Easter Egg Hunt

Three of my mom friends here in our city decided a while back to start a little library for the kids. It has been wonderful. They just sent emails and asked if anyone had kid's books they would be willing to donate to the library. They got tons of responses and as a result we now have a wonderful little library for our kids. Jenni, one of the mom's that started the library, has graciously allowed the library to be in her home. So every week I take the kids to library time to check out books and have some fun time reading. Once a month they have a story time where the kids listen to stories and then do crafts. My kids love it and it has been a huge blessing to all involved.

Today was another story time that ended in an Easter Egg Hunt. The kids were super excited and loved every minute of it. We did the egg hunt in our court yard that actually has lots of water and stepping stones in it. I felt bad for Kayleigh because she could only participate in the egg hunt as far as I could push the stroller. We had to go around the outside to look for eggs but she found quite a bit. Plus, her friends were very gracious with her in helping her get eggs as well.

So thankful for the library, egg hunts, and a day like today.

Alisa and Kay

Alisa and Kayleigh looking at past pictures of the family on the
computer. Both Zeb and Kayleigh love to look at past pictures of
anything. After dinner tonight we all had a chance to reminisce about
this past summer with the Grandparents.

Discussions about PaPa

Now that we are back in Asia we talk to my parents and John's parents about once a week on the web cam. My computer sits near our kitchen table so recently when Zeb sees it during meal times he points to it and says "PaPa". That is what he calls my dad. He apparently thinks that my dad "lives" in there and if I open it up he will suddenly appear. Kayleigh then suggests we call him. This starts a discussion on what Papa is doing at the time. I usually have to explain that he is sleeping and that we can not call him at 12am at night or that he is driving to work and he won't be home. It is a lot to grasp for a three year old to think that when she is getting up her grandparents are preparing for bed. We had a lot of discussions about the time difference when we were apart. Now when we call our parents Kayleigh insists on seeing their windows to see if it is dark outside or not. So every meal time I am prepared to go through the Papa discussion just one more time.