Spring Break At The Beach

 Just like I remember it when I had spring break, bright and sunny and surprisingly chilly.  We still had a great time and the girls were very excited to be running around in bathing suits and digging holes in the sand again!  Other than pjs at night, Ella pretty much had a swimsuit on the entire time.  Girls and Michael were even brave enough to get their feet in the water, which was very cold.  Addy managed to fall and get more wet than planned, but didn't seem to mind too much. 

And there were even ducks in the lagoon!  The lagoon is still pretty nasty, but apparently the ducks can find what they need.  Maybe the turtles will make an appearance before the summer is over!

Addy's 1st Official Spring Break

It was a bit hard to get back to the old routine today, but I think that Addy had a fun Spring Break last week.

Things started with a trip to the zoo with her friends...

Then her first official trip to the rodeo...

A few days with Granddad and Meme and then a weekend relaxing at the beach...

Livestock Show Field Trip

I was super excited to get the e-mail from Addy's teacher last week that was telling us about a last minute field trip - the livestock show, on a Monday morning.  Perfect!  It was lots of fun and we got to do all of the kiddie livestock show activities, including the petting zoo. 

 Howdy came in for a visit with the kids.  Ella was terrified, but Addy ran right up and gave him a hug.  

 In past years, Ella has been semi-terrified of the animals in the petting zoo, but she wandered around on her own this time and had a nice visit with all of them.  There really are super cute animals in there, and so much better than the petting zoo at the real zoo where they really only have scrubby looking goats - although not a huge fan of the deer that was trying to eat my shirt today.     

 Ella was a big fan of Fun On The Farm  

 Here is Ella showing Meme how to milk a cow.  Mary had mentioned that it had a been a while since she'd been to the livestock show, so when this came up I invited her to join us.  She got the true livestock experience with the Wolf girls, plus 22 other kindergarteners.

I think that Addy needs a bunny!

Zoo Trip

I felt like we'd just been at the zoo, so when we asked the girls what they wanted to do one weekend morning and Addy shouted "the zoo", I was about to suggest a plan B.  But then realized that she rarely gets to go now that she is in real school and Ella and I tend to go weekday mornings.  So, the zoo it was!  And unlike most days, the girls were actually asking to have their picture taken and were more or less looking at the camera!