Spring Program at Preschool

The girls had their annual spring program and parent picnic Friday at school. After a week of drenching rain, Friday was sunny and hot....perfect to sit outside and eat lunch at preschool! The girls both did a great job in the program. Clare's class sang the Ladybug song and had paper ladybugs to use as they sang. (You can see her holding it over her face as she sings about the ladybug landing on her nose) Molly class sang the Lord's Army and she was adorable, but mostly looked at the other kids and the teachers. The pictures didn't turn out that great because of the gym lighting and my 5th row seats, but you certainly get the idea. I am glad I was able to be there in person to see it.

Fishing at Bill's Fishin' Hole

Our friend Owen had his 6th birthday party at Bill's Fishin' Hole in Orting. The whole family went and it was so fun. The weather was perfect....sunny and not too hot. Tad helped the girls fish. They caught 6 trout from the pond. Clare wanted to help right up until the fish was actually caught and Tad needed help. Clare wanted to look at and touch the fish only after Tad had reeled it in, got it in the net and on the ground, pulled out the hook and put it in the bucket. Molly, of course, was gung ho the whole time. I had to keep moving to keep her out of the water with two feet on the ground. Megan (Owen's mom) made fabulous individual Star Wars cakes for all the guests. Clare and Lauren sure enjoyed eating theirs. Certainly this was a great way to experience fishing.

Molly is an outside girl

Molly loves to be outside. Whenever we are home and anywhere near the kitchen or the slider, Molly asks to go outside. She often brings Tad his shoes and says, "Outside Daddy"....her way of asking him to take her outside. Last Saturday Tad was pulling some weeds and Molly was right there with him...helping I am sure. I can't believe how big she is getting.

Easter recap - final edition

On Easter morning we had an egg hunt and brunch at Nana's house with G-pa and the Brooks family. As you can see I dressed my girls in matching dresses....and I thought they looked so cute. We had a fun time looking for eggs....once Molly figured out there were treats inside the eggs she mostly wanted to eat not hunt, but we found all the eggs the Easter bunny left us.

Easter recap - part two

Saturday we went to Lincoln Park by Nana's house and had a great time playing on the toys and swings. Chloe and Nana played with the giant frisbee and Tad pitched to Isaih for batting practice. After all that fun we went back for dinner at Nana's. Uncle Cody played catch in the back yard and with him a silly face is never far away. Another fun Spokane day.

Easter recap - a few weeks late

We headed to Spokane for last few days of spring break and to celebrate Easter eastern WA style. It was a great trip with lots of fun.

We spent Friday morning walking around Riverfront Park and riding with carousel with Papa Steve who then treated us to lunch at Olive Garden...one of my favorite places....and Friday lunch in Spokane there was no waiting!

Then we headed to Nana's house to play with Chloe and Isaih and dye Easter eggs. It was warm enough to be outside so we dyed eggs on the patio which made clean-up soooo much easier. Clare, Isaih and Nana were the main dyers with G-Pa supervising. Molly explored Nana's gardens and Tad and Chloe played volleyball. It was a fun night together.