Mother's Day

Last week at Activity Days K made cinnamon rolls which she brought home and froze until yesterday. This morning she made pancakes and baked the cinnamon rolls while M cooked up some scrambled eggs with ham and cheese. They served me a delicious breakfast in bed. Do you see how she made the pancakes say "I love U"? Very clever.

Ignore the hair but check out our beautiful new blue walls in our bedroom. Isn't it stunning? I can't get over how much I love it. Now I just need to decorate the room, once we figure out where we want to place our bed. But I digress.

After breakfast my girls cuddled with me for a while in bed. L had just gotten up to look at our resident squirrel when daddy took this photo.

The girls also showered me with great gifts they created at school and church. L made a flower magnet with her hand as the stems and two great cards.

K made me a heart card at school, a stamped kitchen towel at Activity Days, and a stamped card at home this week.

Sword Play and Such

While looking for books at our local Good Will, we came across a shield for 49 cents that we couldn't pass up. L loves to dress up like a pirate and play with swords so this was a perfect addition to her outfit. When we got home, M used the new shield to make another one for K.

We had just ordered a bunch of foam swords off of Amazon and they arrived in the mail the same day we found the shield. The girls were excited to play with them, as was their dad.

 Here is a short video of the girls fighting each other. They loved the new toys!

The girls received some new dress up clothes we found at a great price of $10 each M found online. The girls love dressing up!

Some time ago Bahmah gave us a bird target with a gun that shoots darts for the girls to play with. Here is a video of L shooting.

With the nice weather, K is back to practicing with her roller skates. We need to take her back to the roller rink sometime soon.

K has been begging us to let her do weapons training in Taekwondo. M told her that if she can say "Yes Ma'am" and "Yes Sir" to us for two weeks straight then she can learn weapons. She hasn't been able to do it so far but is getting better at remembering more often. M got the girls some foam nunchakus to practice with.

Funny story, M used to be quite good at using his nunchakus and would do it at parties. The drunk party-goers would look at him doing it so easily that they would want a turn. M would oblige and they usually ended up knocking themselves silly, to M's amusement. I must say, foam is better:)

The chains aren't quite long enough for them to do the fancy work but it will get them used to using them before we purchase the ones required for Taekwondo. Want to come give it a try?

Odds and Ends

M made the girls a cute breakfast one morning. A snail clementine and a mushroom made from a banana and an apple. They loved it!

The girls made a fairy house with their friends while visiting their horsey bahmah. It was quite cute.

M took the truck for a drive in the woods one day. Here are a few of the things he photographed on his trip. He really liked the misty views.

A cute salamander by the water.

A random waterfall.

Look at these tasty cinnamon rolls my hubby makes. Don't they just make your mouth water with anticipation? He is definitely the king of the kitchen.

And for a little comedy, here is a short video M took of our backyard last month. The item being drug is a wash clothe.

Spring Soccer

We started soccer with L this season. She is the only girl on her team and the tallest. Is that a surprise? The team name is The Dragons and they have had two games so far. Here are some highlights from those games.

Lined up to defend.

Going after the ball.

She is on a team with two of her church friends,

Lincoln and Ethan, they are cute together.

L doing the kick off.

Pep talk from the coach during half time.

She seems to like soccer okay but is getting less aggressive as the season progresses. I am hoping she doesn't love it so we can be done with the soccer phase of our life. Some of you may be gasping in horror, but I would like to put her in Taekwondo with her sister in the fall and she won't be able to do both. We will see how it goes though.