Spring Concert, Kindergarten

Augustine took part in the Spring Concert! He LOVED it. His grade sang Little Jazz Bird. 

He said, "I have a lot of jobs at the spring concert, Mom. I have to be a line leader, pick up all the sunglasses and headbands at the end of our song, and I have to sing and smile at the same time." He made me laugh!

 

It was a very cute concert, and under an hour long. The kids had a lot of fun! Their music teacher has been awesome...it's her first year at St. T's. We know her well, so I had to share Augustine's comment with her and she replied, "He did have a lot of jobs because he's a reliable kindergartener. I don't often put those two words together!"

Things To Do

We crowned Mary since it's her month. I plan to perfect making Mary crowns so that next year I'm ready on May 1. The church bells are playing Mary songs through the 'hood and I love it!  

Nicky and Lisa spent the better part of Friday with us. Nicholas had to gas up Elias' car a few times before our walk. 

We've had some rough days of following rules and so at 3 o'clock snack these were what I had to choose from. I chose coffee because must.stay.awake. 

 

Newman is housing one of the latest city-wide sculpture auctions in Lincoln. It's awesome! There's barbed wire around the heart, which has been a hot topic in our house. Lewis is just dying to touch it, and I have no idea why...which sounds about right with him these days. 

This week we had two days of 90+ degree weather, so we bought a new hose (the old one was super smelly) and played the day away with water tables and the water wall.   

The second hot day was breezy, so we couldn't fill the pool as planned. Instead, we had a laundry day. Wash, rinse, hang to dry, repeat.     

Elias got a fever Sunday night and wouldn't eat, sleep, or nurse. Today his hands and feet broke out, so now we know. Hello isolation for a week, and his first popsicle to soothe his throat and mouth. 

So Busy

 

He is just so busy...it's hard to keep up. Luckily, he has learned to clean some of the messes up himself. This in particular was a shredded cheese incident because he MUST eat cheese in shredded form, not in simple stick or slice form.  

He's had some serious physical development this spring. He can ride his bike for a really long time, and he is getting more and more coordinated on his scooter.  

 

When you drink a lot of blue Gatorade, there's no hiding it. 

 This morning we saw the street sweeper go by our house, and then about 45 minutes later he was determined to "track it" on his bike. So we put Elias in the stroller and he lead they way. He literally followed the tracks in the street from the brushes underneath the truck. We went 8 blocks "tracking" it, and I was trying to figure out in my head how to explain why we didn't find it when all of a sudden there.it.was. An HOUR after it went by our house. I couldn't believe it, and boy was it worth the long walk to see Lewis' face when he had "tracked it"! He then decided we would follow it, but it was WAY too fast to keep up with on foot. I was planning what to say when he started melting down because we couldn't go fast enough, but he was perfectly content being left in the (literal) dust because, I kid you not, that thing found us three more times. Then it suddenly pulled up next to a dump truck...

 and dumped its load of trash! Pretty exciting. 

We went 12 blocks total, and not once did Lewis stop riding. It was by far his longest bike ride to date. And it was by far one of my favorite Lewis moments to see his face when I said "You did it! You tracked the street sweeper!"

Outside More Than Inside

I love the first couple of days as winter transitions into spring and I realize we've been outside more during the day than we've been inside. I notice mostly because there is hardly any insid pick up to do, and lots of outside clean up...especially if it's supposed to rain. 

Elias insisted on having an apple at the grocery store, and since kids get a free piece of fruit at HyVee I picked him a Honeycrisp apple (read: super expensive apple). He LOVED it. The pudgy toddler hands holding that apple are the cutest. 

 

It hit 90 this week one day (why?!) and the next day it was cold at 50-something. Oy, Nebraska. So on the hot day we played in water tables and cleaned all the trucks, mud kitchen, grill, and digging toys. Very productive and fun! 

Elias had never played in the water tables and oh my goodness. We are set for the summer. He was SO busy with ideas.  

Lewis made his mid kitchen and grill shine!

We watched a tow truck pick up a car. Riveting.   

My neighbor Laura and I dug up more lily of the valley to transplant in our yards. Thanks Jim & Kate! 

Rain means wormie rescues! He found two fat ones today. (I caught him mid-blink.) 

And we are soaking in our Guenther time because they will move away in a few short weeks.  

My heart is so happy and so sad at the same time, but we are making plans to visit! 

Library Fun

  

Fort Fun

 

We added a telescope and a steering wheel to the fort last weekend...and clearly none of these photos really captured the project, but it was a fun project nonetheless! We also preped the fort to replace the roof. Not sure if it will be a tarp or wood.  

Beautiful Story

I had the privilege of attending a talk given by my good friend Ashley (in the cute flower dress). She did a beautiful job sharing her story! I can't wait to read her book, which is in the works.   

We celebrated her success along with her family later that evening with Runza on the deck. That's her cute baby who was loving Logan...what baby girl doesn't?!