Heroes

Having children means seeing the world through new eyes again. It's fascinating to see your children get excited about things that seem "hum-drum" to us. An ambulance or fire truck siren? Pull over to the side, let it pass, keep driving. But for a child, it's total excitement! Whoa! What is that? Where are they going? Who are they going to save?

Seth has been learning about community heroes at preschool lately. The firefighters brought their truck and he went on and on and on.... So I decided to take the kids to an actual fire station with some friends of ours to see how fire fighters live while they are on duty. Seth and Jenna decided they are very hardworking, brave men! (And they also eat a lot, since they have three refrigerators!)

Thanks to the two firefighters that were so wonderful with our children.
And thank you for being our community heroes!

Easter

Hope everyone had a "Hoppy Easter!" After five (yes, five) Easter Egg Hunts, I think we can finally say that our two-week Easter celebration is over. The kids had a great time, we all ate too much candy, and the Easter bunny (I should say bunnies...grandparents!) brought way too many fun things. Ah, well....you're only a kid once, right?

I hope everyone was able to celebrate our risen Savior on Sunday, as well. It's so hard to explain to a four- and two-year old the meaning of Easter, but we did our best. I was reading books to Seth and Jenna the night before Easter, trying once more to translate into "kid language" the meaning of Easter. After one of the books, Seth said, "Jesus loves me a lot, huh, mom?" He's starting to get it.

Happy Easter everyone!