End of April

Leona looking like a cheetah at Clara's owl themed birthday party. They were playing a variation on the Parkwood PE Turkey game with owls, rats, and nests instead of Turkeys, fridges, and ovens.  It was a big hit. Plus now we have the added bonus of having plastic rats all around the yard that periodically make me freak out when I catch a glimpse of them.

Leona's snowy owl painted rock.

At a PAG activity

Leona dressed Tim up, mostly voluntarily.

 

April 13-22

PAG (Primary Activities for Girls) making Resurrection Rolls for Easter.

At the zoo, having a much better time than the photo would lead anyone to believe.

Easter Egg hunt at home. Per the tradition each girl had one egg that proved elusive. Also, per the tradition dad and I had no memory of where we hid the eggs. Luckily we had a couple families over for Easter dinner the next day and one of the visiting kids found all three eggs.

Egg hunt with friends

Fun at the park

Leona showing off her gymnastics skills.

 

Bluebonnet Pics 2022

 

First Weekend in April

We did only a couple April Fool's day pranks this year. One of them was painting mustaches on the kids while they slept, so that hopefully they would wake up and discover a mustache in the mirror. It worked reasonably well on Tim and Eliza. Unfortunately Clara immediately wiped hers off in her sleep, and Leona woke up while we were doing it, gave us a death look and rolled over. Two out of four ain't bad I guess.

Dad also decided to prank Tim by having him plant cheerios in the garden. Later that evening they went back to check on them and discovered that the cheerios had grown into DONUTS! Tim was very excited and asked to plant cheerios again the next day. A little of his childhood died when it was explained that his dad had been tricking him. Everybody else thought it was hilarious and enjoyed the donuts.

The younger girls went to a Primary Daddy Daughter Dance. They refused to dance, but did agree to play bingo and eat treats.

We got a playhouse for the backyard! The kids were thrilled and enjoyed themselves playing in it until it got hot in the summer. A couple of them even helped attach some pieces.