The day of a brave little boy

MONDAY

6:00am - Wake up, get dressed, jump in the car {no food, no drink}

6:45am - Arrive at PCMC, check in, play with toys, read books

7:30am - change into hospital jammies, blow bubbles, take big breaths for the nurse

8:00am - head to waiting room, wait, color, play 20 ?'s, play Spiderman on the Xbox

9:00am - surgery bumped due to an emergency, play Mater Xbox game, play cars

9:45am - bumped again, bored, watch cartoons

10:00am - mom and dad talk with Dr. Downey, still watching cartoons

10:15am - anesthesiologists comes, choose bubble gum flavored gas, walk to the operating room doors, hug mom and dad, head to surgery, tell the doctor all about the snake I found

11:30am - wake up from surgery, mom comes to visit, get a root beer slushy, sleepy 11:45am - dad comes, watch more cartoons, still sleepy

12:00pm - get dressed, ride in a wheelchair to the car

12:15pm - nap in the car

1:30pm - home again, blanket, toys, new slushy, watching cartoons, can I have a friend over?

4:00pm - jumping off couches and stairs, trying to carry Paislee, have a snack or two, running around, begging for pizza

Luke's hernia surgery didn't hold him back one bit!

It was actually quite the task to try and get him to take it easy for a few days!

Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails...

Hanging out with dad on the weekend brings all sorts of adventures!

Luke loved playing with this snake and didn't even get scared after it bit him, aaah.

Yep, it bit him! So, if its true how they say Spiderman came to be we just might be changing Luke's name to "Snakeman" soon!

The Dutch boy said to the Dutch girl...

The prettiest flower I've ever seen is your TULIPS!

{I bet I heard Grandpa Sipkema tell that joke 100 times in the short time I knew him

and it never fails that I am reminded of him each time I see tulips.}

Tulip Festival in the rain:

{+} carrying the big umbrella

{-} no rolling down the big hill

Hippity, Hoppity! Easter's on it way!

Last night, instead of coming in to tell me "good night" Paislee hopped into my room and yelled, "Happy Easter!", instead.

After that and then seeing bags of Easter candy on my kitchen counter I figured it might not be to late to blog our Easter festivities!

So, here are a few highlights...

The kids dug the egg decorating,

Paislee wanted all of hers pink.
Luke liked to scribble with one color and move on to the next egg.

Adilynn made each and every one a masterpiece.

How is it that 2 dozen eggs is nowhere near enough?

We can always count on the Easter Bunny to stock the kids up with outdoor toys for spring and way too many treats.

{Note for next year: matching or just actual pjs would greatly help the Easter morn photo op!}

Sunday Best!

{much better}