3.28.15: Brost Play date

Kim, Kari, Alyssa, Zachary, Stella, Fiona, Daphne

Thanks to Kim's parents being snowbirds in AZ, we were able to unite for our annual play date.  It was unseasonably hot, but the kids were troopers and made a good effort to play before resorting to the shade for snacks.

3.21.15: Dining al fresco

With Brant leaving for a trip and me stuck working we decided it was the perfect time to have a tea party inside the house for morning snack.

After a day of errands, we wanted to do something special.  We decided to enjoy the beautiful weather and eat our dinner outside watching the sunset.

3.14.15: Books

Daphne woke up this morning and decided to read us this book - and she did - all by herself.

We went to the university for the book festival and stopped by Brant's classroom.  The girls decided they needed to count every chair and test most of them out.

3.9.15: Surprise contemplation

Stella surprised us when we came to pick her up from school by having lost another tooth.  Apparently it came out during after school care and the very prepared staff had a molar necklace to store her tooth in for safe keeping.  She was very proud of her necklace.

Daphne came home from school not feeling well at all.  She even fell asleep before dinner, posing like this - in contemplation.

3.8.15: Ladybugs

Today we went to a ladybug release.  6000 ladybugs were released via ~100 kids.  The girls had a great time holding the ladybugs and watching them all fly away.  It was hard to convince them not to take some home as pets.

3.5.15: Musical Chairs

Daphne, Stella, and Fiona decided to play "musical chairs" (which really seems to be a cake walk - but don't dare tell them that).  Someone turns on music then they run in circles on numbers they wrote, eventually the music stops and the someone reads the numbers they are standing on.  I'm not quite sure other kids would be interested in this game, it only seems to make sense to them - but they love it.

3.1.15: Special Wish

At school the girls' made new year's special wishes "I want to sing so all can hear my special wish for the brand new year..."

Daphne - I wish for kindness and love
Fiona - I wish all people had what they need
Stella - I wish the whole world would pick up trash

2.28:15: Indoor picnic

While daddy was busy with tax preparation, the kitchen table was covered with paperwork, so we decided to have an indoor picnic for lunch.  Turns out three princess fairies arrived (Stella, Daphne, Fiona).

2.27.15: Rodeo Break

The last two school days in February every kid in town is out of school to celebrate Rodeo Break. This longstanding tradition is challenging for non-native families like ours to understand, but we took the opportunity this year to go to the Rodeo Parade.  Showing up just before it started but full of smiles and cuteness landed Stella, Daphne and Fiona these prime seats to watch the largest non-mechanical parade in the country.  In case you are wondering this translates to a lot of horses, wagons and marching bands.

After a busy morning at two different parks, Fiona, Daphne and Stella decided it was time for a water balloon fight....where fight = throwing balloons at each other's feet or the garage.  I think it took us longer to fill the balloons than smash them all.

2.25.15: American Performance

All of the kindergartners at school held an American performance show full of songs, jokes and each child memorizing a fact about America.  Daphne, Stella and Fiona's class shared information about the Statue of Liberty.

Yes, an outside performance in February is seen as normal here.