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What a fun weekend it has been!  Friday we got to play at April’s house with Ella, Charlotte, and their friend Nicolas.  I had a great time catching up with April and Jack was in heaven playing with other kids. 

That night Neil gave us a ring because his wife was out, leaving him with their girl McKayla, and he was in our neighborhood.  Of course we invited him over to watch Frozen and eat pizza with us.  Sam got a tray of spaghetti and he was soooo happy.

After the kids were in bed Amanda came over and we finally watched the second episode of Sherlock from the last season.  Oh man, it was so good.  I’m in love with that show.  This episode was really sharp too.  I can’t wait to rewatch it after I finish the season.

Saturday I escaped to Zumba for an hour, then ran errands with the family.  After quiet time we picked up Indian take-out and trekked up to the Arcands house in Conifer.  Erin and Steve are our friends with two kids our age. 

Here’s Sam and Henry.

And buddies Nora and Jack. 

Oh my word, these two get along so well.  Every time we get together, Erin and I remark that we need to do it more often.  These two are so well matched for play.  They are absolutely adorable to watch play act with their toys and crack jokes all through dinner. 

In the above they were watching Tangled together.  Right then Nora put her hand to Jack’s ear and stage whispered “I love you, Jack.”  He turned and smiled “I love you too.”  Erin and I about died.


Tomorrow we get to watch Wolfie for a few hours, so the playdates continue!  I’m looking forward to a laid back day since it’s General Conference weekend.  Plus Ben said I could sleep in tomorrow – woot!

Another round of classes has started for Jack.  After drama he did short session of Messy Art Class again.  Now he’s on to Tumbling.  Next week he also has Wee School – sort of a faux preschool class for a couple hours once a week.  I had a request for tumbling pictures, even though I don’t think they turned out that good.

It was a lot of running around.  They did some opening exercises very similar to his dance class – circling up and stretching and moving in different styles.  Then the split into smaller groups and worked on the equipment. 

Sam was fascinated the whole time. 

At the end of class they each got to run down the trampoline strip into the foam pit. 

I love the tension in this group of kids waiting their turn.  Look how fast Jack pops up.  They were all wound up springs ready to pounce.

He LOVED tumbling and said over and over that he didn’t want to leave.  Later during quiet time I found this:

The sign of a good day.

Hmm, what to say? I just have a cute video and photos to share, but I feel like I need to have some substance.  We had a fun weekend with family.  Jack has discovered Pokemon and I’m scared.  Sam is a teething monster.  I’ve hardly had any sleep the last few nights because he wakes up nearly every hour.  We got a stair railing installed and I LOVE it!  It was one of the first big improvements we knew we needed to make on the house.  It’s much safer now and it looks good too.  Next up?  Paint the walls!

Anyway, here’s the good stuff:

I’m a little embarrassed how much I like Frozen.  We bought the movie download on Friday and it’s been on whenever Jack is allowed to have a TV on.  I’m not sick of it yet. 

It’s not perfect – the plot has a lot of holes, the trolls look like early 90s cartoon characters, and it’s obviously geared for a Broadway adaptation.

But there’s a lot of goodness about it:

• The feminist slant on saving yourself without a man
• The first true love being false
• Josh Gad
• Broadway singer casting all around
• The costumes
• The rosemaling
• Oaken’s trading post
• Let It Go (I know, I know)
• The snowy clothing animation
• Jack quoting it
• Jack singing the love songs
• Jack asking me to make heart hands 

And now a new reason to love Frozen.  He asked me if we have carrots so we could eat them like Kristoff and Sven.  Egad, really?  He’s gagged on carrots when I offered them in the past. 

Jack has eaten seven baby carrots by the writing of this entry.  Yay, Disney!

You know I’m a cold weather gal, but kids are changing my tune.  Between all the sickness this winter and the NOISE OH MY GOSH THE NOISE GET OUT OF MY HOUSE I’m excited for the season change.

Jack earned this Spider-Man bubbler by sticker chart, with the final sticker this morning. 

I got flowers at the store to celebrate.  Also, I told Jack we should make a Spring Cake.  A Spring Cake is just a regular cake, made on the first day of Spring.  This might have to become a tradition, like my first-snow-waffle making.  Seasonal baking FTW!

We made the cake from scratch but I drew the line at homemade frosting.  Sam was not in a patient mood today. 

One of the few moments he wasn’t in tears today.

Fork?  Ain’t nobody got time for that!

Jack’s first haircut at a salon. It went as expected. But faster and cleaner than me doing it at home again. With celebratory lunch out.

I have neglected posting pictures from the show!  I took my camera the last night and got pictures from the back row.  These are some of the better shots, but they are all on my flickr.