Preschool Zoo Fieldtrip

I got to go with Kate's preschool class to the zoo. It was a little rainy, but really cold. Kate was miserable and let me know about it. I took loads of pictures and she pretty much looked like this in all of them. It's so funny I had to post some of them.
 




I think in every preschool class picture I have, one kid is picking their nose. I'm glad it wasn't Kate.



Finally at the end when we were leaving she was happy. She asked me for water and opened this water and she took one tiny sip and used it for her weeds.

Greek Plays

Allie's class presented some Greek plays. Allie played Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love in two of the plays.


She has such a great group of friends--we will miss these girls!

Sunday Energy

Sundays around here can be a little crazy sometimes. Maybe Kate tries so hard to be quiet at church that it all comes out when we get home. 

Lately, as I've been packing she has has been watching "Thumbelina" She really likes one song and sings it all the time. Unfortunately, she only knows one phrase of the song and sings it over and over again. Today she sang it for a good twenty minutes straight dancing around like this while Luke was reading a book. I thought it would be a fun memory. She asked Luke to play Thumbelina with her...She said, "I'll be the prince and you be the big fat toad."

I only put about a minute on the blog, but this went on for a little more than 20.

The lyrics are "If you follow your heart..." (and that's all she sings) Now we all have that part of the song stuck in our heads and it is driving us crazy!

The finale

Kate is swimming too

Kate started swimming lessons which is nice because she it getting tired and sitting through Allie and Luke's activities. She loves the water but didn't like putting her face in at first. She just started her second session and is much more comfortable in the water. At first I thought she would give herself whiplash when they asked her to put her eyes in the water. She would stick them in and then quickly whip her head back. Now she goes under so long that I start to  worry that she is drowning, but then her cute little head pops up. You can tell she feels grown up getting to go to swim class.

Baseball

Now that basketball is over, Luke is busy with baseball.  This year is machine pitch and Luke is pretty good at making contact with the ball. It's fun to see how his skills have improved from last year. Here are some of my favorite pictures so far....

Last basketball game

Luke had his last basketball game a little while ago. I will really miss basketball. It's super fun to watch and the weather is always perfect inside the gym. Luke really put on a show for his last game. It was probably because Pete, Julie and Connor came to see the game. It was so fun to have them there! He had 8pts, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. Of course the stats are thanks to Pete. It was hilarious to listen to Michael and Pete during the game.
I have a feeling I'm going to be watching a lot of basketball games the next 10 years!

Swim Team

Allie is doing tennis and swim team this spring. It's her first time on swim time and she really likes it.  These pictures are from her first meet. She swam some relays and individual events.