April is here!

We had a fun weekend up in Moorhead. Jesse had his high school alumni hockey tournament. His team did not win again this year, but they played well! The kids had fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa and cousins Gunnar and Brighton. Grandpa bought the kids 2 ducklings, so they really enjoyed playing with them!! I'm off from work now the next two weeks, so looking forward to that. It seems like this first week will go fast, with something going on every day. I'm taking the kids to daycare tomorrow, so looking forward to a little shopping and getting my haircut....by myself!!
Not too much new otherwise. Ellie is still rolling all over. She's getting up on all fours and rocking a bit more now, so hopefully she'll be crawling within the next month. Nolan has been cute with Jesse lately, asking him, "Dad, how was work?" or "Dad, how was your hockey game?" We just smile and laugh at him! I think he must hear me asking Jesse or vice versa. He picks things up like that all the time. We had ECFE this morning and Jenna and Nolan immediately went to the puppet theater to act out "The Three Little Pigs". Last week, the teachers did that with the puppets, and Jenna and Nolan have been acting it out since then! Nolan is adament that I make those puppets for our puppet theater. I made one using two tension rods and modified some curtains, but I think we really need something sturdier. Hoping that Jesse can find some big boxes at work or else we'll have to find a bookshelf and transform that. And then...to make the puppets! Of course we could just make some out of paper bags, but those won't last forever! Maybe start there and then slowly sew and/or buy some. I just love the creativity that comes along with Jenna and Nolan's play. I really can't wait to see how Ellie will fit into the picture when she is a bit older :).
Today, after preschool, we went to Walmart to buy some seeds and a few pots. Thought it would be fun for them to have some plants of their own! They picked out a bunch of different flowers. I collected all the toilet paper rolls I could find from the garbage cans...14! We cut them in half, put them in an old seedling tray and filled them with dirt. I helped them put the seeds in and watered them. It will be fun to see the seeds start to grow!

Tomorrow is pajama day at daycare, so on a whim, we stopped at Target this morning on our way home from Target to get some new pajamas! They were super excited! Something fun to look forward to. Even Ellie got some cute jammies :). I'll have to post a pic of them all ready to go tomorrow!