Easter weekend

An eventful weekend is coming to a close. The "For Sale" sign went up in front of the house and we had two showings. It was rainy and cold for both of them, which meant I got to hang out at the McDonald's playland and/or Petco with Leyland and the kids. A little boy had the misfortune of accidentally stepping on Nolah's hand at McDonald's and incurred the wrath of Eli. It was so cute to see him sticking up for his little sister (although the very next day he would be sent to bed early for purposely scratching her in the face). Thursday afternoon, we met up with a friend of mine, along with her 3 year old and 2 month old at Kensington Metro Park. They had a lot of the baby animals out at the petting farm, and the kids enjoyed chicken tenders and ice cream at Applebee's for lunch. Eli and I colored eggs later on during Nolah's nap. Friday morning was Eli's 3 year check-up. He is weighing in at just 32 pounds, putting him around the 50th percentile; however, he remains below the 15th for his height. It earned us another referral to endocrinology and recommendation to start giving him Carnation instant breakfast. He had two shots and was very brave - the nurse had left the syringes out for him to stare at while she went to get something just before getting poked. He only cried for a minute, and we took him directly to the Detroit Science Center, where there is a display of huge mechanical dinosaurs and a dinosaur IMAX movie. He and Nolah both enjoyed that. Saturday was Eli's 3rd birthday! We all went on a bike ride and then I took him and Nolah to the park to play on the slides. Later, we had more chicken nuggets (these ones were actually shaped like dinosaurs) and a star-shaped birthday cake with a fireman and firetruck on top. We made the early service at Northridge this morning. Eli's been having trouble staying in the nursery there, so I thought I'd teach him a lesson and make him sit through the "boring" adult church service instead. I knew that I had made a mistake when Superman and Spiderman came flying through the rafters and landed on stage at the beginning of the service (which was about power). We then came back to our house to have brunch with both sets of grandparents and Uncle Clint. The kids found Easter eggs in the backyard which were filled with sillybands, candy and bandaids. They also got Easter baskets (aka plastic storage bins) filled with beach towels, water bottles, binoculars, a watering can (etc). Both of them were in bed by 7:30 this evening and if I'm lucky, they'll let me sleep in as well.