Wednesday, April 30, 2014

April rundown

Wowza, April was a busy month from beginning to end!  Let's take a look~

Practicing letter Vs, volcano paper craft, making our own real life volcano with good ole vinegar & baking soda, and vanilla yogurt for a snack, all while listening to Mozart violin sonatas!

11 years as a mom, you'd think I should know better than to 1), never leave food coloring down and 2), trouble is happening when the toddler is quiet for long periods of time.

This cute second grader is learning cursive!!!

 Student-led plays tonight for this "little" brother of mine!

V is for Vegetables!!  We read "The Vegetables We Eat," found veggies in the grocery ads, stamped with real veggies, had veggies for snack (they devoured!), then made Preston do the veggie sequencing that we ran out of time to do!  This was my last time teaching!

Mama planks, they plank.  Love my little workout buddies!  #21dayfix

She's becoming a professional at painting her own fingernails and toenails.  This girl....

Back to the high school again, this time to watch Taylyn play softball!

Looking homeless while brothers play ball!  Whatever keeps her happy...

 Happy to be cavity free this time, both of us!!

When the upstairs AC unit isn't working and the temp up there is nearly 90 degrees, a sleepover in the front room is in order! (all week)  We're comfy again, $1500 later....

It's been a few years since we've been to the Easter Pageant!  The kids all did great!  Best part of the pageant~ after the rooster crows when Peter denies Christ three times, it was dead silent and Hayden says (loudly), "That's a chicken!!"  Everyone in the near vicinity giggled.  Her commentary through the whole thing was awesome.  She couldn't stop talking about how "they spanked Jesus' back."  The people around us were completely enamored by her!
I took her in the Visitor's Center to pass time before the pageant started

Gavin with his good buddy, Joshua Thornes, on Joshua's baptism day.

Celebrating 12 years of marriage!  We ate at Culinary Dropout in Scottsdale, did a little shopping, then drove to San Tan Village to get some gelato from Frost.  Love him!

Um, Hayden?  Are you forgetting something???! (panties)


Best part of Costco.  Bribery works.

Blake is off to his first overnight scout campout! (4/18/14) With a backpack that is bigger than he is!!!!

 Spirit Week at school!!  
"Blast to the Past"

"Fiction Day"

"Culture Day"

"Crazy Day"
While this looked super cute, she came home (half-day) complaining of a headache
then proceeded to scream the entire time I took it out!!

Got to watch cousin Emily in Aladdin Jr.!  So glad these girls have each other amongst a throng of boy cousins!! (dance recital dress rehearsal, hence the makeup)

LAST book report of the year!!!  Daddy helped Gavin construct his very own Great Glass Elevator!

Sometimes Gymboree's over the top matchy-matchiness bugs me, but then there are times where I just can't resist! So much fun dressing a little girl again!  #head2toegymbo

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