Backyardigans

If you’ve ever seen the kids show – Backyardigans – you know it’s all about kids who use their imagination to transform their back yards into just about any adventure they can think of.  The girls use our backyard for the very same thing – making daydreams come to life.

Puppet Shows

Sophia’s class did a performance called “Sebastian & the Magic Pebble” but had a lot of practice acting in our so called in-house theatre – which shows nightly from Sophia’s closet door.  Last weekend she played out the full play of Cinderella with Lexa, complete with stadium seating in her room.

Fly Girls

We spent the afternoon at the Boeing Airspace Museum South of Seattle, and viewed vintage flight attendant uniforms, stepped into a few cockpits, and then boarded the Concorde + Air Force One.  There is a great history of air flight here in Seattle with the roots of Boeing Corp.

Yard Artists

The girls decided to try on the new yard for size – and went to town with a huge bucket of chalk.

Move in Ready

The big moving day is finally here, and 289 boxes later – we had a brand new house with boxes everywhere.

Celebrating Easter

Nothing brings out the excitement of the girls like Easter – decorating eggs, chocolate, and then of course the hunt.  We had fun dressing up, going to church service, and sharing time with family.

1st Grade!!

Just a few photos from prep day…

with Fr John after picking out her seat – middle of the class, front row.  I tried to suggest other, but she was insistent…  with her seat mate Jenna,

 

and the first day of school – uniforms & everything! Sophia is one of 3 new girls to her class, all of whom are friends of hers…  (she is counting!)  And we like all of their names! with mommy & Lexa (who didn’t want to leave, and kept asking for her own little chair as we walked away from Sophia!!  Its going to be a challenging year)