Happy Easter!

Happy April Fools Easter!

The Easter Bunny thought she'd be funny for April Fools Easter. It was pretty funny!

Spring Break Sun and Sand

This was the extent of the sun and sand the boys had on spring break. It was a pretty crummy weather week for spring break, and I spent all of painting their rooms. 

A Monkey On the Monkey Bars

I guess gymnastics is paying off

A Birthday Walk In the Woods

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for my birthday, so we headed out to Oak Openings for a nice walk in the woods. The boys had fun checking out what little nature was around in mid March and we all enjoyed the fresh air!

Tiger Scouts Night At the Museum

The Tiger scouts did a night at the art museum for their March den meeting. They played in the kid center for a while, made some art and then checked out the Ancient Egypt exhibit. Nick loves going to the art center at the museum. He dug right in and did a few different art pieces. 

St Patrick's Day Cupcakes

I ordered some super delicious cupcakes for my birthday. They were totally worth it!

Bonnet Carre Spillway

The Mississippi was a little on the high side by mid March. They opened the Bonnet Carre spillway to help ease the flooding so we took a little drive down to see it. It was pretty cool. There were a bunch of guys pulling fish out by the bucket loads!

3rd Grade Culture Project

In 3rd grade, the kids do a culture project. They select a culture in their heritage and do a research project on the country and culture. Ben picked Poland. As part of the project, they had to make a food. He and Adam went on a field trip with Dzaidzui to all the Polish markets in Hamtramik to buy their ingredients for hunter's stew, beigos. Then they spent all day Sunday making it. Ben did a very good job on his project, and really enjoyed learning about Poland!

A Pokemon 7th Birthday

Nick wanted another Pokemon birthday for his 7th birthday. Because Ben didn't have a family birthday party, we let him join in, too, with a fleur de lis cake. Nick got lots of fun presents, including new decorations for his bedroom. 

Playing Legos with Monster

I don't think Monster was to happy about her living room floor being taken over by legos. But that didn't stop Nick from building a new set in the middle of her floor. 

Science Experiment Assistants

I was helping with a girls in engineering event at UT and our hands on experiment was to make bouncy balls (terrible idea). To try (and fail) to make it go more smoothly, I made up kits for the girls so we could just set stuff up and the girls could get to mixing the ingredients. The boys helped with adding colorant to the liquid latex for colored bouncy balls. The mess was very minimal at my house, not minimal at all once the girls started making them at UT.