May

This girl.  Has the biggest sweet tooth.  We are in trouble.

Lately Mason prefers showers to get clean, so here is a rare picture of all three in the tub.

Mason had a pretty good start with his T-ball career--we had to miss a few games for one thing or another, but he enjoyed playing with friends. Kate and Annie always enjoyed playing in the running-long-jump sand pits during practices/games.  It requires a lot of patience for a 5 year old to play outfield in T-ball, but it was a good experience.  His favorite part--racing around the bases.  He is signed up for soccer in the fall; I think that will be a bit easier to pay attention to, and if he's running, he'll be happy.

Worlds of Fun opened--summer officially started!

Aunt Michelle came to visit!  We enjoyed visiting Worlds of Fun, the WWI museum, the Truman house, the Liberty Jail center, going swimming, and eating good food together.  David was so happy to have a buddy to go on all the big roller coasters with!!  .  

 Have we mentioned how much the kids like the restaurant Fritz's?

Happy Mother's Day!  We had a nice day at home with the kids.  Mason brought me this lovely flower from preschool and I felt so bad when it got knocked off the shelf and broke the pot. 

Also, Mason graduated from preschool.  My other camera had issues uploading pictures so I don't have a lot of Mason's t-ball, Mother's day, or preschool graduation.  So sad! 

March-April

 We've been trying to finish a few house projects this spring as well as spring cleaning... I sometimes think that "Spring Cleaning" happens all year long for me because it takes so long to get from one project to the next, haha.

Playing with friends outside...

 ...leads to much needed bathtimes!

St. Patricks Day

We decorated, had a green-themed dinner, and a hunt for pots of gold after dinner.  

The greatest treasure found under the rainbow?  Our family :)

 St. Louis

 All the above pictures were at the Magic House, a children's museum.  The kids had a lot of fun there.

 City Museum:

The entire warehouse looked this incredible.  Detail and tunnels and imagination everywhere!  Definitely worth a visit!  It was probably better for kids 5+

David and Mason also visited the arch while the girls found an ice cream store (that doubled as a wax museum....) and we of course enjoyed the hotel swimming pool (that actually happened to be really busy because a lot of people were visiting for Spring Break--we were all thinking the same thing!).

My "helper-day" for Mason's preschool happened to be for their Easter party.  They played some games and had an egg hunt.  I love watching Mason at school and how he interacts with the other students and his teacher.

 Easter

 Breakfast=pancakes with whipped cream and sprinkles in lieu of sugar cookies/frosting.  I thought it was brilliant but Kate has been requesting sprinkles on her pancakes ever since.
After breakfast, the kids did an Easter egg hunt and found eggs and baskets.  We later dyed Easter-eggs (we dyed 18 eggs and ate them within 36 hours!) and had a nice Easter dinner.  We also watched some Easter videos and played a Peter Cottontail game.

  

Visit from Grandma, Opa, and Uncle Garrett!

 You do not understand how lucky I was to get this shot of Annie glancing up from Grandma's phone!

 Garrett and Dad had just come back from South Africa bearing gifts from afar.  We didn't do a whole lot of sight-seeing while they were here, but we did try some new places to eat.  We watched AFV, went on walks through the neighborhood, and they met Mrs. Bratcher and Coach Ray.  The kids just enjoyed playing with grandparents :)

 I love this guy!!!