April Happenings

We'll start off April with photos from Caitlin's first track meet.  She is loving track and has decided that the 200m dash is her favorite event.  She usually runs the 200m, 4x200m relay and triple jump.  She did have a try at the 400m and didn't like it too much.  She's definitely drawn to the faster races.  Overall, she's improved her times and is having alot of fun.  The Jr. High only had 8 meets scheduled and they missed 3 due to weather...we've froze our butts off at the 4 we went to and tomorrows meet, which is the last, is supposed to be 80 degrees!! Yeah!

Natalie, Lauren and I went on a mini field trip to the pet store and mall in Mankato while our van was being worked on for a few hours.  We ended up walking even though it was a little cool and windy from Toyota and our first stop was Pet Expo.  Lauren was infatuated with the fish and couldn't stop saying "fsh,fsh fsh"  The excitement brought pure joy to my heart.  She didn't like the ferrets though. They were "playing" in their glass cage and she got scared when they ran toward her...Can you imagine?!  It was pretty funny.  Natalie was bouncing from animal to animal and I could barely keep up with her.  After the pet store we headed to the Mall and spent some time in Barnes and Noble.  I kept busy running after Lauren and reshelving books.  :)  Natalie could probably spend hours in there looking at books and playing with the toys.  We then headed to Scheels to say hi to Amy and ride the escalator.  Then I let the girls play for a bit in the germ infested play area.  They seem to enjoy it, I don't.  Extra hand sanitizer after that stop.  We ran a few errands after, hopped back on the stroller and back to Toyota.  We walked almost 2 miles when all said and done!

The 2nd grade class have been preparing to receive their 1st Communion and part of tradition they act out the last supper (Seder Meal) at one of their prayer services.  It's quite exciting to a 2nd grader! 

Thanks to my mom coming and watching Natalie and Lauren, I was able to be a chaperone for Emily's 5th grade class trip to the State Capitol and MN History Center.  In all our years at JI, I've only chaperoned one trip.  Amazing!  It was a great day!  I hadn't been to the Capitol in many years and it brought back fond memories of when I was there with my 5th/6th grade class.  The History center was great too!  I had never been there and the kids LOVED it.  It was nice to spend a day with my brown haired beauty!

The last event in April was the Regional Science Fair at MNSU in Mankato for Emily.  She and the other kids from JI did really well.  Emily ended up getting a Purple ribbon and then 2nd place overall in her age/catagory division.  She received a $40 gift card to Walmart.  Not bad for a days job!