April 16, 2010

Spring Happiness

Happy Spring things:
Fresh mulch and fresh green growth

A bouquet a tulips from my flower bed

Fresh strawberries on sale and a super sweet girl

April 15, 2010

Spring Break

This week is Noelle's Spring Break, so we took advantage of the time off and traveled to VA to visit grandparents. While we were there we took the Metro into Washington, D.C. for a day at the National Zoo.

Pappy Sauder and Noelle on the Metro
Grammy Sauder and girls at the Metro Station

The zoo crew: Grammy and Pappy Sauder
Grandma Spence
Brad, Janelle, Noelle and Sadie
At the end of the day with tired girls
Grandpa Spence and Granddaddy couldn't join us at the zoo, but the girls made sure they got some play time with them later in the week.

April 8, 2010

Toothless

The thrill of getting a hole in your mouth...
Noelle lost her 2nd tooth this week and is super excited!

April 4, 2010

Easter

We decorated eggs on "Easter Eve"
I got the idea for using a whisk with younger children from my Family Fun magazine - brilliant!We used crayons and stickers to create our eggs this year.

Easter Day was a beautiful day which started with an amazing church service and ended with a relaxing dinner and egg hunt with friends.

Noelle and Sadie in their Easter dresses from Grammy Sauder


April 3, 2010

Noelle's Creativity

Noelle loves to create things. It's fun and exciting to see what her brain comes up with. This week she started a cookbook and choreographed a dance.

Here she is with the cookbook. She asked me to write the words, so she listed me as author, but I humbly take no credit for any of it.
She said once she filled the pages, she'd make copies and then we could sell them. Here's a sample of what you can make once you purchase this unique cookbook.
Maybe I should allow for pre-orders assuming there'll be a rush once the copies are made.

And here's the dance. I thought she did a remarkable job depicting the dance steps. I was not the author for this one - it's all Noelle's creativity.