A chilly, but beautiful, day for a First Communion ceremony!
God Bless Carolyn
Carolyn
April Snow Showers…
…bring the first snow day of the year?
Well, we’re not going to complain about that.
Besides, building a snowman on the deck (there wasn’t enough accumulated on the lawn) and giving him a carrot nose and cheerio eyes? In April? Sounds fun to me!
(Carolyn didn’t fall for my April Fool’s “you’re going to be late for your bus” prank. But she didn’t believe me when I woke her up this morning and told her school was cancelled due to snow. Go figure.)
Earrings!
Carolyn got her ears pierced last night – a gift from her Grandma & Grandpa for her upcoming First Communion. She chose a very cute pair of sparkly pink daisies for her piercing earrings.
I can’t believe how fast she’s growing up!
First Communion Banner
Carolyn had to create a banner for her First Communion. She looked over some designs and came up with the plan, we both cut and glued the felt bits, and I used puffy paint to add her name and the date. Before we even started, I bound the edges with a bit of muslin to keep them from fraying. I think it turned out well!
Happy Easter
Spring Concert
Carolyn had her third grade concert this evening. (Since she’s in a 2/3 multi-age class, she’s in the concert as a 2nd grader – she won’t be in it next year.) The kids did a fabulous job, and the concert was beautiful!
Baby Curls and Big Girl Hair
The girls got hair cuts this afternoon. Carolyn just needed a trim, since we’re trying to grow her bangs out and get some length to it. But Anna really wanted short hair like mine (shoulder length, not really short) and so I let her. I didn’t realize that what was left wasn’t going to curl up so much. It’s cute, but…oh, how I will miss those long, silky ringlets.
Friday Photos
Taken last week, but I couldn’t resist:
Something’s Missing!
I had this feeling, this morning, that Carolyn’s tooth that had started being very slightly wiggly an entire year ago might not be around too much longer – it had become very, very wiggly in the past few weeks. It even had an adult tooth coming up behind it already, because it was being so very stubborn about coming out! So I took a picture, one last picture, of Carolyn’s adorable baby-toothed grin.
And sure enough, she got off the bus wearing a look of panic, because her tooth suddenly felt funny…
And now there’s something missing!
Raking Leaves
It’s pretty easy to get the girls on board with raking leaves when there’s a promise of jumping in the big pile at the end!
And now the payoff:
