Easter 2019
Alleluia! He is risen!
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Impromptu bowling 🎳
Jake’s brother and sister-in-law are in town for Easter and we were able to schedule a little time with them this evening at Bowlero. The kids played a few games in the arcade afterwards.
Guess I only captured Shecklet #3, but trust me, the others played as well.
Before heading out, we captured the latest aunt & uncle group shot with the Shecklets.
Walk over the river
We took advantage of the sunshine and went to the local dam to see how high the water was and do a little walking.
FMSC – Saints Yes!
Our Saints Yes! group volunteered at Feed My Starving Children this morning. It’s always time well spent, but also doubles as a great morning with my boys. Our group packed 26 boxes of the total for the session!
The boys want to go back after Easter – and the girls want to go along as well. I’m looking forward to making that happen. This organization in particular makes it easy for families to actively engage their kids in something life changing for other kids. I think that’s part of why we love volunteering there so much.
Snow day #8…
…And cancellation #9. Yesterday we had another April snowstorm. Almost the same timing to last year’s April storm. School was cancelled as was training for next month’s Family Formation class. I took advantage of the recorded presentation and was able to get the info remotely this month. With coffee in hand ☕️
The boys did a great job helping their dad move the heavy, wet snow. Keeping with tradition, Jake grilled out for dinner on Wednesday night – this time in jeans and bare feet instead of shorts and flip flops.
Today we woke up to a phone cal cancelling school due to water in the building. That made for the kids’ 9th missed day of school his year. 😳 Here’s hoping the rest of the year goes on without any further incidents!
Aunts
My kids have some pretty awesome aunts. They engage in conversations with them, play games, attend birthdays and sacraments and do a fantastic job at letting all four of kids know that they are special to them.
One aunt started a tradition of having the kids over for a sleepover as their birthday present. I joked with her today that if she ever ends the tradition, she’s going to have some very disappointed nieces and nephews!
Shecklet #2 spent the night last night (for his 11th bday present) and came home with a collection of perler bead creations. Pretty cool ones, in my opinion!
Reconciliation ice cream
We were challenged by the March Family Formation speaker to receive the sacrament of reconciliation before the April FF session. If we did, we could email the Family Formation director and she would enter our names into a drawing for a small prize. Shecklet #3 and I were able to enter our names into the drawing and #3 won! She received a gift certificate to a local ice cream shop and a pretty bracelet.
She and I went to get a sweet treat this evening.
Celebrating 11 with friends 🥳🎂🎉
Shecklet #2 is turning 11 tomorrow and he asked to have a friend birthday party this year. He did all of the planning – video games and nerf battles, complete with brackets and a trophy.
We ordered pizza, had pie and ice cream and just let the boys hang out and be boys.
Oh and Jake ordered 1000 darts in an effort to make sure they didn’t run out of ammo 🤣
Missing front tooth
This kid is so full of creativity, spunk, and laughter. She lost her tooth while on a field trip today. The parent chaperone gave her a baggie from her lunch to put it in so it didn’t get lost. She was one proud little girl when she got off the bus this afternoon.
While I’m talking about her, this was a recent art project #4 was able to being home. (Splat the Cat from the book series.)
5th grade b-ball league tourney 2019 🧨🏀
This guy’s 5th grade basketball team played their hearts out this weekend! 3rd place out of 17 teams!
I had two parents come up to me at two different times today to say how they wished they were playing us for the championship tomorrow night because they were so impressed with our boys’ sportsmanship. Those moms didn’t need to give those compliments – they did so completely on their own.
So proud of his guy and his teammates!
