Story is Taking Ice Skating Lessons

Story started a homeschool ice skating class today.  She was so excited to start!  We went ice skating when we were in Texas in December and she really liked it.

 They showed them the proper way to fall before they ever let them on the ice:-)

 She was really timid at first and wanted to stay near the wall.

 Eventually I think she started having fun, but the fun didn't last.

Before the end of the class the instructor brought her out to me and said she was cold.  When the instructor walked away she burst into tears!  She was screaming that her hands were cold, she was freezing and she was never coming back!  I held her and rubbed her hands trying to warm them, but she just cried and said she was freezing.  

Once we left, I talked to her and told her we could get her some better gloves or she could wear two pair of gloves.  We also agreed her jeans would be warmer than the little thin pants she had on today.  She has agreed to give it another try next week.

Egg Hunting at the Zoo

We decided to take the girls to the egg hunt at the zoo today.  There were LOTS of kiddos there!  The zoo staff is very well organized and every event we have ever attended there has always been fun.

 They had the egg hunts separated by age groups and all of the eggs were empty.  So, it didn't matter if you found one or fifty, all the kiddos received a goodie bag for the eggs they found.

 Cadence was excited about the dino-duck in her goodie bag!

 Story out in the crowd.

The girls did get a little bored when it wasn't their turn to hunt, but luckily it didn't last too long.

 Lyric out in the crowd.

After the egg hunting we played some games.

 The day would not have been complete without some time in the jumpy houses!

 The girls worked on the Easter mural before we headed out.

 Story Bell wasn't much into the coloring, so she just ran around in the field.

 When we left the zoo we hit Sonic for ice cream cones and drinks and then headed to Nashville West to a shopping center we go to often.

The girls decided to pose with the guitars while Cadence finished her ice cream.

 After a quick trip to World Market we headed over to the playground.  The girls seem to like these rocks more than the actual playground:-)

Unfortunately, this was not enough egg hunting for Story and she informed us that we would need to be doing more hunting on Easter!

Container Garden

Today we planted our container garden.  This morning we went out and bought pots and plants.

 This afternoon we got to work getting everything planted.

 Everyone had a great time doing the planting.

 Cadence almost killed the herbs!  She would put in a shovel of dirt and then use the shovel to pat down the dirt.  Unfortunately, she wasn't a very good aim, so she patted down more than the plants.

We're pretty new at this whole gardening thing, so we will see how it goes:-)

Art Time with Cadence

The big girls had History Club today, so Devon and I took Cadence to Cheekwood to spend the morning.

 We walked around the water garden for awhile.

 Cadence liked watching the frogs in the water.

 We even saw a couple mating.

 Cadence had a great time making a mixed media piece of art.

We also checked out the Japanese garden.  She put on a show for Devon and I on the deck.

We had a good time spending time with just Cadence, that doesn't happen very often.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Love these pictures of Daddy and his girls!

Happy Birthday!

Lyric is a Gardner

I've seen a few places around the internet where you can grow green onions by just placing their stems in water.  Lyric is always asking Devon and I to save her seeds when we are cooking, so I knew she would be into it.  We just save some green onion stems and put them in a jar of water.

 You could see the new growth after just a couple of days.

 She's a proud little gardener:-)