April 2012 - sick yet again ...

April started with Malú being sick yet again - diarhea, throwing up, fever - you get the picture.
Then Herbert and I got ill too. Germs were flying around and we didn't seem to ged rid of that ugly virus.

We spent Easter quietly at home. We have 2 days of Easter here. On Easter Sunday, Malú had her egghunt. The bunny hid the eggs in some pretty unusual places like her sandbox. After the egghunt, we had a lovely breakfast and spent the rest of the day relaxing, we didn't go anywhere.
On Easter Monday, my mom and dad came over for brunch. Freshly baked buns out of the oven (they burnt a little bit), pear juice, yummy raisin bread, sugar bread and so on. Oh, and eggs of course !! Everyone was stuffed and we had a great time.

Malú also had her 3 year check up. She was 99 cm / 3 feet & almost 3 inches and 14.6 kgs (32 pounds). Her eye test was flawless. I'm glad she doesn't have my eyes.

Mid April we celebrated Malú's birthday weekend or couple of days for that matter. We had her 3rd birthday party on Sunday, 15 April. All of the people that matter to her were there (minus my aunt and uncle, who unfortunately couldn't make it). She got spoilt lots and we had a fun afternoon. On Monday, they celebrated her birthday at daycare. They have a no candy policy, so she treated the kids to raisins, a cookie (ohoh) and a small toy. On Tuesday, 17 April (her actual) birthday, she stayed home from daycare and we had a fun day together just the 3 of us. The day started out great with her getting her BIG present from us: A BIKE !! In the afternoon, we went to an indoor playground, because we thought the weather was going to be bad / worse. She had a ball !! We went out to dinner for stuffed pancakes and icecream afterwards. Such a fun day !!

Towards the end of April, Malú's daycare had an open house, that Herbert helped organize. She painted, they painted her face like a princess, she jumped on the aircastle, ran around, ate hotdogs ... It was a fun day.

Workwise, my co-worker had a 2 week holiday right when our warehouse in Sweden was closing up and they were moving it to Venlo. It was sooo busy and I was glad when his holiday was over.
So this was April in a "flash".

Love, Astrid xx