Ballet Recital

Tonight Savannah had her long awaited ballet recital.  It was beautiful.  She (and all the girls) did a fantastic job. We've all been sick this week.  Savannah still has an ear infection and there are some nasty coughs/fevers going around.  Luckily we all made it thru the show with no coughing fits, yay!  I love to see her so excited.  She loves her ballet class, and was so happy to have us there with her.  I'm the world's worst video taper.  These give you a taste of what it was like at her show.

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Easter Wrap-up

We had a really nice Easter weekend.  The kids had no school on Friday, and because it was earth day I decided to take them to see the movie African Cats. If you see it the first week out, and Disney Nature will make a donation to protect the Savanna.  We really enjoyed it.  It helped remind me of what's really important.  I also feel we are so blessed to have such an amazing beautiful earth, and we should pass a love of animals and taking care of our planet onto our kids.

Saturday Griffin had his final soccer game of the spring season.  Right after we had a pizza party at the park.  The boys all got their tropheys.  Not sure how it will work next year.  They will most likley split our team up.  It's sad, these boys have played together for the last two years.

Saturday night the kids dyed easter eggs.

Sunday morning they discovered their easter baskets.  The easter buuny left a note saying if they found all their eggs they could turn them into Mom & Dad for a special prize (bubble guns).

Later in the afternoon we headed over to Uncle Johnathon's house (Grandma Shelley's brother) ,where the kids were looking forward to doing an egg hunt in his big backyard.  They found lots of really cute eggs.

After that eveyone came back to our house to enjoy a yummy easter dinner.  The kids got  an easter gift from Aunt Tracye, a bunch a really cool retro toys.  It was a nice afternoon together.

                                                  The kids with their Grandma Shelley

                                           We hope you had a great Easter weekend too!

Lame

Dinner is ready.......

That's right, frozen dinners for me and my kiddos last night.

I honestly have never given them a frozen meal (I swear).  Maybe two months ago I bought a bunch of these frozen meals really cheap with  coupons.  I thought they would make great lunches for me.  But, they've just been sitting in the freezer.  Last night I felt no desier to make dinner so, we gave the frozen dinners a try.    

Griffin loved them, go figure!

I did redeem myself after dinner by making four loves of HOMEMADE banana bread.

Empathy

em·pa·thy   



–noun

1. the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.

2. the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: By means of empathy, a great painting becomes a mirror of the self.


While were were out of town Savannah woke up with a croupy cough.  She has been running a fever & coughing since.  Poor kid has missed two days of school this week and looks like she'll miss tomorrow too.  There is no school on Friday, so as long as she is better she will go one day this week Thursday.  They are having a Spring party in her class that day so I really hope she feels better by then.

This morning when Griffin found out she was missing school again, he quickly made her a quick badge and taped it to her shirt.  As soon as he got home he went to her and asked her how she felt.  When he realized how badly she felt he took her into his arms and held her on his lap.  He encouraged her to eat and drink, all while talking sweetly to her.  He's been so sweet giving her more blankets, or a different stuffed animal.  Right now she's in a lukewarm bath to try to get the fever dow, and he's right by her.  He just said "Savannah when your done do you want to come lay in my bed with me?"

I am so grateful that at such a young age he has such great empathy.

A quick getaway

Right after Griffin's game Saturday we drove down to Las Cruces, NM to visit Patrick's sister & her husband.  It's about three hours away, and we've never been there.  Soon after we checked in they met us at our hotel, then headed out to dinner.  It's been three years since we've seen them, so it was great to catch up.  Savannah was attached to her Aunt Dorothy.  After dinner we strolled around in the downtown area.

After we walked off dinner, we drove back to the hotel where we enjoyed lots and lots of swimming.

 

Sunday morning after breakfast we headed to White Sands

This was our first time here.  It was so beautiful!  We bought sleds for the kids and wax to make them go fast without sand sticking to them, then went in search of some good dunes.  We all had a great time sledding, rolling, and running down the dunes.  We also enjoyed burying the boys.  Just under the surface the sand was really cool.  It was a great time.  We will for sure be going back many times.

After we were completley worn out we enjoyed a late lunch/early dinner.  Then, we decided to catch a movie together.  We saw Rio and loved it!  After the movie it was time to say our goodbyes & head home.  It was a great quick trip!

Mid week

                        Griffin turned in his Poster/model for Jupiter.  His presentation is tomorrow.

Savannah got her first High Five magazine in the mail yesterday.  She got a subscription as a b-day gift from  her Grandpa Pat.  On the way home from school she looked thru it.  She picked a project, and within minutes of coming home she made (with help from Griffin) this curly top crown.  She loves the magazine!

She fell the other day on the sidewalk and got that nasty scrape.

Egg-cellent Weekend

Either there is noithing exciting going on during the week, or we're too busy blog about it.
Here's another weekend round up from our home to yours.

Friday-  I decided to be crafty on my day off of school & make an Easter Topiary.
After dinner the kids and I made Hidden Surprise Easter Egg Treats. These were lots of fun!  They were excited to give Dad one Saturday morning.  When you shake them, you can hear candies rattle around.
In the evening the kiddos go out old plastic easter eggs, and started playing with them.  On this night, they were spinning them on the tile floor to see if one would crash into the other.  They had a blast!

Saturday-  We went to Griffin's Soccer game.  It was windy, cool, and sprinkled a little.

The kids spent the day playing with their plastic eggs.  They did egg hunts around the house many times over.  They had some very clever hidding places.  They even hid them for us.  They got really excited when we were hunting for the eggs.  Later in the evening they started working on their Egg city in the boys room.  Complete with stores and a pool for the eggs, and even a basket elevator.  They used stuff from our recycle bin to make most of the city.

Sunday- We went to Church.  Later in the afternoon I had a Scout meeting.  While I was gone Griffin worked on his Jupiter ptoject.  After I got back it was time for a family movie night.  We bought the newest Narnia movie, Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  We love the Narnia books and movies, so we were all excited to see this one.  I made popcorn and chocolate chip cookies to enjoy with the movie.  After the movie the boys broke out their balloon animal kits they had bought.  We had a fun time learning how to make balloon animals.  Turns out Patrick has a secret talent.  Dogs and Giraffes were the hit!

We hope you had a great weekend too!