We had a pretty good Easter weekend. Our church service was on Saturday evening instead of Sunday morning. Our church leases a facility that is owned by someone else and another church had a contract to have Easter services on Sunday for several years.

All of Saturday afternoon, I ran around trying to find a pair of socks to go with Carter's outfit. I finally got home and rested for a little bit before it was time to get ready for church. We all got ready to go. Frank had to leave before I did because the deacons were getting together before the service.

Before the service, our church had an Easter Egg Hunt for the little ones. We arrived right about the time they called for the 1 & 2 year olds. I had to help Gail pick up the eggs because she didn't understand what was going on at first. After picking up a couple, she started picking them up herself. She ended up with 6 eggs. When it got to be Carter's turn, he dashed after the eggs ending up with a basket full. After we got through hunting eggs, I looked over at Gail and she had mud all over her feet. I had to dash inside the building to the bathroom to rinse them off. If you had ever seen the restroom scene in "Mr. Mom", that is what it felt like. Of course, this all had to happen when Frank wasn't with me. Anyways, I got her squared away and went back into the main hall and talked to a couple of friends. I took the kids to their classes and headed for the service. It felt so good to sit down. I was hot and worn out from dealing with the kids.

Pictures from Our Church Service (Saturday):

We didn't do much on Sunday. We got up and the kids opened their baskets. Gail was a bit cranky. We ate breakfast and ended up having to put Gail back to bed. She slept for a good part of the day. After the kids got up from their naps, we put their Easter clothes back on and took them out to take some more pictures. After that, we changed their clothes and walked around the lake. That was about it.

Pictures from Easter (Sunday):

(I have added more pictures to the Family Photos/February 2008. There are also more pictures in the Family Photos/March 2008 album.)

We have had a couple of new things happen in the Prevatt household lately. Carter is saying the blessing at the table now. He and his classmates at preschool and CBS say a prayer before eating lunch or a snack. He wanted to say it one night when we sat down at the table and we have been letting him do it ever since. 

He sings (think about the nursery rhyme "Are You Sleeping..."):

God Our Father, God Our Father,

Once again, Once again,

Thank you for our blessings, Thank you for our blessings,

A--men, A--men. 

Gail has finally started kissing us on the cheek. She was blowing kisses for a while but the other day she saw Carter kiss me on the cheek a couple of times and she picked up on it. She is so proud of herself after she does it. I am trying to get her to say things here and there but she has to be in the right mood and in a place where she can't go any where (changing table, bath tub). She can say "ga-ga" and wave her hands for "gone gone", and I am trying to get her to say her name. She is able to say "hey" pretty well and "da-da". When I try to get her to say "ma-ma", she says "da-da" (I think it is her trying to be funny sometimes). She makes a lot of sounds that could be words, like syllables, but they aren't clear. It's taking her a bit, but hopefully she will get to doing more soon.