Brrr...

It's supposed to be spring.  It's supposed to be warm.  It's not...

Tonight we went to Old Chicago for dinner.  I had to order a hot drink because I was so dang cold.  I got a hot chocolate with Kahlua. 

Don't worry, this was followed by a margarita.  :)  

Whenever the check comes, Esme likes to sign too.  So we always give her the second receipt and let her sign it.  Sometimes she draws pictures too. :)

I can't wait until she buys for real!

Easter

This year Laurel's birthday landed on Easter and Annika's is April 4th.  We got to celebrate by going to Steve and Jodie's house.  I didn't take a lot of pictures, but here is a cute one of the three girls.

Happy Easter everyone.  And Happy Birthday Laurel and Annika!

Striking another pose

Esme is still being her normal fashionista self.  Here was today's outfit.  She also decided to start posing for the camera. :)

Apples and trees

Last night it was my night to put Esme to bed.  We read a book called Wump World that we got from the library.  I understand the idea behind the book and Lord knows I'm all about the environment when I can be.  But let me just tell you that this book was simply depressing...  Moving on.

After reading, Esme and I snuggled for a bit.  She always says "put your arm around me to keep me safe" while she's falling asleep.  So we always lay on our sides, and I put my arm around her.  We make a great spoon!  But last night I just couldn't get comfortable so I told her that I was going to lay on my stomach next to her.  Pretty soon she decided to lay on her stomach too.  I said "now we are the same!"  And her response?

"Mom, you know the apple doesn't fall far from the tree..."

What the?????????  :)  The fact that she knows that quote and can recite it without making any mistakes just floors me!

And then she fell asleep.

Ouch!

In an effort to enjoy the last few days of snow on the ground this winter/spring, Mamoo and Papa took Esme sledding.

On Papa's first trip down with Esme, the hit a bump and went flying.  Esme scraped up her face (apparently she's related to me!) from the snow and from her headband that came down over her face.  The little teeth on it really got her.  This is the picture Mamoo texted me.

Unfortunately, Papa Rex hurt his back and had to be taken home right after the wipe out.  Mamoo didn't want that to be Esme's last sled of the winter, so after they dropped off Papa at home, they went back to the hill and sledded for quite awhile.

When I got home from work, Esme was sitting on the couch under a blanket.  This is the girl who is NEVER cold.  I asked her if she was cold and she said no (of course not!) but that being covered up with the blanket was helping her face to feel better!  Apparently, Oreo cookies help too since there were a ton of Oreo crumbs on her face. :)

We were a little worried because she had swimming lessons tonight and hoping that it wouldn't sting when she got in the water.  We put some Vaseline over the cuts and she did great!  It didn't even seem to bother her at all.  I think afterwards she was a little more swollen, but maybe that would have happened even without being in the pool water.

The good news is that every time I ask her if it hurts, she says no.  So I think it looks worse than it is.  Let's just hope that this is the last time she tries to land on her face...

Snowman

Esme, Mamoo and Papa made a snowman today.  I think this might be the best snowman I have ever seen in my life!

Beginning of Spring Break!

No preschool for us this week because of Spring Break.  Esme's very first one!

We started off the day with a play date with Esme's favorite friend in the whole world right now, Emily.  Esme L-O-V-E-S Emily!  We play a lot of make believe at our house and no matter what we're doing, Esme pretends her name is Emily. :)  This is a great improvement over our previous pretend personality - Rihanna.  Yuck...  Anyway...

Emily's mom, Laura, is the best and she planned an Easter Egg hunt for the girls which included Emily's three sisters.

Esme and Emily

Esme, Jessica, Emily, Hayley and Rebecca

And don't forget Daisy!

After we got home from Emily's house, Esme went for a bike ride.  She has come such a long ways since last fall.  She has all kind of confidence and just zooms all over the place.  I couldn't keep up!

Look how far away she is!!!

Over all it was a great day!  Thanks Laura and the Roth family for having us over.