We took the leap...

Sorry I haven't gotten around to visiting this week!

It has been a VERY busy week.

We have been busy shopping.

We needed boots,

And cowboy hats,

Because tonight...

We bought a horse!

This is Ginger.

Bo loves her so much he says he is gonna sleep on her.

Thanks to Renne for trusting us with her!

Renne had rescued her & now it's our turn to love her up!

We came home and had some

ice cream & brownies to celebrate.

We have some pretty happy kids

snuggled under their covers right now :)

Fell asleep smiling....I think I will too.

Green

After our Blue week,

The next week was GREEN for sure!

Rocco's blue cast turned green

when we had to go in for a new one because he

fell in our little garden pond.

If you knew how hard I tried to

protect that thing from getting wet!

How many times I yelled,

"ROCCOOOOOOO!

Get away from that pond!"

You should have seen how happy Bo was when I told them they cut the old one off with a saw.  Of course, he had to come along to watch, they both loved it way too much.

 

We also had Annie's Academic Fair.

Her class was a pioneer village.

More green :)

(And too much orange)

Which, of course, she insisted on

wearing out to dinner before the event.

But my favorite part of her project

was the little mouse hole

that she thought of herself :)

And last was lunch.

Our Green lunch.

We replanted centerpieces from our

Spring Party into a big pot to keep on our deck.

Bo loved picking his own lunch.

Although next time he can pick it outside!

(It was raining :)

Green is good :)

Did your week have a color?

I loved reading your colors last time!

Spring Party

A few moms got together & threw

A Spring Party

for all the 2nd grade familes.

You know how I feel about parties!

And even though it turned out to be the one cold day of Spring, Spring was definitely in the air!

Birds inspired by the much cuter version on:

Soup Can

Scrapbook Paper

Lettuce

A Cute Pencil

Whaalaa! 

Centerpieces!

Or just add a peep on a pencil to a pot of flowers:

There was face painting,

(This is our fab hostess letting us invade her home.)

sack racing,

chalk,

bubbles

cookie decorating,

an egg hunt,

and lots of yummy treats!

(Cake by Gina)

Best of all there was lots of laughter

& the party went on long into the night.

Might have started a tradition :)

Hope your Spring is filled with lots of smiles!

Hosanna!

This time he did...

Blue

Our week was colored with blue.

With 3 boys I shouldn't be surprised :)

Rocco tells me almost daily,

"Mom I broke my leg!"

Well, this time he was right.

He was just happily dancing around for his grandpa,

stepped on it wrong,

and broke a bone in his foot.

A quick trip to the doc...

....for one blue cast.

And an hour later..

He was off!!!

Not slowing him down one bit.

And today

2 blue treats.

Bedtime snack of Blue popcorn.

(Popsecret Magic Colors blue butter)

And Roo enjoyed a blue marker.

What color was your week?

Easter Traditions

Every year my mom plants a pot of grass for each grandchild.

We keep them by our kitchen window

& they grow like crazy. 

This is only 2 days after a haircut!

BO LOVES giving them haircuts!

They get quite a close shave!

But in 2 days...it'll be ready for another cut.

But my FAVORITE tradition is

Ukrainian Easter Eggs.

My little sister & I both student taught under Slava, a woman from the Ukraine.  She taught it to her class every year & we were lucky enough to pick it up!

These are my first two eggs this year.

I like to use the traditional pattern and go crazy from there.

The details are so fun!

The newly cut grass makes a great way to display the eggs.

And of course a special egg in the lunch box is always a hit.

They are not cooked...

I give these eggs a survival rate of about 1,

maybe 2 days...

you know my boys!

Do you have any special traditions?