End of April

Last Sunday our class had a picnic at a nearby park after church.  We enjoyed eating lunch together and the girls enjoyed playing on the playground:

We went to Emily's school one afternoon for the Book Fair.  She showed us the flowers that her class planted in the school garden:

And showed us her picture on the library wall for the 1st Grade AR Wall:

Hanging out with Neighbors

The kids have enjoyed the warm weather this week.  Yesterday several of the kids in the neighborhood ended up at our house and the girls and boys made their own forts:

The boys mainly had fun trying to bother the girls and use their Nerf guns on them: )

Then the girls decided to take all their animals for a walk:

Once everyone was good and sweaty we ended up in a neighbor's backyard to enjoy the sprinkler:

This lasted about 10 minutes before they all migrated inside to play with toys.

It was a really fun day.  I love this time of year!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!!!!

We ate lunch with friends after services.  All of the little girls look so sweet!

Swimming, Hiking, and a Museum

Abigail has really come a long way with her swimming lessons.  I'm excited to see how she will do this summer in the pool:

 We also discovered the walking trails in our neighborhood.  I had heard about them from others but hadn't ventured out far enough to find them.  We walked with some friends and it was a lot of fun.  Emily collected leaves for a collection:

Abigail was off from school on Friday for Good Friday and asked if we could go to Fernbank.  So we did.  She said she wanted an "Abigail and Mommy" Day:

 They had a new exhibit since we went this summer that included whales.  This was a replica of a blue whale.  It was huge!!!

We had a good day together!

Easter Egg Hunt

Our church had their Easter Egg Hunt after services today.  The girls had a lot of fun.  Waiting for the hunt to begin for Abigail's group:

 And they are off!

 Then Emily's group got to go:

 I asked Jason to take a picture of our family and he snuck this one in there too:

 Sweet sisters!

Spring Break

We had a wonderful spring break this year!  The weather was so nice so we spent a lot of time riding bikes and coloring with chalk.  On Tuesday we went to the $1 movie with friends:

On Wednesday Joe took the girls to the dentist and that afternoon they rode their bikes and played with friends:

 

On Thursday  I took the girls swimming at our gym during their Family swim time.  I wanted Abigail to practice what she was learning at swim lessons and give Emily an opportunity to swim since she had been watching Abigail from the sidelines.  Abigail started out with her life jacket on, but after about a half hour in the water I took them off to practice with her.  By the end of the afternoon she was putting her whole head under water and swimming to me and then back to the steps.  She also floated on her back by herself!  Yea!  Progress is being made!

They had also been saving up money to buy Palace Pets.  So we bought those at the end of the week: