It was walk-to-school day today so we loaded up the kids and paraded up the sidewalk from our neighborhood to school.  Love that almost the entire bus stop joined in on the fun!

This kid is a fish!  He's been working hard since November to be able to make the swim team this summer.  He has to swim a 25m freestyle in 60 seconds to make the team.  Lots of hard work and he can do it!!!  At his last lesson, he swam a 50m free and a 100m backstroke!  We are so proud of him!!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  The Easter Bunny brought some treats and we're spending the day with family (MaMa and Pop are coming over for lunch).  We even had an early morning egg hunt.

Easter Eggs

We took some time this afternoon to dye easter eggs.  JG and Delia always enjoy the process, and I managed to keep Henry occupied elsewhere for one more year.  Next year I'm sure he'll be in the middle of things :)

Kings Dominion

John took the last day of spring break off and MaMa was wonderful enough to hang out with Henry, so we took the big kids to Kings Dominion for the afternoon! I haven't been there since I was a teenager and I'm glad to see they have spruced it up a bit.  JG is tall enough to ride some BIG rides and Delia is getting braver each time!  I was lucky enough to ride the Rebel Yell with JG and it was sooooo much fun!

Afternoon with the bigs

John took this afternoon off from work so we could spend some quality time with the big kids. We took them to the Science Museum and saw a shark movie in the newly refurbished IMAX dome. Then, we decided to "celebrate" with dinner at Shyndigz, an amazing dessert restaurant.  We had cake for dinner!

JG ordered the Kitchen Sink--pie with chocolate chips, marshmallows, Oreos.  It was delicious!

Delia ordered a Tagalong Humdinger, a yummy combination of cake and pie!

John Grayson--7.5 years old and almost done with 1st grade.....how is that possible?!  He is a funny, creative, bright little boy who definitely thinks outside the box.  

Example #1 - for homework he needed to write a sentence about what he wanted to be when he grew up and this is what he wrote....

Example #2 - the big kids were playing hopscotch outside and here is his creation

Oh how I love that boy!

Morning at Maymont

Delia's spring break started today so I took the littles to Maymont to enjoy the gorgeous spring weather.  Such a fun morning with two of my loves! 

Delia loved showing Henry around, as this is his first visit as a walking, talking, interacting little person.

Holding hands....melts my heart how much these two love each other.  I overheard Delia tell Henry that "you'll always be in my heart" and "I'll always be right here."  Seriously, this girl is the BEST big sister!

Baby goats!!!

Picnic lunch in the Japanese Garden.  Henry sat still for about 2 minutes.

Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten registration was today!  It's hard to believe that our baby girl will be in elementary school next year.  Saying she is excited is an understatement :). She has been chanting/singing "Kindergarten, here I come!" for weeks and walked into the building like she owned the place.

All registered and ready to go to school!  She was a little sad when I told her that she didn't go until the fall :)

Doughnuts to celebrate!

Bike Day

Today was Bike Day at preschool.  The Henrico County police come to talk about bike safety and check helmets and the kids ride bikes in the parking lot.  Such a fun time!

She's becoming more confident on her bike.  Maybe the training wheels will come off this summer...

Biker chicks!