April
Welcome back for another synopsis of life with the Reimers! April
opened with Spring Break. This meant that I was also off of busses (except
charters, of course).
For Easter, Tannin got to have his first egg hunt. We “hid”
them all over the playground. It was the funniest sight to watch him try to
coordinate holding a bucket and putting eggs in it. Instead of putting them in
the bucket, he kept trying to hold all of them in his hands, lol. It finally
got too cold for mommy to take it anymore, so we moved the hunt inside in order
to harvest the gummies that we had put in each plastic egg. After he had collected
them all, we showed him how to open the eggs and then sat back and let him
enjoy eating his Easter snack. I may have “accidentally” given my son an entire
Hershey’s chocolate cross…which may have been eaten in one sitting…and may have
led to him drooling brown snot out his nose for the next two days…hehehehe.
Two weekends later, New Tribes Bible Institute hosted their
biannual Tribal Cup competitions here at the Waukesha campus. Students from the
sister campus in Jackson, MI, came to participate in a variety of sports. I was
on the Waukesha volleyball team (we won).
Since we now have a bigger apartment, we had room to host a
family. They were a fun couple to hang out with, and they had a little girl
Tannin’s age. The kids had a blast playing together and us adults had a great
time talking. We also got to see a friend from JHBC (Jackson Hole Bible
College) whom we hadn’t seen since graduation in 2011! It was great to catch up
on each other’s lives and have her meet Tannin and us meet her new boyfriend.
The very next weekend was the Senior Banquet. I was working in
the kitchen in charge of making the salads. Olivia got to go though and enjoy
the meal with some of our friends in the senior class. I made a 10-step layered
salad (I called it the Citric Laminous), complete with mandarin oranges,
strawberries, and a whole assortment of other awesomeness that I wouldn’t eat,
lol, but I know most people like. I really got to grow an appreciation for
people that work banquets serving gourmet meals. All I did was a salad, and it
took us 3 hours non-stop, and we barely got them out on time. Working in the
back, I got to eat all the leftovers once the seniors were done. It was some
pretty fantastic food!
Well, that’s April. Tannin doesn’t have much news to tell
you other than his chocolate snot. Since May is just about over and we’re just
getting this out, we should have more news to share with you very soon. Until
then….
