We are loving the teases of warmer weather and longer days! It is so nice to come home from Bennett's evening t-ball practice and still have an hour of sunlight and warmth to play outside before heading in for bedtime routines. Now if we can just convince the warmer days to stick around...
It is difficult to believe we are in the home stretch of Bennett's first school year. He has grown and learned so much over the past year - makes us excited for more! We are looking forward to his Spring Sing and Artist Showcase in early May before moving on to JK Bike Day and Field Day to round out the school year.
Elly Rose refers to gymnastics as "school" and inquires about going nearly everyday. Last night daddy and Bennett joined us as spectators and she was SO excited to perform for an audience. In other "big girl" news, over our stay-cation spring break, we potty trained Elly Rose. She was more than ready for the task and has yet to look back.
If Elly Rose spots a camera or phone (especially Papaw's phone...he loves snapping pics of his grandchildren), she immediately says, "Cheese!" giving us the most interesting face to photograph. I caught this one about half-way in to the full expression with my phone...
Bennett's bed finally arrived over spring break! He was so very excited to have multiple possibilities in sleeping arrangements (includes a trundle) and he loves that his mommy and daddy (or both!) can lay next to him before bed. He still calls for us when he wakes from nap or in the morning...I keep waiting for an unexpected Bennett appearance downstairs...
Funny (or sad) story from the other day - Zach and Bennett upstairs picking out clothes to play outside...Bennett selects his t-shirt for the day and says he will also wear it to school the next day. Zach encourages him to pick a different shirt to play outdoors because it is likely this one will get dirty and be unavailable the next morning for school. Zach exits room, but hears some loud shuffling...Bennett followed Zach dragging his laundry basket explaining that all he needs to do is place the shirt in the basket after wearing, then it will be clean. Hmmm...I might need to teach Bennett the next 5 steps required before his shirt is actually clean.
We enjoyed a super fun visit from Charley this past weekend! We were lucky to celebrate her 2nd Birthday while she was here with her mama! It was such a treat to spend some time together. We really enjoyed watching the cousins play, and I hope we never go nearly a year between in-person visits again. Elly Rose keeps asking, "Where is Charley?"
Lucky for us, we will have the opportunity to have the whole crew together for some extended time this summer. Looking forward to more park, swim and playdates then!
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