April Happenings

Camille hopped off the bus this week wearing this hat:

I can't really adequately explain just how much I LOVE kindergarteners wearing homemade goofy hats without a thought for what anyone else might think of them.  It's so fun and carefree and it is SO short-lived.  Long live the wacky hats!  (In case you can't see the black and white pictures clearly, they were studying the lifecycle of the frog.  Yay for actual learning happening in school these days!)

Ryder has been playing baseball this spring! Unfortunately, they're holding practice on Sundays, which means he only shows up for the games on Wednesday and his coach (understandably) doesn't give him a ton of play time.  So that's a shame.  I specifically picked this league last year because they DIDN'T have practice on Sundays, so I was really disappointed when that changed.  But Ryder's having fun, so that's the important thing.

Craig got this awesome picture during the game-- love it!

And last Thursday, when all the kids were in school, Adam let me tag along when he went kayaking!  It was great-- this beautiful peaceful lake, where we could chat nonstop without my kids interrupting!  A very nice break for me!

I'm SO HAPPY that everything is green again!

For hiking club, we just walked (and scooted and/or biked) on the Rivanna Trails that follow Meadow Creek, so that was easy and pleasant:

Adam's cousin Bekah is here interning for him for the summer and she very graciously stepped into the role of photographer in his absence!

This was on the way back, after Sydney took a spill and needed a bit of recovery time, poor thing!

And that was it for April! We're already on to MAY!!! Full speed ahead, spring!