First, although the calendar says that it's spring, the season of spring has definitely NOT arrived here in Wisconsin. Today we had one of our first days where the temperatures were above 30 degrees. There's still plenty of snow on the ground and more snow in the forecast. So we make do with the outside snow activities when we can. Since it's lighter later now, Matt has taken the girls outside after dinner sometimes to slide them down the ice path in the ditch. They are full of giggles during these evenings :)
They also had a good old fashioned snowball fight.
Before our most recent batch of snow, we got out the bikes. Anna wanted to try hers without training wheels; this is going to be the summer of learning to ride a bike for her!
We also still have lots of indoor fun. Here's a good shot of "pile on top of Daddy".
On Monday, Kate, Ethan, and I had a playdate cancelled due to a friend's illness so we decided to make it a special day and visit Anna for lunch at school. Kate even got to have hot lunch with Anna at school! Kate sat on the rug with Anna and her classmates before lunch dismissal, lined up with Anna, went through the lunch line, ate lunch at the kindergarten table, and played with Anna and her friends at recess. It was a fun event :)
On Thursday, the Valpo basketball team played in the NCAA tournament (and lost to Michigan State :(, but Ethan and I were sporting our VU gear, at least until both my sweatshirt and his onsie were coated with his spit-up.
On Friday after school, I dropped Ethan off at GE with Matt and drove the girls to meet up with my mom so she could drive them the rest of the way to their place. Matt, Ethan, and I will join everyone sometime on Sunday afternoon. Today Matt and I have enjoyed having some time just with Ethan, and a chance to do things together with one another (cleaning, laundry, pruning fruit trees, running errands, and even watching a movie!). We're looking forward to having a mini-vacation up north with the rest of the family, too.
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