Easter Egg Dying!

We love Easter here at the Nemeth's! When Easter comes we know that it's time to dye eggs and that warmer weather is just around the corner. After filling eggs with candy on Thursday, we took time to dye some eggs on Saturday. The kids love to dye eggs and Zach didn't stop with the eggs. He decided that he needed to be a different color as well! By the time he was done his hands were every color you could imagine. I told him since he was colorful, then we would hide him with the eggs and see who could find hime :) They all had fun and Zach and the girls even wrote their names on a couple of eggs!

The finished product!

Learning Fun!

Thursday the girls and I played some learning games and read some books. I love when kids think they are playing and to their suprise, they are actually learning :) We played with some blocks and worked on our colors at the same time. They also worked on hand and eye coordination. Kari was able to build her tower 8 inches tall (straight up) and Kierstyn built hers to about 10 inches tall (straight up).

After playing with the blocks Kari decided she wanted to read me a story. She picked out her favorite booked entitled "Good Night, Monster." She has memorized the words and pictures, so she used her picture clues to read me the story, which by the way is the first step of reading :) Kierstyn was not about to feel left out, so she grabbed another book and did the same. Her book has not been read quite as much, so she wasn't quite as successful, but she got the jist of it. We all had a blast and learned in the mean time!

Easter's on it's way!

Yesterday after school the kids helped the Easter Bunny by filling the eggs with candy. Every year the kids help the Easter Bunny out by filling and dying some eggs for him. Then they leave the Easter Bunny the eggs and some carrots (Quentin's idea) on Easter Eve.

When Quentin was about 4 years old he said "Mom, we leave Santa cookies, we have to leave the Easter Bunny something or he'll feel left out." So now we have decided that the Easter Bunny might like some carrots and of course a healthy glass of milk :)

We plan to dye eggs on Saturday, so I will have more pics for you then!

My New Toys!

About a week ago I was able to get some long over do toys for myself. Although, I don't get very many things for myself, I thought it was time for me to splurge. About a year agao I got rid of my old 8mm video camera with the intentions of getting a new CD version. As things tend to do, other things came up and put those plans on hold. Then we forgot or found things that we wanted more, so finally I broke down and bought a new one. It is just your basic Sony-DCR Camcorder, but that is all I need is basic. If it was up to James, we would have the "best" of everything to do with cars or electronics :) It has a touch screen and also takes pictures, so you can do it all in one. It is pretty cool!

I have also been wanting a collage maker to make pretty pictures for my blog. I now have the Photo Explosion Deluxe program and I have finally figured it out with the help of Brandi and James, so thanks Guys. As many of you know, I am technologically illiterate and if it weren't for these two I would know nothing. I'm sure they love all my stupid questions :)

Last but not least I got a new Samsung Propel cell phone. James borrowed my phone for a month awhile back and when he put it in his poket the coins scratched up the screens, so I couldn't see who I was calling or who was calling me. How can you avoid people's calls when you can't see who's calling? Just kidding! Anyway, after a week of playing I have finally learned how to use them and can now show them to you.

Spring is in the Air!

Monday was a beautiful Spring day! The sun was shining, the temp. was just right, and the kids were running off some extra energy. The kids have been waiting all winter long to drag the bikes back out of the garage and the day finally came. The kids spent the day riding bikes, playing ball, and getting the garden ready for planting.

This year we decide to plant our usual flowers and plants, but we also decided to plant some fruits and vegetables. We chose to plant some Stargazer Lillies and Carolyn Whortons in the front, while the big garden is in the back. Each of the kids got to pick a fruit or vegetable for the garden. Quentin chose strawberries and Tomatoes and Zachery picked corn and pumpkins. The girls picked out some watermelon and green beans, so if all goes well, we'll be eating good this summer. I hope to get it all planted before I leave for Brandi's, but with this Missouri weather it may be December before it warms up :)

Finally! Spring is in the Air!