almost done

the treehouse is almost done. miles ran out of rope to finish off the front railing but other than that it is done. we let the kids play up there today. they tied a rope to a bucket and were pulling drinks up to the deck. so funny. miles is thinking now he will have to add a pulley and rope with a bucket so they have an easier time doing that. it was so fun to see them all playing together. they are so excited to have a treehouse. it is really pretty cool. you don't realize how high up it is until you get up there. you can see in the picture that it is pretty much level with the roof. yikes.

mason sings

mason's first grade class all sung today at the school assembly. i didn't get to go because it was at the same time that dahlia starts school. miles went and took video and pictures for me though. it was so cute. they sang this land is your land, america the beautiful, and it's a small world. they even sang a verse of it's a small world in japanese. mason sang the songs for me when i picked him up from school because i had missed the performance. he did not sing the japanese verse for me though. he said it was too hard.

school fair

we went to zena's school fair today. this is the last time we will get to go because next year she will be at a new school. she is in sixth grade. that is so hard to believe.

the kids had tons of fun. usually they don't want to play many games but this year they did almost all the games. they had so many stamps on their game card that they got to pick prizes before we left. we stayed until the very end. it was fun. even connor loved it. this year only dahlia wanted cotton candy. what a surprise. mason had some popcorn and connor didn't want any snacks at all. they had the most fun going on the various inflatable obstacle courses. connor went right along with mason and dahlia. it is nice that they are at an age where they can all do things together.

indoor picnic

dahlia has been obsessed with picnics lately. everyday she drags out the blanket and declares it is picnic time. today we switched things up and had a picnic on our kitchen floor.

she spread out the blanket and decorated the center with fake gold coins from our pirate bag. i filled little bowls with healthy snacks and the kids sat around eating and playing. who knew snack time on the floor could be so fun.

easter sunday

we had a great easter this year. the kids were so excited. friday we went to my sister's house to paint eggs and have a sleepover. this was lots of fun but the kids stayed up way too late. it was almost midnight before they fell asleep. we had five dozen eggs to paint.

easter morning was super busy. mason, dahlia, and connor woke up super early to check their easter baskets that were left by the kitchen door. sure enough they were filled with lots of treats. they all said they got exactly what they wanted. how did the bunny know? we didn't have much time to play before we had to rush off to church. we always go to my mother's church on easter sunday and it takes an hour to get there. much like last year we were five minutes late. after church they had an egg hunt for the kids where each kid finds four eggs with a particular number on it and turns them in for a bag of candy. the bag of candy was huge. really too much if you ask me. a small piece of candy would be just fine. the whole day seemed to be one big sugar rush. candy, candy, candy!

after the egg hunt we went back to my sister's house for brunch and our own egg hunt. christina did not go crazy this year with the eggs. we had 94 eggs to hide. much less than last year's 175 eggs. zena was the big winner having collected 26 eggs. brunch was good. christina made breakfast pizza's that were yummy and my mom made a delicious cobb salad. around four we left to go home and spent the evening playing clue and building connor's lego set. it was so nice to have a holiday and actually spend some fun time as a family.

pajama tea party

dahlia is sick so we stayed home today and had a tea party in our pajamas. it was fun. i made some sun tea and we filled a little plate with animal cookies for the party. mason, dahlia, and connor all loved the tea. of course i think they put a little bit too much sugar in it for my taste. it was not the most elaborate tea party we have had but it was such a nice way to spend a sick day.

coloring eggs

the kids could not wait any longer so we decided to color some eggs today. we didn't get too fancy this year. i think it is best to keep it simple with the little ones. maybe if miles was helping we could have tried some new techniques. we did sprinkle a little glitter on them. it was fun. we colored about 2 dozen eggs and the kids promptly ate six of them when we were done. i don't think it is going to take us long to eat them. we plan on coloring more next week.