No, seriously, the D stands for Danger.

Joel and I were both in the room. He was, technically, being supervised by two capable adults. Of course, those two adults were his parents who were slightly distracted by the routine getting packed for a busy day out of the house. Anyway, Joel and I both realized at the same time that Jace was not just doing his usual: climb up in the chair and try to turn on the I-tunes. Today, he was attempting to reach new heights.

That was this morning and tonight all three of us are exhausted. I spent the morning observing a classroom full of 4 year olds. I was amazed by the tiny classroom packed full of supplies. It was obvious that this school has a much larger budget for supplies than the school I worked at. However, there is also only one teacher to twelve 4 year olds. Wow, that woman had her hands full. I realized how lucky I was to have worked with the amazing teaching team at Meadow Point.

I'm heading in to the last few weeks of the semester. I have so much work to do to finish this class. I love doing the classroom observation hours but I keep putting off the written reports. The first one is due Wednesday.

The weekend is a busy one for us even without the homework thrown in on top. Joel kicks off the sailing season tomorrow with an afternoon regatta at Cherry Creek. He is excited to be able to commit to sailing with Vern this summer, something his travel schedule didn't allow the last three years. Hopefully, this means that Jace and I will also get to spend some fun evenings at the Marina. It might also mean some camping weekends (that should be interesting with a 2 year old).

Sunday, of course, is Easter. Gary and Elaine are hosting a big dinner party. It sounds like the Wyoming cousins are going to make it down to help us celebrate. It will be lots of fun. Today, there were preparations going on at the house: cleaning, yard work, and shopping. Jace was in the middle of it all, "helping" Grandma rake the yard and move patio furniture. I think he even tried spray cleaning the windows. I'm not sure Grandma wants our help tomorrow. Especially after she caught Jace digging in her planters "puppy style". He was throwing dirt in the air and all over himself, just like Emma does when she digs in the garden.

Jace got cleaned up and changed into his third outfit of the day before we met Jessica and Don at Amigos for dinner. There is another family that has dinner there on Friday night that we have started visiting with because they have a 2 year old son, Sam. Jace and Sam have struck up a friendship that consists of saying hi, smiling at each other and chasing each other around the restaurant. It is cute.

Joel oversaw Jace's extensive scrubbing this evening. We danced to the "round" song. We said prayers, "Please let Jace settle down and get a good night's sleep. In Jesus name, we pray. Amen."

Joel and I colored some super cool Easter eggs. We got fun results with the Martha Stewart, electrical tape designs.