ROLLER SKATING FUN!
We topped off our year of Pogo passes by having one last family skating trip. The little girls had fun skating to their favorite Encanto songs.
BIKE RIDING
Our friends gave Audrey one of their old bikes, so now Brooklyn and Audrey both have a bike to ride.
Brooklyn on her big girl bike.
SAN DIEGO
The kids and I were able to meet my parents in San Diego for spring break. The girls had fun in their new beds.
We enjoyed some beautiful ocean sunsets.
The beach was a little chilly, but it didn't stop the older kids from sand castle building and playing in the waves.
Brooklyn preferred to stay bundled up eating snacks.
Enjoying sunshine and ocean views from our balcony.
Beautiful fields of tulips!
LEGOLAND!
Over 40 but under 48
Lego friends just their size!
Finding the hidden keys
A mummy with glasses
Three red heads
Driving a firetruck
Abby took Brooklyn for a helicopter ride
Hopefully Audrey learns about driving on the right side of the road when she gets her real license.
Nathan did a little better.
Brooklyn got stuck in a traffic jam, but still had fun driving her own LEGO car.
Riding on a carousels of LEGO horses.
A boat ride through fairytale land.
Wildstyle
Benny!
Shaking LEGO hands
In Emmet's living room
LEGO movie 2 set
Dinosaurs
Lions
Building a boat
Washington DC
New York city
LEGOLAND with Grandpa!
The knight and a castle from one of Nathan's first LEGO sets.
It's a LEGO world after all!
HOTEL CORANADO
Also the old Marilyn Monroe film, Some Like It Hot, was set here.
The hotel from a distance
Beautiful sunset at the beach by the hotel
We passed by some sand writing with my name so the kids had me stop for a picture.
It was the day before Brooklyn's birthday so the kids wrote her a birthday message.
We saw some pretty cool sandcastles.
The kids with their Grandma and Grandpa at the hotel.
We had some delicious, overpriced ice cream at the hotel ice cream cafe.
Fancy chairs
Historic stain glass window
Historic Otis caged elevator
Each of the hotel keys are on a tassel
It was fun touring the historic hotel lobby. Maddy said it looked like a perfect setting for a murder mystery. It did remind me of the boat from Death on the Nile, so I can see where she got that idea.
BIRCH AQUARIUM
A hummingbird drinking nectar (near the red flower on the top of the picture)
Sea Dragons!
Sea jellies
THE MIDWAY
Nathan got to tour the Midway with his Grandpa on our last day in San Diego.
BROOKLYN'S FIRST PIANO LESSON
Maddy was such a good teacher that at the end Brooklyn started crying that her 30 minute lesson wasn't long enough.
HOMESCHOOL FIELD DAY
The kids had fun shooting the water rocket
There were some races that included carrying an egg of a spoon, balancing a bean bag on your head, and walking with a ball between your legs. Nathan decided to do all 3 races at once.
Brooklyn and Audrey pretending to be tortoises in an animal race.
Popsicles in the shade were the perfect way to end field day.
PINEWOOD DERBY WINNERS!
There were a lot of really cool cars.
It was all girls on the podium this year.
Audrey (and Jared) got fastest car in the pinewood derby race.
Audrey also got an award for cutest cartoon car. She designed and painted the panda herself.
HIKING CAMELBACK
Jared and I got to take one last hike up Camelback with some of his classmates.
