spring break

We stay so busy with sports and activities during the week that it's hard to get the kids in for appointments so spring break seemed like a good time to mark a few things off the list.  Emmy had an eye doctor appointment on Monday morning.  She struggled with the eye exam at her well visit so we had her checked out.

She is a bit nearsighted but not enough for the doctor to put her in glasses yet so luckily these were the only glasses she needed this visit!

We had to have some fun on our first day of spring break so we headed to Belle Isle to rock hop after the eye doctor.

Love the city views.

The weather was perfect this week so we tried to be outside whenever we could, even for dinner.

They had the kids' favorite ice cream sandwiches for dessert.  Bryce insisted I capture this picture "last day with teeth."

Tuesday was Bryce's day for an appointment.  Back in November his dentist had told him he lost his last baby tooth and he was ready for braces.  We had a zoom consult with an orthodontist and she said he still had baby teeth to lose.  Sure enough, after x-rays in her office, we learned he wasn't actually done with baby teeth.  These teeth needed to be pulled because they weren't coming in correctly and they wouldn't be able to push the baby teeth out.  

Bryce was not really excited for this appointment, but he was a trooper (look at the size of those things)!  He even managed $20 for these last teeth.  The tooth fairy must have felt sorry for all he had to go through to "lose" these last two teeth.  

We laid low the rest of the day so Bryce could recover.

Bryce was feeling better on Wednesday and it was another beautiful day so we spent the day at the zoo.  Emmy and I did a junior ropes course and Bryce and Jason did a zipline course.  

Emmy can't wait until she can do the zip line course.  We walked around the zoo and saw the animals too.

Thursday was another beautiful day so we hit the Capital Trail for some biking.

It was such a pretty ride through the city and along the river.

We enjoyed lunch outside on the river.

We stayed home on Friday and finished a few projects.  Bryce had a friend over and then we met his parents at a fun new pizza place for dinner on the patio.  The boys were enjoying their time together so we went back to their house for the kids to play baseball and watch baseball.  

We rounded out the weekend with baseball yesterday and today.  It was a fun and beautiful week and now we're all ready for summer vacation!

happy easter

I've got a new roommate at work this year and we must be sharing a brain and a classroom!  We showed up twinning one day this week!

Happy Easter!

Our morning started with Easter baskets and festive food!

I kept seeing fun bunny shaped cinnamon rolls on the internet so I thought it would be fun to partake, except I bought the wrong thing.  We improvised and they looked pretty good going into the oven. 

But they looked like Mickey Mouse when they came out.  "Bunnies and carrots" for breakfast if you will!

All I see in our Easter pictures is HAIR!

The annual grandkid picture at Grandma's.

We barely got in our egg decorating.

Aren't they fun!

We had lunch at Jason's grandma's but we were on our own for dinner.  This may be the first time I've ever fixed Easter dinner for just us.  

The festive food continued to dinner!

We had a colorful fire to end the evening!

Happy Easter from our family to yours!

it's almost spring break

Emmy and her friend Norah dressed alike for twin day!

Bryce got beaned by a baseball last weekend and it was as purple as his shirt one day this week.

We had a taste of spring on Friday and enjoyed an evening by the fire.

I helped host a baby shower for my friend Kathryn on Saturday.  It was so good so see friends I haven't seen in a year!

We had a picnic and Easter egg hunt after church today!

That's a lot of eggs.

I didn't take many pictures so I made the kids pose with their loot.

One more week and we're on spring break!

 

a lucky week

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day with plenty of green and gold!

Yummy treats for dessert.

A green beverage to round out the day.

So maybe there was an unlucky spot in the week.  Bryce's Hokies lost and his bracket got quite busted this weekend!

We visited our friends' french bull dog puppies this weekend.

They were so cute and all sold!  We are NOT getting a puppy!

Emmy had a gymnastics meet today.

This was the last meet before the state meet.

Emmy started off well on the floor, but the beam was not on her side today.  Luckily she rebounded after a fall on the beam and came back with her highest bar and vault scores to date.

She placed 1st on vault with a 9.650.

She placed 1st on bars with a 9.4.

She also placed 4th on floor with a 9.250.

She placed 2nd all around with a qualifying score to take her to states!

Jason and I had to divide and conquer today because Bryce had early morning baseball games. They won their first two games and didn't give up a single run.  That put them in position for the championship game tonight.

The boys came up short as runner-up again this week.

They play again next weekend and then get a break for Easter!

2nd place finishes for both today.

So proud of these two and their dedication to their sports!