APRIL 15th!!!!

In honor of my Sister who happens to work for a CPA Firm.

DON'T FORGET TO TURN YOUR TAXES IN TODAY!!!
The kids and I went and dropped ours off earlier today.

Apirl's playdate! Egg Hunt anyone?

Well we had our April playdate this month and G monkey got to come along since she was on Spring Break from school.

We went to a local park with our MOPS group and let the eggs loose and the kids soon after. Both kids had a great time as you can see from the pictures. They made out like bandits too. Even after we shared some of their stash. The first picture is of G Monkey and B Monkey's bounty from the egg hunt. Not too bad this year. They sure learned from last year.

B Monkey (Love the smile on him) and Little M Monkey
Waiting for the egg hunt to begin

These three wanted to make sure to be in the front of the line. G Monkey, C Monkey and Big M Monkey. They know how to work the system don't they. :)

Here's G Monkey counting her eggs.

American Idol One Day???

So one day we were taking a day trip to the desert. We do this a lot during the right time of year. So G Monkey had a new cd we were playing for her. I then heard her singing along and thought oh I gotta get this on camera for future fun. So what do you think will she try for American Idol one day? You be the judge!

Playdate at Pat and Oscars

I think it was last month's play date we went to Pat and Oscars. There are some benefits for the younger kids. While G Monkey was at school for the morning, B monkey and I were able to attend a MOPS playdate at Pat and Oscars. This was one of my favorite playdates. Very interactive and enjoyable. B Monkey had a blast too which is always a bonus since he seems to like being fussy these days.


The first picture is of us getting ready. Then there is B monkey getting his hair net on. Gotta go by the books here. Were showing the kids what jobs they could get during high school... I think he liked the hair net. When it comes to food my monkey takes it seriously. See his face in the next picture? Finally the part the kids were waiting for. It's time to EAT!!!!


We were able to take a back stage look at the kitchen as well. That was fun. So B Monkey now has experience in working at a pizza place. That should look good on his resume one day right?

AWANA

I've talked about our AWANA group before so I thought I'd take a few pictures and post them. G Monkey is in her last year of Cubbies. Next year she will move up to Sparks. She loves her teachers and always has fun in Cubbies. Sometimes too much fun and it's hard to calm her down once we get home. Which when we get home it's bed time. Here are some pictures of our Club.

The pictures are of singing time and story time before group time.

A few weeks ago...

The flowers were blooming in the desert about three weeks ago, and we went out for the day. Papa Monkey got some great shots of the flowers and even of the kids here is one picture.

It's been a while

Sorry for not posting as much as I'd like. It's just been really busy here and my desire to blog has been little of late. Trying to find some time to blog and with so much going on to blog about, where do I start. Next week is G Monkey's spring break from school. So I will hopefully have time to blog about specific things again. Just a short update on things. My Dad passed away a month ago. It has really been hard to deal with. The Monkey's didn't understand at first what happened but then we talked with G Monkey and she now understands. While she doesn't understand how to be subtle about things she is doing better. It hurt quite a bit when she'd say "Your Dad's Dead huh". I've learned to deal with that, and say yes honey your right he's not with us any more. B Monkey doesn't really understand what's going on but G Monkey is doing a great job reminding him that Grandpa is up in Heaven with Jesus!! They're talking. That warms my heart because she does it very nicely and tries to comfort B Monkey. I have my good days and my bad days. Going through things is difficult no matter how much you try and prepare yourself, you never really do. I have lots of things to say but not sure I have the right words to express myself so I'll have to work on that. Easter is coming soon. Our family decided a couple years ago that we would spend that day just with My Dad and sister(s) who were in town. This year we will be spending it with my Sister and her family that is local, and I know it will be a very hard day. The first Holiday with out Dad. I'll make sure to have the Kleenex with me or readily available. Cause even thinking about it brings tears to my eyes right now. Maybe one day the pain wont hurt as bad. But with both parents gone orphan comes to mind. I know I'm not. It's hard to explain really but there are holes in your heart and for me even though I know I have family I still feel like an orphan. That will take time to heal I am sure.

I promise the next post wont be so dark.

Mama Monkey

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