Along with the new home, we've been doing all kinds of fun things this spring:
Mitchell had his first Pinewood Derby and was pleased to do the majority of the work on his car by himself. Matt supervised the sawing/sanding but it was truly Mitchell's baby.
Lexi had a terrific performance as a chicken at Primary Arts Night. Each class performed as different animals in the Barnyard Moosical and decorated the school with artwork from the school year. (True to my nature, I pushed the wrong button on the camera and missed her song but it was really funny.)
Anna took to the stage in her first ballet/tap recital. Due to new rules by the dance school, we weren't able to record the performance but as backstage mom, I took a few shots of her with her friends and teacher.
We spent Easter in Brookville with Mimi and Papa. Since we were on the road, the Easter Bunny got creative and delivered goodies in colorful gift bags rather than the traditional taking-up-too-much-space-in-a-minivan baskets. Apparently, Mr. Bunny also forgot that he delivers to our kids on Saturday morning so he scrambled around and left the bags scattered around Mimi's back yard which resulted in a basket hunt that would be followed later in the day by an easter egg hunt for the kids; cousins: Max, Mattie and Sammy; and some friends from church. (For some reason, Anna refused to walk up the little hill into the corner of the deck to collect her bag...hence the look of attitude on her face.)
Anna also completed her first year of preschool. She has enjoyed school so much this year...I wish I could bottle that love and give a little of it to her siblings who have mostly forgotten how much fun school is. Spring at preschool included some super fun festivities including an Easter egg hunt, a trip to the symphony and a fun fair. (The fun fair was the same day as the dance recital which explains the bun. Even with three girls, I'm still not much of a hair stylist so buns and braids are a rarity at our house.)
Over our anniversary, Kari was kind enough to keep our kids for a few days so I could join Matt at a conference in Orlando. We had hoped to spend some time at the beach or go to Sea World but wow! am I glad I didn't purchase any tickets in advance because it poured almost constantly from the moment my plane landed until I took off again three days later! During the few minutes between cloud bursts, we did have some fun though. While Matt was in meetings, I went to see the city of Celebration, had my nails done and learned about an interesting FL law. Exactly how stupid are people in FL anyway? (No offense to my FL friends but seriously...read the sign.) We spent part of a day together going to Downtown Disney and many of the Disney resorts looking for hidden mickeys. On our last night we slipped down to the beach of the Polynesian Resort and huddled in the rain under a little cabana to watch the electrical water pageant on the lagoon. It was a nice break from life.
