Happy Easter

We had a wonderful East weekend. The weather was great. Nice and sunny at 60 degrees. The kids thought it was summer and were running around without coats or shoes.
A rushed photo shoot before 9 am church! Wish Aunt Nae lived close to take some awesome pics.
We started off the weekend by having a flashlight Easter egg hunt with some friends. It turned out really great. The kids had a blast. And they weren't scared of the dark...Bonus!

The Easter basket loot. Giles' favorite part were the jelly beans. And I have a stained sweater vest to prove it.
Grace was so excited about her Barbie doll. She just started playing with them and LOVES them.
We made the kids have to find their baskets. The only one we can really hide is Gavin's.
Then we headed up to the Davenport homestead for Easter dinner and another Easter egg hunt. Giles was actually awake for this one and loved just walking around with a basket. I think he picked up two eggs total.
Gavin was so kind to let Grace find all the "real eggs" leaving him with a loot of plastic ones filled with candy. Isn't he such a kind big brother?
Gavin climbing the rocks to find an egg. It's pretty neat to have your kids to have the same experiences and memories that I had as a girl. It wouldn't be Easter without climbing the rock wall in search of eggs.

Spring break

We spent a couple days during Spring Break at Stoneridge with Grandma and Grandpa. We had some crazy North Idaho weather, but we had a blast all the same. We played on the play ground, went mini golfing, did some crafts, watched movies, and swam (a lot)!
It was torture putting Grace in this special life jacket, but once she realized it would gave her freedom in the water, she dug it. She loved wearing her "gobbles" swimming.
Gavin loves swimming. He is still a little nervous swimming without a life jacket. That is our goal this summer, for him to be able to swim all by himself.
Then we spent an afternoon at River front park later in the week. We got a season pass (thanks Mom!) and it will be a blast. This is a pic of the kids on the "Berry go Round." The kids loved it... I was a bit tipsy afterward.

Happy St. Paddy's Day

Grace had a little recital at the end of her dance class this week. She loves going to dance to showing people her moves.

Gavin sings Dr Suess

Science Fair

Our Super Scientist Gavin wanted to be in the science fair at school. We looked through some science books for kids and he came up with his idea to make homemade spinners and test them out. The easiest part was the experiment, the hard part was putting together the poster board!
Gavin won 2nd place for the first grade. He came home and told me he won a "red ribbon." I said, "oh, cool..." I didn't realized that he had won 2nd place!! Gavin is a good student and science is his favorite subject. Great job Gavin!! Please note that Gavin typed out all the words on the computer and punched the letters into my Cricut...
Gavin making his homemade spinner from cardboard and a toothpick. We also made one out of a plastic sour cream lid, a bottle cap, and a paper cup. Then we did a test to see which one spun the longest.

Gavin at the Eye Doctor

Gavin has been complaining about his eyes hurting and not being able to see the board in school. So... off to the eye doctor we went. He was so cute sitting in the big chair.

He was fascinated with the equipment and special machines. This hi-tech doctor takes digital pictures of the inside of the eye. It took a while getting the picture. It is hard for a 6 year old to stay still, keep your eyes open, and just keep staring "at the little green do." After about the 7th try, it worked. Gavin thought that was pretty rad, and so did I!

What's the verdict? The doc says that Gavin's eye are good and no need for glasses. HOORAY! I am praying that he gets Brent's genes in the vision department and not mine. I have been in glasses since the 7th grade!

Gavin snow man song