Sarah riding her bike with no training wheels

Here is Sarah riding her bike!

Sarah riding her bike with no training wheels

I can't believe that Sarah is old enough to ride a 2 wheeler with no training wheels. Saturday morning Russ took Sarah outside and took of the training wheels off her bike. She was very excited but also a little scared. When they began to ride, she would scream all the while pedaling. She got very good at pedaling, but isn't so good at stopping. She did learn to jump off. We only had one scraped knee and one small dent in the neighbor's car. They were very OK with the small dent. It can be buffed out. She has wanted to go ut every day since to ride her bike.

Micah's Spring Show

Micah had her first spring show at Zebra Zone. Russ, Sarah and I got there early to get seats and when I got up to say hi to a friend, Stacy, the director, came and got me. Micah had been crying for 45 minutes. She had watched the moms and dads in the hall and didn't understand why I wasn't there. So I joined the class. We played in the room and then went on a walk. We had to go to the cafeteria where the show was taking place. Micah had stopped crying and I thought I would just stand back stage and watch. That didn't happen. Stacy made we go up on stage so Micah would do her dancing. She would dance a little and then plop down on my knee. Then she would get up and do it again. While we were on stage, Sarah took some great pictures.

I can't believe how long it has been since I posted pictures or words. When I tried to download pictures at night to the computer, it wouldn't let me . So today I am blogging while I wait to go Sarah's school for a mother/daughter tea.
While I was sewing with the ladies, Russ took the girls to church for a carnival and Easter egg hunt. They had a great time. On Sunday we went to church to celebrate Easter and then went to the Fourniers for lunch, an egg hunt and fun. It is a family tradition to have eggs with confetti busted on your head, to eat a huge meal and then to have an egg hunt with prizes inside. And of course there is the "family picture" of Craig and I with all the girls. This year, we also got a picture of Darlene and Russ in the picture also. It is nice to have traditions with friends that are as close as family.

Passover

Yesterday was Passover. It was pretty cool. For the first time, Sarah read the story of Exodus all by herself. She has a kids bible that she likes to read at night before going to bed and she told us she wanted to read the story at the Seder. I was so proud of her. I cried thinking how my mom and dad would have been so proud to listen to her. It was the greatest feeling to hear my child reading and doing a fabulous job!
We invited Jill and Camereon (he didn't come) Allison, Homer and Ollen, Janet, and Sarah and James (Sarah Glaze and James Borello from school. Russ made the first addition of the Richter Haggadah and led the seder wonderfully. Everyone seemed to enjoy the seder and the meal. Sarah went looking for the afikoma and got 4 gold dollars for it. Micah and Ollen and Camereon each got 1 gold dollar.
On another note, Micah is having trouble with speech. She doesn't speak but usually screams at us and pulls at us to let us know what she wants. We try over and over to get her to repeat sounds but she usually will just smile at us and moves on. I think ECI is helping but am very worried about her speech. She also loves to hit. Everyone is working with her to get her to stop the hitting. I think it is beginning to work but can't be too sure. She still likes to throw her food when she is done and will still hold food in her mouth until it either runs out of her mouth or we scrap it out.

Today we spent the day doing things inside and out. Micah has been sick for 3 days and today was the first day she felt better. While she napped, Sarah and I went to buy ladybugs, soil, strawberry plants, basil and bluebonnets. We got home and planted the basil and bluebonnets and then dad made a stand for the strawberry plants. After finishing with all the planting, we released the ladybugs and played with them for awhile. There were ladybugs every where; even in our shirts and hair. It was lots of fun to play as a family.

More pictures from my camera

These are pictures from my phone camera. They are pictures of Micah's birthday, and the rodeo. Most of the pictures are from Sarah getting ready to Mutton Bust and then of Abby and Sarah playing with worms.