April Dates

 This month Little Lady and I had date night together.  She wanted to get ice cream at Betty Rae's and watch the third Harry Potter movie.  Betty Rae's just barely opened back up, and has the best ice cream in Kansas City.  They even make their own waffle cones.  Yum!

Little Man went on his date with Joel.  They tried out a crepery for breakfast and then later in the day they went to Betty Rae's as well.  No pictures, because I wasn't there, but here's a picture of my middle schooler playing Blockus.

Track Time!

Little Man is trying out Track this Spring for the first time.  For his first meet he ran the 75 meter hurdles and the 100 meter run.  For how short he is we were surprised to could get over the hurdles, and it was fun to see him hold his own in the sprint even though most of the guys are a full head taller than him.  He pulled a muscle in his leg during the hurdles race, so that set him back the rest of the week, but he's recovered and running again.

Snow in April

We woke up yesterday to snow on the ground.  It was so bizarre, because the weather has been beautiful the day before.  All of the blossoms were covered.  Little Guy was planting seeds and talking about Spring in preschool with snow in the background.  

By late afternoon it had completely melted away and looked like Spring again.  It was a bizarre blip in time, but gratefully it didn't end up hurting the flowers. 

Giggles and Cupcakes

 Little Lady had 4 of her close friends from school over for her birthday on Saturday.  We have a close family friend who is in culinary school, so she came over to help the girls make cupcakes from scratch.  First, they had to play with the balloons and then they baked.

Sara did a good job keeping them on track, because five 10 year old girls are the definition of giggly.

They made their own cream cheese frosting and filled the middle of the cupcakes with a variety of things: jam, Reeses Peanut Butter cups, chocolate pudding, and sprinkles. 

 They had fun decorating them, and then it was time to eat!  The boys had no problem showing up when the pizza arrived.  Imagine that!

They may have also really liked the balloons. 

Joel commented that he didn't realize girls could be so loud.  They were giggle-a-minute.  I just laughed, because it's only the beginning. They're not even technically pre-teens yet.

Just about every friend got her American Girl Doll accessories (the Target imitation) for her birthday.  She was in heaven.  They ran up to her room and started dressing up the dolls. 

School Art

 Little Guy's theme at preschool was Z is for Zoo.  He loved this theme.  What's there not to love about a lot of animal art projects and coloring?

Little Lady was particularly proud of her last two art projects.  The first is her interpretation of Surrealism.  (Think Salvador Dali)  Her favorite though is the single point composition.  She says this is the best she's ever done at art, and she was really proud of it.  

Double Digits

 Little Lady turned 10!  It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that she's getting so grown up.  Of course, double digits also seems to mean twice the sass.  Oh, the joys of children getting older!

Gratefully, she can be equally sweet when she chooses.  For her birthday breakfast she chose pancakes with buttermilk syrup.  This year they've been getting free lunch from school, so she really wanted to pack a lunch for her birthday.  I can handle a request for a lunchable!  Her dinner request was mac and cheese with broccoli with an Oreo Ice Cream Cake.  I made the cake and Daddy made the mac and cheese for her, and then we played games until it was time for bed.  She's counting down until her party this weekend.

Pinwheels

I've had the squares cut out for a couple of months, but I finally sat down and started piecing this quilt top.  It was spread out over several days, but I actually finished the top this week.

I have a couple of quilting projects that I've been putting off that I really should get done before school's out.  Once the kiddos are home for the Summer all sewing ceases.

Big Boy on Campus

Today was Kindergarten Roundup.  Little Guy got to meet all of the Kindergarten teachers, do stations, and make a craft.  He's really excited about going to the same school as his older siblings.  He thought it was pretty cool that he gets his own desk.

For his butterfly he said he wrote the names of Emma and Ben, but that he didn't know how to spell Nathan's name.  Then he apologized for not writing my name and said he'd write it on there when we got home.  He had a great time, and he's definitely ready!