Welcome Spring!

This lovely spring kite, made by Claire, was just one of the highlights of her school's open house. We visited her classroom and met teachers all while introducing Kyle to his school for next year!

Claire walked us through the book selection and check out process in the library. 

Weekends lately are filled with time outside, bike rides and trips to the park. On a recent outing, Kyle pretended to fish with sticks and both kids skipped rocks.

We also spend time at the play structures, of course. 

Frida explored the beach. She unintentionally jumped in the cold water as well. Classic Frida. 

We've really enjoyed spending time outside in the warm sun. Hope it sticks around. 

And this beauty lost her other front tooth. Corn on the cobb season will be challenging, I think;)

Spring Break Trip

We headed to Florida again this year for spring break. Our flight left at 9pm and got in close to 1am Eastern time. Both kids watched a movie and slept on the flight.

With all the stuff to carry, I needed Claire to walk and pull her suitcase when we landed. She was a trooper!

Lucian's sister and her family were there the first 2 days of our trip. Claire and Lydia really enjoyed some pool and beach cousin time.

We cooked some meals in and went out for dinner most nights. 

Kyle is obsessed with dinosaurs as of late. Most pictures of him consist of dinosaur poses and roaring.

Even when wrangling a crocodile.

The sunsets were beautiful.

And the sand was perfect for castles and creations. 

We tried to spend mornings at the beach and afternoons at the pool, since it wasn't sunny there until after lunch.

We had more special visitors too. Lucian's grandma and aunt were there most of the week.

And Nana Kathleen made a brief appearance as well. They even watched the kids one night while Lucian and I went out to dinner alone!

We made another friend that lent us some capes. Love this shot of Kyle admiring his shadow.

It's been hard to return to Wisconsin spring. Snow in April just isn't right if you ask me.