Ana Shines

Here is Ana belting out her rendition of "ABC's..."

End of Year Program

The kids had been practicing for quite a while and did a great job at the end of year program. Joe cited the Lord's Prayer, 23 Psalm, played the sticks, and sang a few other songs. Ana sang "ABC's" and "He's got the whole world in his hands." Both hammed it up and did great. It is hard to believe that Joe will be headed to Kindergarten in the fall. Wow how time flies.

Mother's Day

We all put on our best duds and new shoes as a trial for Stormy's wedding. (No worries, we did not wear the cream colored princess dress during this trial.)

We met up with the family and packed away some calories at a mother's day brunch. We had a good time and great food. They did not charge for the kids, but are reconsidering this policy after Joe at about 12 shrimp and Anastasia ate her weight in fruit and appetizers. There was even a piano player. Ana requested Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and he was nice enough to play it while she sang. It was a great mother's day enjoyed with the family.

Yellow Belt

Joe has been doing TaeKwando for a little while now. He is getting pretty good and he had his first test and ceremony. He passed and earned his yellow belt. It was very exciting.

Don't try this at home!

After a fun party at the science center we decided to spend the day seeing if we could replicate any of the neat experiments. We failed but we were successful with one: mentos and diet coke explosion. Here is the peanut gallery and the mad scientist.

Joe's 5th birthday transformer style

We had a party with friends at Sci-Quest. (The local science center) It was all boys, except for a few sisters. :) It was complete with a transformer cake and ice cream
They had a "fire" demonstration with candles and fireworks. It was pretty cool. It ended with a big rocket flame. Ana was not as overtly impressed. We even learned how to make slime in 4 different colors and take it home!! Then we had a free time and tried out all sorts of activities.
It was a fun time with everyone.

Backyard renovations ?!?

On 12 April, we celebrated Joe's birthday. We had a great time visiting with family at Red Robin. He was excited with the balloons and ice cream sundae! We were going to celebrate at home with friends and family, but our backyard is currently torn up. Evidently we have a broken washer line. Thank goodness it is not anything more major. So, it seems we are the first in our area to test a new product for field lines and washer lines.