Spring snow

It seems that every year after I write a post about my spring flowers, we get a snow storm a few days later. And this year was no different. Baby K had a ton of fun running around in the snow after we got home from Kitty's ballet class this morning:

Getting older

This year our family will hit a few significant milestones. A few weeks ago we attended an orientation meeting to register M&M for classes at the middle school. She will be turning 12 this summer and entering the YW program! She will also be able to go to YW Camp this summer! I can't believe she is getting that old!

In a few weeks we will be attending a kindergarten orientation meeting for Kitty. She will be starting kindergarten in the fall.

Baby K turns two next week! And then there's also the little event coming up this summer that will increase our family size from 7 to 8!

Our outdoor lover!

I think that Baby K is going to be our child that would be content to stay outside all day long. The cold doesn't seem to bother her and she throws a fit if anyone goes outside without her. On Sunday after church I decided to use the grill for dinner since it was pretty nice weather and Baby K followed me outside without any shoes or jacket on and proceeded to head straight for the swing set and do this:This might be the year that we finally get a fence put up in the backyard...

Spring is here!

We have had some absolutely beautiful weather lately and I finally took some time to get some yard work done. This week I was able to trim some of the bushes out front, including my rose bush that grows HUGE each year. I think it looks very nice now, especially with the crocuses that are blooming and the other bulbs that are coming up.Yesterday I was also able to start getting the garden ready for planting. I was able to turn over about a third of the soil and get some of the nasty weed roots from last year pulled. Hopefully I can get a jump start on the weeds this year and not have the never ending battle that we struggle with each year.

This is one of my favorite spring bulbs. It's called Chionodoxa. I think I planted these the first year we were in this house and I haven't had to do anything with them since then. I have white, pink and purplish blue varieties.
The kids have been having fun getting out and playing in the yard and on their bikes and scooters. Baby K had a lot of fun out in the garden with me. She had fun playing in the dirt and liked holding the ladybugs that I found. Baby K also has a fascination with watching honeybees. We have had a lot already in the front yard flying from flower to flower and Baby K loves watching them and occasionally tries to touch one... Hopefully she won't keep that up! And hopefully she won't have to discover why that is not a good idea!

Baby K: Cute, but trouble

It seems that whenever I have my family over for dinner, Baby K gets into some kind of major trouble. It all started when we had Christmas Eve over at my house. After dinner we sang some songs and then read the Christmas story. Baby K disappeared during this time and I didn't think much about it until she appeared at the top of the stairs covered in foundation makeup. It was all over her face and clothes and I did not want to take the time to take a picture to document the event.

This past Sunday though we had a very similar experience take place and DH was able to snap a few pictures before I cleaned up the mess. I had my family over for dinner and we were sitting around talking and cleaning up afterwards when I saw Baby K at the top of the stairs. It took me a minute to figure out what was all over her: mascara! Somehow she managed to unscrew the lid on my mascara and proceeded to put it on her eye and hands and her feet!! It was quite the sight! Luckily it cleaned up pretty easily and it even came off her dress. And other than on her person I only found one little spot of it on the carpet in our bedroom.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

All the 6th grade classes at my kids' school perform a Shakespeare play in the spring. M&M's class performed a condensed version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. M&M was the fairy Mustardseed in the play. She actually shared the part with another girl. They did 2 performances of the play and M&M was the fairy during one of the performances and then was in charge of the music during the other performance. Luckily I was able to find someone to watch Baby K and Kitty so I could just go and watch and not have to worry about chasing Baby K around and trying to keep her entertained during the whole thing.

This has been a big production for the class that they have been working on for the last month and a half during class.

M&M is the fairy on the back right.

M&M with the other fairies.

Dinner request

Yesterday we were sitting down for dinner and Baby K looked at what was being served and said, "I want broccoli!" Then a little later on after she had finished what was on her plate she said, "I want MORE broccoli!"

Kid talk

A couple of weeks ago M&M and Luke were having another one of their fighting episodes when Luke called out to me, "Mom! M&M's making rude compliments to me!"