Spring

Sarah did an amazing job at her recital and of course she was adorable as ever. She kept telling us about her "play" and that it was her first real one on stage during the week leading up to it. She was a little nervous but told me she would follow what the other kids were doing if she forgot the steps. She did really great and we had a celebratory Burger King meal afterward. I asked her if she had fun and she said that she was so happy that she finally got to perform. My Grandma got her an Angelina Ballerina movie to watch as a gift for a job well done and Sarah and Julia both wanted to take lessons after watching it. So the Gymnastics and everything else will just have to wait.
Spring Break was off to a great start until yesterday when I decided it was time to start a little Spring cleaning. We moved a bunch of furniture around until the space started to make sense. Sarah ended up cleaning her room and there was a lot of clamor. Julia was being her cute but very loud and energetic self and as a result of all that Sarah and I were starting to get headaches; mine went away but hers turned into a full fledged migraine. So she's been throwing up for the past 24 hours; not fun at all. Hopefully she'll be ready to eat again and enjoy the rest of her break by tomorrow!
... she was better the next day and back to eating like there was no tomorrow. I stayed at home with the girls most of the week. The girls were aloud to watch one movie a day and boy were they excited about that. We spent some time with Jenn and Beth and the girls were very lucky to be read to by Jenn more than a few times. They got to ride in their Mystery Mobile to the beach; it was a little rough but we enjoyed the water none the less. We went to the store last Wednesday and the girls picked out a really pretty kite. It's been very windy here recently so we took it to the park and watched it soar. It was really exciting for all of us.
We spent Saturday night at my grandparent's for Julia's 5th birthday celebration and then the next day we went to Chucky Cheeses for her actual birthday with Jenn and Beth. Julia loved playing in what I think of as a hamster maze, eating pizza & winning tickets. She got some cute trinkets, cotton candy & was as happy as can be. After all the excitement it was time to head home for her steak dinner of birthday choice; Dann pan cooked it with delicious herbs, big hit for all. So great birthday weekend and Thursday her class is doing a morning birthday circle for her. I get to make a "healthy cake" and join in the celebration. The girls are back to school and enjoying their friends and activities. We all had a much needed rest from the rush and are ready to start again.