Spring Pictures

Just Like Pop Pop...

... That's what he thinks of himself when he's all dressed up in this suit (from Pop Pop and Nan).

Boy, Have We Been Busy...

Worship Dance Recital - "Unshackled":

Digging for Bones

Parent Observation Day at Ballet (Doxa)

Farm Trip

Lowe's Kid's Club Build and Grow Workshop

Tea Time

Luke's New Words:

Our little Lukie loves to correct us when we call him anything but Luke. He quickly tells us his name is not _________, it's Luke!!! He is also quite the talker. He talks and talks and talks. He now counts from 1 to 11 by himself and identifies most letters in the alphabet and numbers up to 5. He also sings the ABCs, Jingle Bells, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and a few others. He loves to sing!!! It's amazing just how much he talks and sings now that he can. He LOVES to play with this Thomas the Train Laptop as well. He practices his ABCs every night while I catch up on email. It's really cute.

Emily likes to take credit for Luke learning his ABCs and Numbers. She is often caught teaching him at the school table. She will use a ruler to point to a number on the number chart and will make him repeat after her up to 50! (She has high expectations.)

Art by Emily

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Pre-Easter Fun

Emily Doodles... Emily puts on a Mexican party, complete with a dance.

The babysitter helped her get the party ready for us one Sunday evening.

Emily's new thing is hand art...

Celebration of Spring and Easter

Our Resurrection Cookies... (the tomb was empty on Easter morning)
Luke performs with his Sunday School class.
Emily and Luke

Our Easter Eggs
Emily and Addie share their egg finds!
Luke ROCKED the toddler section of the egg hunt. Mommy had to tell him to stop as he was picking them up and giving them a toss into the bag she was holding. (He's got a good aim.)
Emily and the bunny at the egg hunt.

A busy day - full of fun

The kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves today. I was thrilled with many great book finds at a local curriculum sale along with the arrival of our new 'Picturing America' art series and they simply had a blast creating so many new things with the packaging material. Sometimes I wonder why I invest so much time and effort into preparing learning materials when they just want a box!?!

First up, they made a basketball court and hoop. Then they made a pony ride. Third, they created a house and played 'family.' Last, they made a stage and put on musicals and stunt filled performances. It was wonderful.

They also enjoyed a gift from one of the venders, a paper based stained glass replica art book. Luke mostly wanted to paint and Emily created many beautiful pictures. They didn't care about books or lessons, they just wanted to play and use their imagination. Luke kept requesting to paint all afternoon and was delighted with each creation. Oh... the simple things in life.

Tomorrow will be filled with excitement. We plan to attend our neighborhood egg hunt, complete a bird house at Home Depot, attend the Toys R Us Spring Party and lastly, enjoy an afternoon at a friend's birthday party! We will have a busy, yet fun-filled day for sure.