Ryan's April Art

This month was yet another fun filled month filled with lots of art projects.  We started off with a week of monkeys, and wrapped it up with transportation.  We even had time to learn a bit about buried treasure in art class.  All of the hard work on the transportation unit earned us a drivers license too!  Too bad that license doesn't include real vehicles just yet.

Lily's April Art

"Budding" Artists

Almost overnight, Spring has found its' way to Wisconsin!  We went from wearing winter coats on Monday to shorts and t-shirts on Friday.  Daffodils, tulips, and crocus are budding all over our yard, and two little budding artists made an appearance today as well.  We broke out the sidewalk paint that I got for Christmas and used literally the entire driveway as our canvas.  We created jellies, hearts, fish, the sun, a hopscotch game, and a tic-tac-toe board just to name a few.  We also managed to break out every toy that has been sitting idle in our garage since probably October.  We heard tomorrow is supposed to be just as beautiful so I'm sure it will be much of the same to report here from our world!

King of the Hill

After a long hiatus, we finally managed to sneak away to the cottage for the weekend.  Most people choose to go somewhere warm in Spring (especially after the winter and spring we've had), but we chose to go somewhere with mounds of snow.  We enjoyed every minute of it making forts, going on a scavenger hunt,  throwing snowballs, and playing king of the hill.  We also managed to have a little fun in the warm confines of the cabin as well, with Grandma's ipad being on my short list of favorites.  Grandma surprised us with Lucky Charms cereal...impressive that she remembered since it feels like ages since we told her we loved them.  All in all it was a great adventure, but now we are ready for spring to make an appearance here in our world!

Rainy Day Fun

 

We definitely aren't going to let a little thing like rain...and rain, and rain, and MORE rain...keep us from having fun outside.  This week has been filled with so much rain that little lakes and streams have popped up all over our yard.  Being the little explorers that we are we put on our wellies and raincoats, put up our umbrellas, and headed outside to stomp around.  We were amazed by how deep some of the streams had become and loved watching our boots sink into the mud.  One lake that popped up behind our swing-set was so big that we just had to ask...do you think there are any fish in there???  It has been fun, but hopefully the sun finds a way back to Mequon soon or we might just end up on an island.

Somebunny Came to See Us

Hippity-Hoppity, the Easter Bunny hopped right down our hallway last night and into our bedrooms.  How do we know this?  Well, a certain somebunny left footprints behind so now we have proof.  I can't even begin to describe just how excited we were to find footprints...let's just say the footprints were way cooler then all of the good stuff also left behind in our baskets.  Don't think for one minute that we didn't enjoy the candy, toys, and clothes; but Easter Bunny footprints are amazing!  After following the footprints all over the house, we did finally manage to find our baskets; mine in our shower, and Lily's downstairs in the tub.  I was pretty excited with all of the Angry Birds stuff I received.  I actually picked it out of my basket immediately, and Mom and Dad had to send me back to the shower to get the rest of the basket.  Good thing too, because I would have missed out on my new stomp rocket and Perler beads.  Lily loved her new bike helmet, nail polish, and Barbie band aids as well.  After all of the mornings' excitement, we headed up to Grandma Jackie's for the annual Easter egg hunt.  This year's hunt was indoors due to the fact that there is still snow on the ground.  It didn't dampen our spirits though, and we managed to find all of our eggs along with a bucket of goodies for each of us.  This Easter was a hopping good time here in our world!