Hannah's Party

Last Saturday {April 3} was Hannah's birthday and due to Spring Break we had to postpone her "friend" party until this Saturday. Needless to say, we are all aflutter around here as we prepare for the big day. Hannah is having a neighborhood scavenger hunt with her friends. With the help of someone-we have super cute invites {I wrote the cheesy poem/wording & she designed the graphic portion} and I even found a local lady that is making a 'treasure box' cake similar to that on the invitations. We ordered some pirate treasure themed party ware & trinkets so, it should be pretty cute! Stay tuned for pictures and the final results!

Mia the Great

Mia has taken to bribery. It's a wonderful value that we have tried to instill in all of our children but for some odd reason she has really excelled in {ha ha}. Lately, whenever she is doing anything that is less than desirable and you ask her to stop she replies, "I will stop it if you get me {insert whatever item it is she's requesting}." Other times she implements this fine tactic are when she wants you to do something and you ask her to patiently wait for a moment. She immediately begins {for example} tapping your computer screen and once asked to stop she lovingly replies, "well if you don't come help me then I won't stop." How nice.

Today was my favorite bribery to date. She began throwing a fit and refusing to go to school and then just stopped mid-fit and said "I'll stop if you take me to the place that is selling the 'Pinkalicious' toys."

As I am sitting her writing this another fine example is occurring...I won't open the Peeps that she wants to eat NOW; therfore, I am being told "if you don't open these right now, I am going to go eat a popsicle." That seems like a win-win for Mia!

My birthday adventure

Yesterday was my birthday. We went to ITz in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was so much fun! We played games and went on rides and we also won tickets. It was like my lucky day because I won my sister 25 tickets and when you look at them it will look more like 75 tickets. My sister even said it looked more like 75. She said "how much did you win me, 75 tickets? I said: no, I won you 25. Anyway in all I had 376 tickets. The prizes I got were a mood ring which I am wearing right now and a guy who sticks to walls and ceilings.

Easter morning...

Easter Morning

The Spicer clan has been down visiting family in Colorado Springs since Wednesday, celebrating Hannah's ninth birthday on April 3rd and generally enjoying a short vacation from the cold and snow in Wyoming.

Today is Easter, and as expected it's been a wild one for us. The kids were up at 7:00 a.m. and ready to go, while the adults were desperately seeking just a few more minutes of peace and quiet; that was not to be, however.

Apparently in Colorado Springs, the Easter Bunny prefers to hide his eggs outdoors. This happened very early this morning while the children were all pretending to be sleeping in their beds. However, when hard-boiled eggs are hidden around the front lawn and allowed to lie there for several hours, other interested parties may choose to participate in the hunt. And that's what happened; a furry animal of some kind found several of the eggs and scarfed them down, leaving only a little bit of colored eggshell as evidence. I expect that some nice family let their dog or cat back in this morning, unaware of the crimes that their beloved Fluffy had perpetrated. I also expect that Fluffy, soon after entering the house, deposited evidence of these same crimes on the living room rug. That's karma for you.

In general, the kids were as wound up as I would have expected, but Mia was beyond excited. She was shaking so bad before sugar intake she could barely dig through her basket. The kids all received a book and a stuffed animal or two, as well as other small gifts. They also have a chocolate bunny (or as Mia prefers, chocolate shauzé, which is a previously-unknown French or Italian or Portuguese word for onset of diabetes). We have had to remove Mia's bunny from plain sight, as she is determined to eat the whole shauzé before brunch. The rest of the girls have all squirreled their Easter candy to their own hiding places. And Petey-poo, Maggie's parents' miniature Schnauzer, has consumed at least a pound of delicious jelly-beans. I am confident that he will not be allowed back inside until later in the day, which is fine because he is running laps around the back yard right now.

We did decide to forgo Church today in favor of a more leisurely breakfast and morning, followed by Easter brunch at the local buffet restaurant. Maggie's grandmother and (hopefully) brother and sister-in-law are supposed to be joining us as well. I hope they made enough macaroni and cheese, as we tend to gravitate towards that at most restaurants. After we get back, it will be time to start repacking for the trip home on Monday.

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Girls...

A couple of months ago, we had to have a headshot of Hannah for the Utah Dance Fest. We loved it so much that we had head shots done of each girl to hang in our living room. They turned out BeAuTiFuLlY!!! We hope you enjoy them as much as we are!

Sophia Michelle

{age 10 1/2}

Hannah Gail

{age 9}

Isabella Marie

{age 7 1/2}

Mia Jeanne

{age 5}

Okay, today is my sister Hannah's birthday Well I've been singing her a song: "happy happy birthday, to all of us not you, we wish you a happy birthday, so we can party not you! Yeah!" My family thought it was funny, but I don't think Hannah did. At her party I might be singing it. I mean, we are going to It'z (it's a like an indoor amusement park with an arcade and a buffet), you are supposed to have a good time there and that is a good time for me. My cousin is going so, I think he will laugh. His name is Devon and we always have fun together. So, this and It'z should be our daily dose of fun. Hannah and I think that it is pretty neat to have him, our Aunt Jodi and all of her kids here for her birthday, the party and just being here. So wish me luck at It'z!