Here are some of the things we've been doing lately.
Our kids started taking piano lessons from Grandma Judy in February. We are loving it. She's an amazing teacher and the kids are making tons of progress. They had their first recital this past week. Three of their cousins are also taking lessons from grandma. (Tara must have the picture with everyone looking at her - I don't know how I ended up with this picture being the best of the 6 pics I took).
Pinewood Derby time! Addison's car is the red one. His car came in first or second in the first four races . He won enough races to make it to the finals, but then came in sixth place (out of six in the finals). It was an interesting night. The meeting started late, they did the scouting awards and flag ceremony, then the man who came and set up the track talked for 30 minutes about the rules and having fun and being good sports. He went on and on and on. I'm sure he's seen it all (and he told us about a lot of it), but I couldn't wait for him to start. We arrived at 7:00 and they started racing the cars at 8:15. They weren't done until nearly 9:00 p.m.
Kindergarten field trip to the zoo. It was miserable. We went on Tuesday and it was raining (pouring buckets) the entire 2 1/2 hours while we were there. It was also 40 degrees, so it was cold and wet. All the covered pavilions were taken so we ended up setting up our picnic under the awning for the elephant exhibit. The kids were ready to go home an hour before it was over. Here are a few pictures of the animals we saw.
Anna is in the teal colored jacket. She loved having her hand on the glass while the leopard paced back and forth on the other side of the glass. It was crazy to be within inches of him.
Andrew and the giraffe.
The tigers were very active. That's one good thing about going on a rainy day - some of the animals were more active. However, a lot of the animals were not out. There weren't any animals in the zebra enclosure. The bear and cougar enclosures were also empty. I guess schools can't reschedule field trips. The kids seemed to have fun despite the lousy weather.
Pinewood Derby time! Addison's car is the red one. His car came in first or second in the first four races . He won enough races to make it to the finals, but then came in sixth place (out of six in the finals). It was an interesting night. The meeting started late, they did the scouting awards and flag ceremony, then the man who came and set up the track talked for 30 minutes about the rules and having fun and being good sports. He went on and on and on. I'm sure he's seen it all (and he told us about a lot of it), but I couldn't wait for him to start. We arrived at 7:00 and they started racing the cars at 8:15. They weren't done until nearly 9:00 p.m.
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