So let's see, what have we been up to... we had one of Hayden’s class pets last weekend. I was skeptical when he and Tom wanted to sign up to bring the snake home but everyone ended up having a really fun time with it. Danica just couldn’t get enough of her and all day would run in and say “I see a nake!” “Look at the nake mommy!” And then she would laugh and laugh. I’ll try to add the video of her holding the snake, it’s pretty funny. She was very brave, or maybe just doesn’t know better. Alyssa wanted to hold the snake as well but she wanted to put it in her mouth so I had to say no!

As for April Fool’s day, Hayden had a lot of fun with it this year. He loves to play tricks on me and this gave him license to do it all day. Most of the jokes were simple things like “Hey, there’s a spider on you” or putting a fake snake near my feet. But at one point he called to me and said “Hey mom, Crossing Jordan is on so I set it to record!” He thinks I am addicted to the show and loves to tease me about it. Then I was trying to trick him and he picked something up and I said “Wait, there’s a spider on that” and he quickly dropped it. He started laughing and said “That was a pretty good one mom, if you had been better I might have even fell for it!” What a punk he is!

We finally got our passport applications completed last Saturday so that is one huge item off my list. I also got the Odyssey all cleaned out and photographed in preparation for selling it. That’s definitely a big stressor for me, we obviously had no intention of selling it when we bought it and just hate to lose money on it. Hopefully we will find a buyer who can wait until June. Brooke if you are really interested let me know and I"ll send you a copy of the add we are running so you can check it out. I’m not going to worry about selling anything else until May and then we will just start getting things ready! There are a number things we are selling and quite a few things we will put in storage. We have put in our travel request in hopes that we can get movers at the end of June and fly out to Hawaii on July 1st and then arrive in Okinawa on July 6th. Hopefully we will get the dates we want and will be able to secure lodging and such. We need to hear back with official word from Okinawa before we can arrange for temporary lodging there. I’ve been told a new housing development is set to open up this summer so I am really praying we will get a nice new place and not have to wait long!

Alyssa was sick all last week with high fevers, something that seems to be going around. However, when all was said and done we discovered she cut her bottom teeth!!! Her fevers were pretty high to be due to teething but either way I am excited they are on their way! She continues to be such a silly, giggly baby. She is so quick to smile and would laugh all day if I had the time to sit and tickle her. She is just so cute!

Danica has been trying to be a “mommy” all week to her little baby doll. She has insisted on taking her baby to the park where she pushed her in the swing and kept saying “Go higher baby” and sent her down the slide saying “Go baby, Weee!” The she had to bring him to pick up Hayden at school and everywhere around the house. She tried feeding her some strawberry applesauce, making a huge mess! She tried to nurse her baby, I was so proud of her for even using a burp cloth! Today when I got her ready to go to Hayden’s t-ball practice she ran over to her baby and said “You ready to go baby?” “You coming too, baby!” We have an extra car seat in the Odyssey because I carpool so she always buckles her baby in one of the seats.

Hayden built a really big block tower this week and was so proud of it he had to write a book about it. He drew all the pictures to document his creation and then dictated the words for me to write. He was really sad when the tower finally had to come down! He enjoyed t-ball practice today, they are now doing coach pitch and Hayden did really well with it. Next week is spring break so we are trying to set up some fun playtime with his friends who are usually at school all day!

Well that is all for today...Happy Spring! We really enjoyed watching conference and seeing President Monson. Some years it doesn't go so well with the kids but it actually worked out okay this year and we heard most of the talks. Today after conference we went to a friends house for dinner, it's exactly a mile away (we know because we run past it). We decided to walk there since the kids were cooped up all day. On the way home Danica didn't want to ride in the stroller and she wanted to try to keep up with Hayden on his scooter. She actually ran all the way home, the entire mile! We asked her if she wanted back in the stroller at one point and she just kept running and yelled back "No, I running!" I guess we'll have to enter her into the next family challenge!