Tuesday, May 20, 2014

May 11, 2014

This week started with a celebration.  Cinco de Mayo is not actually Mexican Independence Day, but it is a big deal in Puebla where Jeremy served his mission.  So Mommy decided we should start celebrating it in our house to give our family a chance to talk about Daddy's mission and to have a fun party with Mexican food.



 When Daddy got home from work he was surprised to see all of us dressed up in Mexican dresses (or in Annie's case, a princess dress) and sombreros.  He laughed when he saw us.  We made him put on his horrible "Mexi-color Dreamcoat" so he could join in the fiesta.



After dinner, Mommy took the girls to Zumba for a fiesta there.  Zumba goes until 9:30 p.m. so we only stayed for the first 20 minutes and then got everyone in bed.  It was a fun night.  The girls danced their hearts out and they love having exercise clothes just like Mommy's.


Annie did awesome on the bars in gymnastics this week.  She is getting stronger every class.  So fun to see her grow and improve.




Jeremy finished building two raised beds for our garden this year.  They look great.  We got them filled with dirt and now they are Tommy's favorite place to play.  He doesn't like to touch the dirt with his hands, but give him a tool and he will sit or stand and play there for up to an hour.


 Our little local library has some preserved animals on loan for the month.  Story time was very exciting this week.  The animals are huge and beautiful.  The kids were so thrilled to be able to touch and get close to all the creatures.  We have gone back a few times just this week to see the animals again.  Annie will be especially sad then the exhibit is gone.







 Silly sisters on the trampoline!


 These kids LOVE olives!


Lily made this poster a couple of weeks ago, but I don't think I got a picture of it.  She was supposed to make a poster all about her family and her favorite things.  She picked out all the pictures and decided how to arrange them.  She was really proud of it.

Puna surprised us with an earlier than planned arrival on Saturday.  The kids were so happy to have her come. More about Puna's visit in next week's post!

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