There is nothing quite as beautiful as a spring day in D.C.  So happy we took the afternoon off and braved the crowds and traffic to enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms. 

Chick a doodle

After much persuading Rob caved this spring and let the Holman chicks purchase chicks.  What a fun adventure they have been.  We were able to pick-up 6 from on a friends house on April Fool's Day.  I told they girls we were going to look at her chicks, with a sneaky surprise up my sleeve.  We arrived at the house and each girl was holding a chick, oohing and awwing over their cuteness.  I then asked what they thought of those cute little fuzz balls.  They all gave me a look and I announced that we would be taking them home.  Three big girls thought I was pulling their leg, what a fun surprise. 
The next day we made a visit to our local feed store and picked out 4 additional chicks.  Making for a nice even 10.  What a great adventure!

 

*Update:  We collected our first egg yesterday, exciting time!

CHICKS ROCK!

Easter Hunts

This year was filled with Easter egg hunts all day long

There are brief moments that I can catch a picture or two

Then the kiddos are off to collect more for their basket

 

Hitting the Easter Bunny, it this not morbid?

 

It was a wonderful day

Spring Break

Big girls had a super long Spring Break this year.  We tried to fill our time with lots of fun outdoor activities.  Mother nature had another plan in mind.  The first day of spring we woke up to this...

 

SNOW!  We pulled all the winter gear back out again and took the kids sledding.  Thank we took advantage of the snow, by afternoon it was slush.

 

Having fun creating nanobots at the Children's museum 

 

A visit to the National Zoo

Time for music practice

 

Created our new favorite pizza, peanut chicken Thai

 

Face painting at the Strathmore

 

M&S working into the night on their planet projects

Beginning on the week

Mid-week

Sun was out for the end of the week

Enjoying wiggle time at the church gymnasium

Goals and Milestones

 Proud of M for finishing the BofM

 

 

 Big girls turned 11 this January

 All S wanted was a digital watch, I hope she is always this easy to please! 

She has worn it every single day since

 

 

 

 Lovin the birthday bash.  Theme was "CampIN party".  Made tin foil dinners in the oven, smore cupcakes, watching a movie in the basement and playing lots of fun games.  It was a great night.

 

 Little J celebrated her 4th birthday at the end of the month

 

This girl is IN LOVE with Fancy Nancy. 

M, S & A made her an awesome alphabet book all about Fancy Nancy.