Recent Happenings.

Making Money.
My kids are entrepreneurs. They have sold things from the classic lemonade to Otter Pops, to rocks. Their latest venture was artwork. They would create a masterpiece, put it in a grocery sack, hop in their Power Wheels, and go door to door selling the art for a quarter a piece.

Next, they choreographed a dance performance that consisted of 3 numbers. They made invitations that read:

"Please come to a dance show. When: Tues at 7:30. Where: in the circle. The dancers will be: (their names along with their neighbor friend) We are trying to make money. We will put a bucket out and you can put money in if you want.

They then delivered the invitations to EVERYONE in our circle, including those that I think may have been annoyed by the whole thing. After the deliveries had been made, they told me the plan!

Thankfully, it got rained out and they haven't brought it up since.

Cupcake Cousins Cooking Club.
The kids like to get together with their cousins when they are off track and have a cooking club. We made a giant cupcake with the new cereal "Cupcake Pebbles". I think it was more fun to make than it was to eat!

Here is a yummy and cute carrot cake I made! When Paige noticed the orange flecks inside the cake she asked what they were and all the kids were astonished to learn that carrot cake actually has carrots in it!


Easter Clothes.

Skiing one last time.

Naps.

I found Charlie napping like this:
and like this:

Tulips.

Charlie, my mother-in-law Julie, and I went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point with Charlie's playschool class. There were 250,000 bulbs planted! These were one of my favorites:

Soccer.

The girls started Spring soccer. They are on the same team and Jon is helping coach! They won their first game!

Here is a creative note Paige left for me one night:
We're keeping busy with life!
By the end of the day I usually end up like this:
lying on the floor surrounded by my brood.