Friday, April 2, 2010

Dying Easter Eggs

Sorry folks, I'm here to inform you that although you may have liked your preschool teacher, I had the best preschool teacher.

(I'm on the ladder. Jimmy is in front of me, and I was in love with him.)

Mrs. Stetson lived in my neighborhood. My siblings and I frequently visited Mrs. Stetson. She made the best Chex Mix, pretended to be astounded when I showed her I could play "Birdy Birdy Where is your Nest?" on the piano, took us to the Ice Cream Parlor on our birthday, ... the list goes on and on. What a neat lady. My favorite memories with Mrs. Stetson are of dying Easter Eggs. Now, when I dye eggs with my kids, I always think of that very special preschool teacher.

Here are a couple pictures from this year's egg dying extravaganza. Matt had to work on a book report, and Josh is too cool for egg dying. So it was me, Kate, and Joey. :)

Kate was using the fan to speed up the drying process. She really really really wanted to put stickers on the eggs.

Even to this day, I keep in touch with my dear preschool teacher. Pat, thank you for being such a special friend to me all through these years.

The April Fools Tooth

Kate's April Fools joke: "Mom, I think I have the chicken pox...April Fools Day!"

Kate had lots of fun sharing that joke with family and friends. What a girl.

At dinner time, Joey said his wiggly tooth hurt.

So the kid who got his first tooth at 14 months (notice no teeth in this pic)...



Finally lost his first tooth!



The tooth fairy visited him last night. In the middle of the night, he reached under his pillow and realized he had money there. He woke Matt up and told him. :)