Today we took the girls to Pearce's park to enjoy the beautiful weather, and they were kind enough to pose for a couple of pictures for me.
Poor Josh. His luck with lawnmowers has been decidedly unlucky. This year's near-disaster was the result of an over-tightened oil filter, which, through no fault of his own, would not come off without much patience, engineering, and consultation. Tonight he spent quite a bit of time chipping away at the destroyed filter. If willpower alone could have made it move, the filter would have floated off the mower. No such luck.
Wednesday, April 20
Tonight was the art show at Ellie's preschool. It was really, really wonderful. All of the exhibits were created around children's literature, and Ellie happily showed us all of her hard work. Mom and Dad were able to come up for it as well, which made it extra nice.
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| Charcoal movement art |
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| Showing Daddy her superheroes |
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| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
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| Ellie and her teachers, Mrs. Nally and Mrs. Underwood, as well as a very cute photobomber |
Tonight the girls enjoyed a little ice cream sundae for their dessert. I walked out of the kitchen for a bit, and when I came back in, I found Elaina like this. (So much like her mama.) Good to the last drop :)
Friday, April 22
I snapped this picture of Josh when he wasn't looking because, after all this time, I still don't know how I nagged such a good looking guy.
Saturday, April 23
Nothing brings the girls more joy when we are out flower/plant shopping than finding blossoms on the ground. Here they are, comparing their spoils after a successful outing at Menards.
Later today, we dropped the girls off at Rita's for a sleepover and headed out to do some shopping, which was both necessary (both because we've lost weight and because we wanted to have some fancier duds for vacation) and successful. We concluded our date night with a stop at Thyme, a new restaurant in Peoria which we both agreed was nice enough for a return visit, but not so nice that it would supplant our affection for the Publik House.
Sunday, April 24
This morning we slept in and then enjoyed our coffee, and then Josh set out to attack the lawnmower filter one more time. And today--success! With the old filter off and the new filter on, he mowed after we picked up the girls from their sleepover. And of course, when he was finished, the girls got to go on their ride around the yard. What a sad day it will be when they are too big for that!
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