Tony's Field Trip

Katherine's pre-K class took a field trip to a neighborhood favorite restaurant, Tony's. They had so much fun and learned all about how a restaurant works.

They were very impressed when Tony tossed the pizza dough.

Then he spread the sauce.

Katherine thinks it sure looks yummy.

The entire class fit inside the huge refrigerator.
After the tour we had lunch. This is one of Katherine's good friends, Ziggy.
Here is her entire class.

Arboretum

Mommy and Caroline got to go to the Arboretum with Caroline's best friend Elizabeth and her mommy. These two girls are a month apart and are so cute together.

The spring festival began the next week but the storybook castles were already set up so we were able to explore by ourselves.
The Little Mermaid's throne was a favorite.


Two and a half year olds are a tough crowd. Not many smiles for photos.





They loved playing in Beauty and the Beasts' castle.



Please can't we play in the fountain mommy?

Presents and Cake

Nana and Pops came over for presents and cake.

One thing Katherine really wanted was a bath robe like Grammy wears. She loved the one I found.
She received a few princess barbie dolls.


And now that she has some real jewelry, she needs a real jewelry box, complete with dancing ballerina.
I love this photo where she is making her birthday wish.

5th Birthday

We started our celebration at Grammy and Grandad's house.

Grammy made a fun cake that left no doubt as to how old Katherine is now.

Somehow Caroline was the show off and I have more pictures of her.

Inside-Snow Days

While stuck inside for a week we had to get creative to keep these kids entertained. We spent a lot of time making valentines cards for school.

We made and ate 'smores on the fire.


And we used recycled supplies to make robot costumes that were good for a days worth of fun.

Snow Days

This winter there was a lot of snow and many cold, cold days. Sam was home from work for almost a week. We normally don't experience this kind of snow and city shut down. The first storm was a problem because there was freezing rain the first night and then the temperatures did not go above freezing to melt the ice for several days. We had a lot of fun as a family and playing in the snow.

Snow Angels

Icicles hanging from our Christmas lights still up in February (but not turned on)

Sledding with friend, Evan.

I have my childhood sled which worked much better than cookie sheets and laundry baskets.

Huge icicles at Nana and Pops' house