Spring is here

It sure feels like spring is here and I am very happy to see it.  It reached 80 today and was light until 7:30.  It was so nice to play outside when we got home.  I even got a walk in with Tommy while Jim washed the car and the girls played.  I'm also hoping Tommy doesn't realize we lost an hour.  I would really like to move his sleeping time to 7:30 to 6:30 instead of 6:30 to 5:30.  Day 1 went well except he fell asleep briefly on the walk and didn't want to go to bed at 7:30.

The girls are wrapping up the winter sports they chose to do.  Madeleine had her last ice skating class on Saturday.  She is starting to glide and can skate around the rink.  Hadley has one more week of soccer.  She tells us that it is too long but last week had a different coach and enjoyed the whole class.  Amazing how much difference the coach can make.  We have a few weeks off and then t-ball starts for Madeleine. This will be her first team sport experience and Jim is going to help coach (thanks to me offering for him).   It is a group of kids that she will be in kindergarten with next year which will be nice.

Saturday afternoon we were able to take advantage of the nice weather.  I dropped Jim and the girls off at Creve Couer lake and then drove over to St. Charles where I walked along the river with Tommy.  Jim and the girls rode over and then we had dinner.

Some recent pictures

The girls first Steak N Shake experience.  They loved it but who doesn't love Steak N Shake.

Hadley at ballet class

Tommy checking out grass.  He was very fascinated by it.

Madeleine bouncing at Monkey Joes.

The girls did their own face painting at Messy Play at their school.  That was a big hit. 

Tommy using the princess phone to make some calls.

Bike ride on Saturday

Along the Missouri River in St. Charles 

Tommy enjoying being outside

Tommy loves to play with this dollhouse.  He really enjoys flushing the play toilet over and over again.  This is what happens when you have two sisters.