A New Do

Allie has been growing her hair long and decided to donate it Locks of Love--a company that makes wigs for children with cancer. She finally couldn't stand it any longer so we went after school and got her hair cut. Her new short cut looks really cute and is much easier to take care of.

Father Sons Campout

The boys went camping last weekend. This is the only picture I have of the campers--they were having too much fun to take pictures. When Luke saw that Mike was wearing his Boston cap, he ran upstairs to get his too. So cute!

Per tradition, once the boys left town the girls went out to dinner. We walked over to McMenamins for their amazing tater tots and and a great salad. Then we built Legos for a bit before we put Kate to bed and stayed up late watching Harry Potter.

Individual

One thing I love about Luke is that he likes to do things his own way. Whenever he brings home a project from school, instead of telling me what the project was, he tells me how he did it differently from everyone else. He is so funny! This was the tablecloth at a volunteer-thank-you event at the school. I didn't even have to look at the names to know which rock was Luke's.

Get out of Jail Free

My grandma always give the kids savings bonds for their birthdays which is pretty cool. The kids love them and think saving money is awesome. A friend was over and asked Allie what the savings bond was and I overheard her tell her, "Well, it's worth some money now, but later it will be worth more money. So I can use it to get out of jail or something like that when I'm older."

What??!??

Old Navy

We don't go very often, but Kate wants to do this everytime we go.

April Fool's Day

I made these beauties for breakfast on April Fool's Day. Too bad the extra 1/2 CUP of salt I put in the dough made them disgusting. The kids fell for it though. It was hilarious watching them try to eat them. (I did have a good batch cooking in the oven so that they got some cinnamon rolls.)

Baseball

Luke had his very first baseball game ever last Saturday. Spring baseball in Portland is cold and rainy. It even hailed during the game, but we kept going.

Luke had one good hit during the game. He missed a few times and wasn't having a very good time, but then he got a hit and made it to first base. We have been practicing everyday and he has already improved a lot.

Luke was thrilled to be on the Red Sox.

Luke is really good at fielding grounders

Luke is number 5. No one caught this ball, but they looked pretty good trying. I think little boys in baseball uniforms are so cute!!!