Well, I sure have been having an issue trying to keep this little blog updated! Where does the time go?!
Some updates on what we've been up to:
Tons of celebrations!
President's Day was celebrated in Ella' first grade class with some Abe Lincoln tall hats....
AND some George Washington beards (boo - no picture!)
They also celebrated 100 days of First Grade!
And also for the month of February, Ms. Ella was celebrated as Student of the Month for Meadowview Elementary. The theme this month was respect. Nice job! So proud!
MARCH Happenings!
Meadowview added a new fundraiser this spring - Apex Fun Run. All the kiddos were asked to obtain pledges for them to participate in a Fun Run at school to raise money for the school's playground/outdoor environments. Ella seemed to have a good time with all of the pre-run festivities and challenges. She earned enough pledges to get the coveted prize of a FLYING CHICKEN! Hilarious what kids find amusing. She ran 24 laps on the big day - WOW! We were so excited for her!
A few weekends ago, we took a fun excursion. First, we went to Minneapolis to A Baker's Wife bakery for donuts and cookies as big as Ella's head!
They only offer 5 kinds of cake donuts (plain, cinnamon/sugar, powered, chocolate glaze or sprinkles), but you wouldn't believe how delicious they taste! And they were so busy!! It was a fun way to start the day! I didn't take any pictures while we were there (shoot!) but we took our donuts to Starbucks and these goofballs posed for a quick picture.
Then, we headed to Jay's office because he was moving desks and wanted to get that all situated before the work week started. Ella was excited to be his little cleaning helper.
Then she was pretending to work there too, taking over Jay's co-worker desk.
I was just a visitor...
Future Geek Squad-er?
On St. Patrick's Day we enjoyed cupcakes from Woullets Bakery
(hmm...seems we frequent the bakeries a lot!)
The leprechaun visited Ella at school and was up to all sorts of shenanigans again this year!
She loved it!
Palm Sunday!
Ella's dance class has been moving right along on their tap and ballet routines for this year's recital! This past week they finished both routines and shared them with us! They are doing a great job! Ella LOVES dance - she is constantly dancing around the house doing her dance routines, singing along to music and making up routines of her own! Makes me smile!
Nice first position Ms. Ella!
Last week Jay was traveling for work (to California!). Instead of enjoying warm spring temperatures, Ella and I got to endure almost 10 inches of snow on Wednesday! It was crazy!! Thankfully, it all mostly melted the next day, but Wednesday and Thursday morning commutes were insane!
We are SO ready for warmer weather!
