2018 :: week 16

April 8

To continue with my anti-1pm church narrative, it snowed on Sunday. What does snow on Sunday have to do with 1pm church? Nothing. Except that it was extra hard to feel motivated to get ready to go once I saw the snow falling. If we had early church it would have started snowing while we were at church and we could have come home at noon, bundled up, and spent the rest of the day in our warm house. Thankfully the snow didn't stick around for long.

April 9

My kids love getting mail. Will had a great mail week. On Monday he received a letter from his cousin Sadie and on Saturday he received a letter from his cousin Weston. I love that my kids are building relationships with their cousins by writing letters. 

April 10

I accompanied Lauren's class on their field trip to Wonderscope--I even got to ride over in the bus for the total elementary school experience. We really loved Wonderscope a few years ago (when Will was 3 turning 4 and Lauren 1 turning 2), but I think my older kids have mostly outgrown it now. The kindergarten kids had fun, but were able to have a fulfilling visit in their allotted 90 minutes. I was in charge of Lauren and her classmate Chloe. Lauren's favorite rooms were the nursery/vet room, followed by the market and then the gym. 

April 11

This week was my PTA week. I am on two committees--Staff Appreciation and Family Fun. This week both committees had events. On Wednesday I arranged a popcorn and candy bar for the staff and picked up a drink for each staff member from Sonic. Sonic donated the 75 drinks. Luckily Sonic is close to the school because I was so afraid of spilling the drinks. I don't think I have driven so carefully since I had an infant on board! On Thursday and Friday mornings I went up to the school in the morning and helped facilitate the Dames and Donut activity. For this activity kids could come up to school and have a donut and juice with a female in their life. Between going to the kindergarten field trip Tuesday and helping Will's teacher prep for next weeks open house on Thursday I logged a lot of hours at the school this week. I am so grateful to be part of such a wonderful school community. Both Will and Lauren have great teachers. Many thanks to my sister Emily for helping me watch Elliott during much of the time I was at the school.

April 12

Thursday was beautiful! When I walked up to the school it felt like spring had finally sprung. It was nice and warm and Elliott and I got together with Stephanie and Kendall to play at the park for an hour before lunch. Elliott is very social and loves seeing his buddies. I think it is very cute the way he excitedly whispers the names of his friends to me when he sees them.

April 13

Lauren and TJ attended the Girl Scout Father/Daughter Luau Friday night. Tony was a good sport and wore this red shirt without complaint. They danced, ate snow cones and had a great time. Both TJ and Lauren have some pretty sweet moves. 

April 14

The Pink Thunder had their first game Saturday afternoon. They don't keep an official score, but Will informed us all as we were driving to the game that he would be. Eyeroll. They took team photos before but I didn't want to pay $22 for the cheapest package so I snapped this one. The girls played well against a team that has been playing together for the previous two years (five seasons). Lauren made contact with the ball a few times, but never really had possession. The game was exciting and much more fun to watch than I anticipated. The girls are all pretty good sports and their coach is a really nice, enthusiastic guy.