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Easter egg hunt with our church friends.

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We have lot of butterflies on our property in the grass by the pond and everyday the girls ask to catch one. We have caught a few and Elle even took one in for Show-N-Tell (along with a very large beetle dad found.) This time Ashlyn caught her very own butterfly! IT was either luck or Ashlyn must have great hand-eye coordination!

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Ash and the swan have become quite good friends. She tried giving the swan her pizza. He didn't like it so much. 

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During Spring Break we made/painted our own foam glasses. Ethan was the only one who would show them off and take a picture. That's my sweet son. 

Ethan is LOVING basketball these days. Practicing 'cherry bombs' and 'high and low' dribbling. Not a second goes by that I don't hear the ball bouncing in the house.

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CAUGHT!

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Park days! We have seventy degree all week!

Also, we went to parent/teacher conferences.

 Ethan is in the top percentile of his class. His reading comprehension is at 95.7% and comparable to an average second grader after the eighth month of the school year. He scored a 93 PR ranking. This score is above average range and means that Ethan scored higher than 93% of students nationally in the same grade. He has also been dubbed a 'class clown'!  

Elle Belle is the ONLY one in her class that knows all her letters, letter sounds and numbers!

We are so proud. 

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Ashlyn's afternoon nap. They're always so cute and, not wild, when they're sleeping. 

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Saturday was a thrilling day. Elle had a amazing time at the horse stables and Ethan learned to ride a bike! (once again reduced to the camera phone.)

Learning how to brush and groom a pony's hair.

She went on a horse ride for over 30 minutes! The stable has over 700 acres.

The group got to paint 'Kidd' the horse. He was extremely docile and amazingly compliant. 

Cowgirl Elle walking off into the sunset. 

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Ethan wanted nothing to do with bike riding. Last Saturday Russon and I took him out and tried over and over but he seemed still a bit shaky. What a difference one week makes. Russon researched took him out again and he did it! We are so proud of him! Way to go Dad. 

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Ok. These last two weeks have been a whirlwind. I have been reduced to taking pictures with my iPhone. but at last I have pictures of essentially what we have accomplished.

Friends!! Lots of time with friends. 

A trip to Braums! An Oklahoma staple.

The car!! Lots of time in the car. But that means I get to see this cute little tyke wear her sunglasses upside down.

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My friend tells me our zoo is ranked third in the nation. I'm not sure it's true. And we love our zoo either way. It was a great way to bring in the first day of March with 78 degree weather. We went with our good family friends and it made the experience so much richer, even if lunch did cost $28.64. 

Geez. That's tough to swallow.

The best moment of the day was chasing the swimming otters. The girls would run up and down the long glass wall chasing a very playful otter who kept the pace, running back and forth nearly two dozen times. It was amazing to the the interaction between them. Of course, the instant I thought to record it, they stopped. 

Elle and her friend Georgia.

Wow. This was one fast slide. Ashlyn slid so fast she landed with a loud 'thud' right on her tooshie. 

She ran right back up and did it again.

Ok. This was funny. 

We made our way through the heavy doors into a supposed bird paradise. Oh. How we were wrong. These birds came at us from all angles. 

My friend Lauren grabbed one off my shirt that had jumped on my back while at the same time were two climbing on her arm. Six of them were eating the spilled chips in our stroller. One bit Elle. Another bit Ashlyn. I had no idea where the boys had run off too--they probably sequestered themselves into a corner. And at that moment Ash goes into survival mode, repeatedly screaming 'birds not nice!' and trying to hit the birds off everyone to defend them. I was almost positive the worker ladies who were supposed to protect the birds had an aneurism. It was insane. And for a little while, I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. Finally we just wanted to get out. But the birds had hidden under our stroller and the worker ladies were yelling at us to not move. We had to physically lift the stroller. I turn around and see Lauren swatting at a bird because it kept jumping on her baby, Elle's crying for a band-aid, Ashlyn just wants to get in her stroller and the boys have already clung themselves to the exit doors.  

Don't trust the pictures. I have no idea how I shot these.

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Elle and her friend Brayden. 

A. K. A. the fearless fighting duo, Poisonous Ballerina and Ninja Warrior.

(Can you tell she didn't want me to take her picture? But I got it anyway! Haha.)

Elle's showing off her moves--her expression fierce. I can't help but think I might see this look again when she's sixteen...

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You know it was a great day outside at the park if this is what your face looks like. 

It was an exhilarating day. Ash and I made a picnic, picked up Elle, and headed to the park with a group of friends where we played for over four hours in the 70 degree weather. 

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Elle. I love this mischievous look she has on her face. 

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Miss Poppy.

(She was staring at my red shoes.)

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My seven-year-old VALENTINE!

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It snowed 2-3 inches on the day before Ethan's birthday. 

He was so excited...until he realized he still had to go to school. 

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Saturday--Ethan's birthday party at the bowling alley. Note to self: Never bring a camera without a flash to a darkened bowling alley. 

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Hooray for grandparents! We love it when they come into town.