The second week of April Reilly's school had their "Spring Sing." They did a Disney theme, and all of the classes did a couple songs (Not too bad, since there's only one class per grade) plus a few special instrumental numbers. It was a beautiful evening, and they were handing out free popcorn and snow cones. His charter school's campus was closing at the end of this school year (after 19? years) so this year's Sing was a big deal. We weren't too emotional, since we'd only been there about 4 months, but at that point I was still super stressed about WHERE my kids were going to go to school the next year. Anyway, the songs were fun. What the kids lacked in beauty (singing-wise), they made up for in enthusiasm. If you're really, really, really bored, here is the Youtube video of a few clips from the night. (I put it up for Grandmas; Reilly's class is at 1:24)
Other fun happenings in early April: We got a juicer, which we've been using several times a week ever since. Jeremy has mostly taken over the juicing, and he has been doing his best to boost our immune system with all the fun combinations he comes up with.
We finally painted some frames and put up a bunch of "ancestor" pics that we've talked about off and on for years. Plus, we got a plant at Ikea several months ago that was -really- outgrowing its pot, and I just finally re-potted it in this nice big red bowl.
Also, it was about this time that we found out we were expecting in December. I knew that before long I would be pretty sick, so we tried to fit a couple things in before that happened. One activity we had been putting off was a trip to the Phoenix Zoo. A random sweet lady I met at a Barnes & Noble once had given us two buddy passes to get in free, and we also got Culture Passes from the library, that gave us two more free admissions. And since Katy was still under 3, we all got in for free! It's probably a good thing, because in April it's already pretty toasty, and my kids weren't super impressed with the heat, the hills, and the lack of animals that were out. It was still a spring schedule, and the zoo didn't open until 9 or 10. We were there close to opening, but lots of animals were already out of the heat, sleeping. There was so much walking for not that much to see! It made me miss the Niabi Zoo we would always go to when we lived in Iowa. It was like $5 to get in (half price on Tuesdays), had all the "good" animals, was flat, and wasn't too much walking. It was perfect for toddlers/preschoolers!
But we still had a good time and saw some neat animals. The elephants weren't interested in being looked at, the one orangutan was entertaining, they got to see some really tiny monkeys pretty close up, the giraffes were neat, and they loved the Little People farm playplace. The petting zoo only had goats, but they enjoyed petting them, and enjoying the washing stations (for their hands) even more... I don't think we'll be hitting the Phoenix Zoo again anytime soon, but when we do, we'll probably try to go in the winter months. (I should add that we realized our stroller's tires were flat soon after they took this picture of us, and we had to take it back to the car. Katy, especially got overtired from all the walking in the heat...)
And a few more fun shots. The one of Katy is her being in trouble for getting into my make up...
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