Easter

I have to start out by saying that this Easter was one of the most stressful Easter's ever! Friday night I finalized my lesson and talk for church since I knew Saturday would be hectic (they always are). I spent the earlier part of Saturday cleaning the house and running errands. Later that day, Devon mentioned that he would like to take me shopping for a new outfit to wear to church. I jumped at the idea and so we piled everyone into the car and headed to the mall. I needed some new face wash, so we went to Nordstrom first. Luckily, we were in and out of Nordstrom very fast. Once out of Nordstrom, Devon asked me where I wanted to go. I remembered my mom had bought my sister a really cute skirt and top from Forever 21 and thought we should go there. Devon thought that was a bad idea because, as he said, "it's not the place to shop for church clothes." But, I couldn't get the picture in my head of Robyn's cute skirt and shirt out of my head and pictured myself finding something really cute like that. Forever 21 was on the complete opposite side of the mall and probably took us 15 minutes to get there. We stopped in Express, but didn't find anything. I think my problem lately is that I don't feel like I know what to buy for myself anymore. I'm not 20 and I'm not 40. I want to look hip, but not too young or too old. It's complicated. Once inside Forever 21, we started our search, I found a few things, but it was so chaotic in there (as it always is). I finally made my way to the dressing room when Taylor face turned bright red and told me she needed to go potty. I didn't like anything I had picked out anyway, so we headed to the other side of the mall to take the kids to the bathroom. By this time, an hour and a half had passed since arriving at the mall and everyone was tired of shopping. We finally decided to go to Sears (not my favorite store) because there is a play area for the kids right outside. Devon stayed out with the kids while I shopped. I thought I was going to start crying when I walked in the store, but then started looking around and found a few things that I thought would work. I called Devon on the cell phone and he came in and I had him approve of what I had picked out. Then he said I probably needed some new shoes too, so he bought me shoes. What a great guy! By this time, it was 7:30 and no one had eaten dinner, but I really, really wanted to get the kids new Easter clothes. I promised Devon that I could pick out something really quick. We headed over the the Children's Place that was round the corner. I immediately found something for Taylor and something for the boys. I was so proud of myself. Then, just as Devon was checking out at the register, Luke, who was pouncing around the store, all of a sudden fell off of his feet landing flat on his face on the concrete floor! When he sat up, he had blood coming out of his mouth. I thought for sure he had knocked his teeth out or something. I grabbed a blanket off of the stroller and started to put pressure on the bleeding. Luckily, all of his teeth were still in tact! But, he had bit his lip when he fell and cut a huge gash in his bottom lip. For a second I thought we might need to go to the E.R. for stitches. Just what we needed, another trip to the E.R. But, after applying some ice and pressure, it looked fine. Now he just has a fat lip. So, we left the mall and went to get something to eat. By the time we finished eating and were home, it was 9:00. We hurried and gave the kids baths and put them to bed. I still needed to go over my talk and gather things together for my lesson and do the Easter bunny. I finally went to bed at midnight. At 4am, Blake woke up crying. I didn't go in to get him right away, hoping he would just go back to sleep. He didn't, so I brought him into my room and nursed him hoping that would do the trick, but it didn't. In the meantime, Taylor woke up crying because of her cough. We finally got her back to sleep, but Blake was still awake and crying. I discovered later that day that he, finally, cut his other bottom tooth. (Poor guy, he really doesn't do well with teething). All I could think about, during this time, was that I had to be to church at 9:00 to give a talk and I was soooo tired! Devon offered to take Blake a little before 6:00 so that I could go back to bed for an hour. We all made it to church on time and my talk and lesson went great! The kids had fun with their Easter baskets and when we got home, we all crashed! I was planning on doing a nice dinner for Easter, but totally spaced the whole thing and forgot to get the meat out of the freezer to unthaw. So, we ended up eating corndogs, grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for dinner. I am still craving a traditional Easter dinner with ham and funeral poatoes. I'll just have to do it later. This was truly an Easter we will never forget!