Kindergarten Rodeo!

On Friday, Lauren had the best day of school ever! Each year, the school puts on a rodeo for the Kindergarteners. The day starts with a huge parade where the kindergarteners parade through the school on homemade stick horses and every classroom in the school comes out to cheer them on. Then, real ponies are brought in for pony rides, pigs, sheep, chicken, bunnies, and goats are brought in for a petting zoo, ranchers do branding on wood, and there are about 10 other activities including diving in to hay bales, 3-legged races, and more. At the end, all the kindergarteners dance to the "Cotton Eyed Joe" and other country dances they have been practicing. It was an amazing day!

Happy Spring!

I have neglected this blog lately...sorry! The past few weeks have been filled with spring break, Scott's birthday, Easter, and all kinds of school activities. We went to Hyatt Lost Pines for a couple of days over spring break with the Russells and the girls got to ride horses, swim in the pool, sit on a longhorn, brush ponies and more--super fun. For Easter we had a bunch of friends over to the house for an egg hunt, dying, and lots of food. I started a part-time job and I'm also getting ready for an art show! But enough about me. What else have the girls been up to?

Lauren is her usual busy, social self. She had "Olympics" at her school last week and was the 2nd fastest girl runner in all of kindergarten! We thought she actually won, but she slowed down at the end, I think? It was so fun. She's also staying busy with her dance class, gymnastics, swimming, and golf lessons. We went on a huge neighborhood Easter egg hunt last weekend and she found the golden egg--lucky girl!

Merritt is growing and glowing! She's a happy little baby girl. Already so different than Lauren though. She's very observant, a bit more quiet, and slow to take on new things. She such a sweet girl. As far as talking, she says: dada, bye, hi, doggie, bottle, and up. She is a bit of a pickier eater than Lauren was too (which I expected because Lauren always ate everything). As for sleeping, she's still doing great. She goes down at 6:45pm and is up around 7:45-8:00am. No walking yet, but I'm sure that will come fast!

Here's a few photos from lately: