Mother's Day Star

Allison took me to preschool with her one morning. All I had heard about was how we were going to be walking the red carpet. Her preschool is amazing! We walked in to a red carpet with stars all over them with all the mom's names on them. There were stars hanging from the ceiling that each child had customized for their mom. We sat down at a table and began working on a little take home project. We painted, laughed and had a good morning.

We stepped outside to enjoy some sunshine, while the teachers moved all the tables and set up for the entertainment.

Her class of friends.

When we went back we were waited on with fruits, veggies, brownies and shrimp.
We snacked and then were treated to an award. I could hardly wait to see what Allison came up with.

Good to know I am the best peanut butter maker around! We sure love this girl!

A trip to Eric Carle Museum

David's class took a field trip to the Eric Carle Museum. I was picked to go as a chaperone. It was so fun to ride the bus and hear the kids singing and laughing. They had fun creating a piece of art out of shapes of papers. We learned that Eric Carle painted tissue paper with numerous medias and then cut them into shapes for his artwork.

Easter grass and a silly girl

We tried something new in our Easter baskets.
Growing our own wheat grass.
They turned out great!
They made Allison a bit silly

she grew lamb ears

and started making funny faces

Her sweetness and smile makes us happy!

Visit from family

We were so lucky to have Aaron's family come and visit for a week.
The week was full of reading books, visiting and going to see some sites.

At our visit to a butterfly conservatory, David tried and tried to have a butterfly land on him.

He took a break to watch the fish.

Saw that Grandpa could sit still and have a butterfly land on him.

and finally get one to come to him.

We visited an armory museum
Bridget tried her lot as a fierce knight

found she liked the castle dog better while Allison liked to ride the horses

Bridget watched these girls playing chess

saw an opportunity and ran with a pawn.

While Allison and David built themselves a throne.

We had fun searching for eggs

and then hiding them for the little girls. They came up with some clever hiding spots.

Minuteman State Park: cold and windy

fun trees to climb

or signs to climb

Freedom Trail

Cousins. We had so much fun with them!

Allison's Spring Concert

Allison had a spring concert at preschool last month, funny it snowed and was cold and not very springy. She did a great job and was so animated and excited about the songs they were singing. She was even more excited I think that Dad could make it!

April Fool's

David was planning and pranking for days up to April Fool's so I figured I had do something to trick him. So this is what we had for dinner.

They sat down and looked at it a minute. Bridget immediately started digging in and couldn't stop once she started. David hesitantly started, then said "I like having dessert first at dinner".

Dinner consisted of:
sugar cookie french fries and strawberry jam Ketchup
orange airhead carrots
chewy jolly rancher peas
pound cake and frosting grilled cheese sandwiches

smiles

This little smile brightens our day!
Along with her "right here" when asked where she is, waving at leaves as they blow past the window, and her constant "thank you" for all she is given.

high yellow

David was up again for another belt promotion last week in Tae Kwan Doe. He is so focused and loves going. It is amazing to see how much higher he can kick and how much stronger he is getting.

Part of his test was doing push ups.

Breaking a board with a front kick.

He was then asked to crouch down with two other kids as an adult student did a flying front kick.

His wife was sitting next to me assuring me he had done it in practice over 5 kids, and David wouldn't be smashed.

This is what happens when someone gets a hold of the camera and has been sitting over an hour.