So our March very much blurred into our April with spring break, Easter and April Fools all happening at the same time!
This year for Easter the kids and I decided that they have out grown the traditional Easter basket, Egg dying and hunting. So a new Easter tradition was born!
We went Geocaching! It was such a blast!!! The three of us were totally into it, following the clues and we all really worked together to find it. The cache was in the stump of an old growth tree that still had Lumberjack notches in it and as you can see giving it tons of personality! We plan to do this every year on Easter. It was great to see the kids accepting the changes in their life with enthusiasm and to see them embracing new family traditions!
As everyone knows Easter overlapped with April Fools day this year. Eris is terrified of this holiday and as such we have never really been big on the practical jokes. Beren, however, is really at an age where he gets a big kick out them. So, I told him he could plan them as long as they didn't involve his sister. He waited till everyone was asleep and put his plan into action.
I of course woke up before the kids to a quite and peaceful house and went to the fridge to make breakfast only to find................
Everything (and I mean everything) staring back at me! The most adorable practical joke EVER!!!!
Before Beren's Spring Break his school celebrated Pi day with a Math Fair that included student led math games, a buffet of Pies (one was even still warm!), and a Math competition.
Beren won the Geometry competition and was deemed the 2018 Math Champion!!! Pretty outstanding considering he is the youngest in the class by two years!!
Not to be outdone by her brother, Eris finished Winter quarter at WWU with two B's and A! That is a 3.09 GPA!!!
It has been an uphill climb for both of them this year and it does my heart so much good to see them succeeding in their endeavors!
With Spring break finally over that means we are back in action on all fronts!
Beren is LOVING his Fencing lessons! He is very excited to start participating in tournaments!
He is also taking an Art Fundamentals class this year as one of his electives and this was his first pastel sketch. He was asked to find a photo of a sunset and replicate it.
He nailed it!!! Even his sister, our resident artist, was impressed!
Sharing this just because!
The yummy Chocolate Graham parfait concocted by Beren and yours truly was as delish as it looks!
Our first weekend after being back to a full schedule after Spring Break and we needed to get out and let off some steam....
The trampoline park is THE place to go to get out all that pent up energy and stress!
Beren LOVES coming to my office! Who can blame him, it's full of grown men with massive power tools who love to show him the ropes!
This masterpiece was three pieces of copper pipe that Beren got to solder together then grind off the rough edges. He was super impressed by getting to wield the Torch and use what he called the "can opener of death!" He is still talking about it and the sword, slash bazooka, slash knight stick goes everywhere with him!
All in all our Spring is off to a pretty great start!!!
