Tuesday, April 2, 2019

March 2019

our beautiful living room with fresh flowers and a new canvas by Maine photographer Benjamin Williamson



















soft boiled egg holder hand turned by Jeff with the lathe he was given





the most epic slide/igloo you ever did see
















sledding on the new favorite unicorn sled with a favorite friend at our new favorite hill!































the coolest playgroud ever built using Lego!






pajama story time at school one evening

youth in sports education day! Olivia was so brave. She agreed to try this out, tried every sport and didn't even know anyone there. She liked basketball the best :)



















soaking up the sun with the chickies


















building away!



Happy Saint Patricks Day with Guiness beef stew and Irish soda bread!





















Abe wants to get outside

1st grade concert!





Great Wolf Lodge.  
 This trip was unbelievable. We surprised Olivia on Sunday morning. I had her suitcase packed with her swimsuits and a poster I made inside that said "surprise, we're going to Great Wolfe Lodge!" We stayed one night and got to swim and play from Sunday afternoon until Monday afternoon. This trip was all about Olivia. We are certainly quite lucky in all the fun trips we get to take, but this was really the only one that was purely for her. It was a blast! She had so much fun doing all the water stuff, a terrifying ropes course and making a sloth at build-a-bear. We ate mediocre food right in the hotel, got dessert and pop with every meal and stayed up late. It was truly a perfect 2 days and I'm so happy we went!

























filling out the sloth's birth certificate



choosing the perfect outfit







build build build







we had  a girls Saturday when Jeff was working at a lacrosse tourney. here is my hair styled by Olivia

lots of braids so she would have waves the next day



making toadstool cupcakes

umbrella fort







learning to draw "oh so cute" girls

karaoke







playing in the rain!

An open letter to the school district

 So the plan for school this year, at the K-5 level, was pretty complicated to begin. (the plan was made after lots of meeting and planning ...