy for both Gord and I in terms of work, but we both made it to Thursday in one piece, and are all looking forward to a long weekend! North Bay Grandpa is coming down later this afternoon for the weekend, so Erin is pretty excited about that. The one disappointment in the week came on Thursday though, as we got to witness the return of the snow!!! Aghhhh!!! I think we were far too spoiled this winter. It's not much, but it's still snow!

Anyway, enjoy the pictures from the party and I'll check in again soon to tell everyone about whether the Easter Bunny comes to Erin's house or not!!!! (As if he wouldn't!!!)