We enjoyed Easter Sunday with just the four of us. :) The kids found their baskets, we attended church, had yummy brisket (which trumps ham for us, but I did make ham for Makin, bc he doesn't like brisket) and carrot cake cookies. We also played some new games. :)
Happy Easter!
Always love reasons to celebrate! Here's to 15.5 and 13.5!
Pizza + Movie Night = Restful Sundays!
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| RC boat fun! |
We had a gorgeous day and open afternoon so we headed to the lake for a bit! We had our first sand creation competition and plan to add that to our future lake visits! Meet Barbara Manatee and Robert the Crab!
Our homeschool group went to an awesome Battlefield Nerf Arena! Two hours of Nerf for Makin! So much fun!
We look forward to this each spring! We did a combo of seedlings and seeds and are looking forward to some gardening adventures. Love the extra beauty in the backyard to enjoy.
We were excited for Nana to come over spring break again this year!
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| Tulip Picking |
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| Tornado Warning |
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| Movie: Arthur The King |
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| Game Time! |
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| Chocolate Time! |
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| St. Patrick's Day - celebrating with Shamrock Shakes! |
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| And Irish Stew! |
Nana offered to keep the kiddos so we enjoyed a day-long date! We enjoyed breakfast and coffee at one of our favorite coffee shops, fleamarket shopping and a movie.
Lorelei's fish passed away a month or two ago and she decided she would rather have a parakeet for a pet so that Frosty could have a friend...enter Mango! Lorelei said it is best to first quarantine Mango and then gradually introduce the birds, but eventually, we will have them both in the larger cage.
We ventured about an hour north up to a Celtic Festival. We enjoyed the gorgeous day and all things Celtic - music, an Irish Wolfhound parade, watching The Highland Games (people competing in contests of strength throwing many unique items), Celtic dance competitions, a sheep herding demonstration, and a bagpipes competition.
The kids decided to purchase a booth at a local Children's Entrepreneurial Market and worked hard to prepare for the event. While they didn't make as much as they did back in December, I think they both enjoyed it overall. Now they have items already ready to go for their next sale. :)
Nana heard about a game on the radio and thought we would enjoy it. She left the chic and a reward so that we could play it. Brad or I would hide the chic somewhere around the house for a couple of weeks and we kept a tally of who found it. Whoever had the most tallies by Easter won the prize. Added Bonus: improved looking skills! :) Lorelei won! (And now we have another tradition to continue bc they really enjoyed it!)
Lorelei enjoyed dog-sitting again this month.
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| She did more postitive reinforcement training, including working on their table manners. ;) |
When I saw some warmer weather days in the forecast, I had to plan some outdoor fun! Overall we have had quite a mild-weather February, which suits us just fine!
We organized a meet-up at the lake with some friends.
We discovered an awesome new location for some "outdoor recess" fun.
This year I feel I'm often wearing my taxi driver hat and decided to take a picture of us in the car to note this chapter.
Lorelei loves time with the horses at horseback but also sneaks in some dog and cat time too!
Bake Sale
Lorelei organized a bake sale fundraiser to fund the film project she is working on with friends.
Valentine's Day always includes extra yummy treats!
Makin and I snuck in a walk on a sunny day. He had this playground entirely to himself!
We took an extra-faraway field trip this month! On the agenda: Fabled Bookstore, Texas Rangers Museum, The Silos. It was an awesome day!
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| Walking through the wardrobe into the children's section. (This is amazing for us Chronicles of Narnia fans!) |
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| Do you spy the dragon? |
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| Makin and I read an excerpt from this in our Texas History book so it was one of our favs. The Texas Rangers always have to address whatever problems Texas needs them for...at this point in history people were unhappy the open range was closing, so they would cut the barbed wire fences that the ranchers put up. |
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| A bit blurry but loved that they could see how heavy some of the guns the rangers carried were! |
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| Chillin' at one of my happy places - The Silos! |
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| Nothing quite like soccer in flip-flops. :) |
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| So thankful these friends were up for a Friday adventure with us! |
Can you tell Brad and I are working harder on our goal of more dates? ;) Delicious Saturday morning breakfast date!
When you ask a teenage boy not to have more than one bowl of cereal...
No need to pay for those fancy mud treatments at the spa... ;)
This month Makin decided to make a Nerf target that cheered when you hit it and then made cricket noises when you missed. It was a big hit!
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| Pic a friend captured. In the last 30 min of Lego club the students take turns presenting their creations to their table. |
Lorelei had a dog-sitting gig for the weekend - living her dream!
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| Waiting for their person to be finished getting ready for church. |
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| She got in some positive reinforcement training time! |
Our homeschool PE class got unexpectedly canceled due to a miscommunication about the gym being available...so we just headed to the nearest park with most of the class! Makin talked me into getting his flag football gear and they played football as well as several other games. Always love when the kiddos have to collaborate on these things themselves! So thankful it was beautiful weather!
