March Happenings

Astronaut Lillian at GR Public Museum

 The past month has been a pretty busy month! We've had field trips, movies, dance, mini-vacations, cousin visits, lunches, and school events. It is a constant struggle for me to make sure that we're not doing "too much." I don't want to keep us so busy that we never have time to just be together as a family at home. I am so blessed to be able to go on field trips with the girls. The latest trip was to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. We got to spend some time walking around the museum and also got to watch a planetarium show. It's so wonderful to see all of the kids excited about stuff at the museum and to see what is interesting to each kid.

The girls' dance team is going well. I'm so proud of how hard the girls have worked on their routines. They love it, you can see it when they perform. In February, their dance team performed at The  Deltaplex before a Grand Rapids Drive game. It was quite an experience and they had so much fun! This weekend, they were involved in their very first dance competition. After they performed (and a few other times since), Annabella asked, "Can we rewind time so we can do our Candy dance again, it was so awesome?!?!"

For girl scouts, we went to Disney on Ice! Chloe was able to come, so we had a super-fun girls' night! I love being able to see things through the eyes of a child. Everything is so wonderful and exciting to them. The best part was seeing Peter Pan "fly."

 Then, we took a weekend trip to Indianapolis to spend time with my sisters, Meredith and Christina (Murf and Cree). Mom and the girls and I headed out after work on a Thursday to spend some much needed time away. Love to see the cousins playing with each other! Then, we traveled back to Michigan and had some more fun times with Cree and the kids! We went for a walk to get ice cream, which ended up at the party store getting ice cream out of the nearly empty ice cream cooler that hasn't been stocked since September. It was very fun :) and the kids had a great time. We also met G.G. for lunch and went to Steak n' Shake for dessert!

 This weekend we have been having a whirlwind of fun times! We went to Pizza Hut to celebrate excellent report cards and Book It! The girls are both doing great in school, continuing to grow.