Spring 2012

I really enjoy being outside and sunny weather.  We have working on our outdoor seating on a budget.  We got our table and chairs for free last year.  Although it is to large for the space, it was free.  This year so far I have painted the table yellow and left the chairs as they were.  To spruce them up would have cost too much.  I may make pillow eventually too.  I salvaged the pansies from last fall and have them in the pots on the deck.  We got an old-school push lawn mower (no motor-powered by me).  I have mowed, reseeded, weeded and transplanted some hastas so far.   I love spring!

Hydrangeas

girls helping out

my left-over fall pansies

chair and stool I painted a while back

painted table

Mr. Snail

We have added a member to the family.  A snail.  The fish that we got my oldest daughter for her third birthday has a new roommate.  It was very annoyed at first but now we find him “cuddling” with the snail often.  It was a typical run to the pet store to get food for Foxy that turned into and an adventure.  My youngest little girl got the privilege of carrying the snail for the car ride home and my eldest little girl got to catch he snail with a net and transfer it to it’s new home. 

First bike ride as a family for the season was great.  Although I had anxiety about the girls tipping, all went well and the Burley stayed steady.  We biked just around the corner to eh Potomac to watch the sailboats.  The girls really enjoy this little trip and watching the water crafts move about.  I foresee this happening many more times this year!

Ballet and Soccer equals Fun Fridays

Ballet and Soccer have been added to our agenda  this spring.  We call it “Fun Friday’s”.  Soccer in the morning with the UK Elite Team and British accented coaches and ballet in the afternoon for my eldest little girl.   The girls have really enjoyed doing soccer together and learning the skills through fun games and drills.  Friday evenings consist of my oldest teaching my youngest how to “Run, run, run, leap!!!”-some dance skills from her class.  She absolutely adores the senior dancers at the studio.  We get there early just to watch them practice.

To celebrate my little girl turning four we had a mini party at school, a Build-a-Bear Party with friends, and a small weekend trip to Great Wolf Lodge with the four of us.  She had a blast!!!!  The best of all and the most talked about was her pirate themed party’s and the endless swimming and “diving” she did at GWL.  She LOVED the water-as we expected.  She and her daddy went on all the slides, the wave pool, and the most time was spent in the “kiddie” area.  She felt that she could conquer the slides and waterfalls there without any help.  My youngest hesitated a bit more when it came to the water.  After about two hours she felt more comfortable with putting her face gently in the water.  We have heard about GWL almost daily since the trip.  The girls had such a great time with the celebrations that they have already begun to plan my youngest turning three this July.  So far it will be in Michigan and the cake will be green according to the conversations the two of them have been having.

Pre-school party

Bed time story and GWL

My littlest did not like the character at all

My new four year old diving in the falls

We got her pink snorkel gear (as seen above) and a pink guitar-she loved them both