Spring Break 2011

How was your spring break? Ours was great. We stayed in town and didn't have much of anything planned, but we ended up having a fun week. We went to a couple of movies, read books, went to the park a couple of times, played in the yard, practiced piano, and had fancy St. Patrick's Day hair,

(which I unfortunately didn't take a picture of until the next morning; it looked pretty cool before she slept on it).


One night we played Just Dance -- don't you love Zoe's face of concentration and pretty princess skirt. And in the photo below, why aren't we all doing the same thing here? It looks like Lucy & Molly are doing it right, while me & Zoze are clueless :)
There were of course daily chores; Lucy was unloading the dishwasher and wanted me to take a picture of this monstrous stack of cups! And her cute leotard (unitard?)
One day we had cousins come to play.

Paige and Lucy, sorting fruit snacks.

Molly, Sam, & Zoe playing Sorry while enjoying the weather.

Tyson & Noah didn't have much interest in enjoying the weather, but they definitely enjoyed each other's company and they did take time for some piano duets too.

We had a friend's dog here all week (Juno's BFF, a goldendoodle named Dudley) and when Kate's crew came over they brought my mom's dog to play, Pete (a Vizsla) who they were watching for the week. I thought the three dogs' colors looked so pretty together so I took a few pictures.

Looks like they're scheming something here... or maybe just comparing notes.

We heard news helicopters overhead one afternoon and drove around to find the "excitement" -- finally found this accident about a mile away; where due to a strong sneeze (supposedly), a man lost control of his car and crash through a house! He went through the exterior and two interior walls before the car stopped. Fortunately nobody was home. We drove by a few times to get a good look, and Noah snapped this photo out the window (yeah, we were being pretty obvious rubberneckers but we didn't hold up traffic!)

We finally filled our front flower beds, which had been empty for the past couple of months ever since our old flowers froze during the several cold nights we had in January. The kids helped pick out some marigolds, petunias, and snap dragons, and they had fun helping me get the beds ready & planting the new flowers.

And we saved one planter for herbs, which I'm SO excited about! I've never grown fresh herbs before. We have Italian parsley, basil, mint, chives, and cilantro. I used some cilantro in our dinner last night and it was so tasty.

And Aaron painted the front door, the color of which I just love. It has been several months since we painted the house; now that the door is done it makes the whole thing look complete. Hmm, this picture is pretty washed-out; the main house color and door color look darker in real life.

Hmm, a painted door isn't the *most* exciting thing to end a post, but oh well! It was a great week; I always love when the kids are home and we can spend more time together.