We continued to enjoy Nanna and Poppa's company for a while, even getting Poppa to where a tiara and play the princess game. They helped celebrate with us through a busy week of partying as well.
The first Sat. started with a visit from Cienna's teacher at her soccer game. Then that afternoon we went to The Chavez's to celebrate Eric's Birthday before heading to the Ferrario's for Scotch tasting in celebration of Larry's Birthday. They also threw in extra celebration for Kristine and Mommy!
The next day was Mommy's actual birthday which we spent enjoying each other and working together on an amazing dinner of smoked ribs and homemade pasta along with salad and a delicious cake from Kim for dessert.
Early the following week Poppa and Nanna had a nice trip back home, and we mellowed out on the parties for at least one weekend. We were lucky to get to watch Lexie and Nickie for a short while on Friday. Then, instead of getting some things of our own accomplished that weekend, we took on a fun task of making a pretty awesome foot stool/shoe bench to donate to Kaylee's pre-school. It was nice to get our hands dirty again and bust out some power tools.
More parties followed starting that Friday with a fun little get together at the Bakx to help support Dani's business. The next morning many of them including Daddy set off on a Brew Bus to try out many breweries for Roman's Birthday.
Cienna had a Spring Picture (free dress) day at school, then headed to her very first field trip without Mommy or Daddy to Centennial Farm. The following weekend was all about her Talent Show with dress rehearsals on Sat. and the Big show came on Sunday of all the kindergartners coordinated on stage in the large Wilson high school auditorium.
Much great news came to follow with the lunar eclipse on Monday and a successful birth of Paisley Mitchell. Then new life continued on Tues. with another successful arrival of Jasmine Marin Leedy! Both families are doing great and falling in love yet again. Of course it was also silly sock day for Kaylee that day followed by silly hair day on Thursday : )
That week was also Cienna's turn to be Star of the Week at school. She got many perks, but the best was Mommy and Kaylee coming to the classroom on Friday to help Cienna teach the class about mirrors and each build their own kaleidoscope. This was of course after Mommy and Daddy worked quite hard preparing for the event. After the lesson we spent the rest of the day in the class enjoying an Easter egg hunt and joining the class for lunch in the cafeteria!
We then geared up for our first time whale watching on Saturday. The best part was, we got to do it with Aunt Bridget and Vickie who came to visit from Texas. As if just being on the boat with family and friends wasn't enough, we got pretty darn close to a Mommy and Baby Grey whale pair. Also saw some Sea Lions and a rare Brown Booby bird. Bridget and Vickie came back to our house in the afternoon to help prepare for Easter with egg dying, and Kaylee getting to open her first Birthday presents from Grammy a couple months early : )
We ended the month with Easter Day. The girls were quite spoiled. Early morning Easter baskets before the egg hunt. Then more goodies, including Easter dresses, in some front porch baskets (Thanks Snow's), and yet a third set of gifts along with Aunt Bridget and Vickie coming back for more laughs and fun!
Cienna was very excited for her first time on a school bus for her field trip, and to finally be Star of the Week at school. She got to bring something to share for each day of the week. She continues to get WOWs quite often at school, which we are not surprised by. She still wows us as she excels in reading and all school studies. She enjoys every bit. Her favorite part of soccer is running around with friends. Playing cashier to practice making change as she and Kaylee sell things around the house has been fun. Next month will guarantee a lost tooth as one of her fronts is currently pretty much dangling!
Kaylee loves the freedom of no training wheels and now just tries to go as fast as she can on her bike. She loves the speed. We need to work on the concentration a little : ) Her writing skills are really improving and can now begin to write short sentences as we tell her the letters without us correcting or helping with her writing. This comes with the ability to focus more and has also shown in her expanding art skills. Tight pants are still her favorite to wear because she says they are the most comfortable.
Energetic and amazing. The things they come up with are inspirational and way silly! Dancing, singing, role playing, arts and crafts, it never stops. And we're sure glad for that. Oh yeah, Porter got to wear his first dress!
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