Sunday, April 30, 2023

April 2023

 Here are a few of the happenings from April.

A nice message from Rabbit at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve.

Matthew enjoyed learning welding at a YM activity.


We celebrated Easter Eve with three egg hunts: one at home, one with church and one with the neighborhood. We had a nice Easter day as well. One of my favorite parts was listening to The Lamb of God.
Cute Easter dog!

Cute Easter kids

Easter Bunny letter

Hawk Matthew and Me saw while walking down the greenbelt one day.

Megan's project she worked on with her therapist.

Megan and Matthew had a field trip to a wave pool which they really enjoyed.
Matthew and Jacob

Megan and Arya

Matthew and U went on the Father/Son campout.

Megan and Me had our own celebration which included breakfast at First Watch. Megan really liked the bananas foster French toast.


Matthew and U with an escape puzzle we all put together and then solved the clues.

April's Yum Box was from Belgium. It was good, except that the chocolate had all melted, which wasn't so yummy.



Megan and Matthew were in cookie club. Here are their cookies.
Bunny and strawberry

Chick and owl

A hatching chick and a nest

Flowers

A beach ball and flip flop. The teacher was short one round cookie and Matthew volunteered to take a Milano cookie instead.

In Art Masterpiece, we studied Keith Haring.
Matthew's art

Megan's art


Friday, April 7, 2023

A Trip to the Zoo

 Megan, Matthew and Me enjoyed a day at the zoo with some friends. We had been with them to the zoo before a few years ago. Here (Oct 2017) and here (Feb 2016). It's amazing how much the kids have grown!


We started out on the dinosaur trail.

Megan, Ethan, Sean and Matthew

Matthew, Sean, Ethan and Megan

With the T-Rex: Sean, Ethan, Megan, Matthew

Matthew and Ethan

The lion was posing for us.

Matthew and the mandrill having a staring contest.


On the safari tram. back: Megan, Me, Anne; front: Matthew, Sean, Ethan

Sean, Ethan, Megan and Matthew with Victoria crowned pigeons, or, as the zookeeper said, birds without respect for personal space. They come right up to people, strollers, etc.

Matthew getting an unconventional piggyback ride from Sean and Ethan.

Ethan and Matthew on the elephant statues.

Megan lowering the tree branch for the emu to eat.

Playing on the web. They also really enjoyed playing in the treehouse.

Matthew's wingspan.

Saturday, April 1, 2023

April Family Pictures

Since it had been over 2 years since we got family pictures taken, we decided to go ahead and get some taken (despite Sarah not being home). Enjoy!