A Visit From Grama T and Ballet

Watercolors on the window with supervision from Grama.

This was taken Mon Nov 18th, and I think technically I just started 17 weeks, but I had been hoping to get a 16 weeks pic with Baby Beluga, who was 16 months. 

Big Sis's first ballet recital! I think she enjoyed regular class more than the performance but she did such a great job! 

And then her ballet teacher gave her a Hello Kitty necklace at the end. She loved it. 

Grama T helped Big Sis sew a bonnet for her baby, and some mini fleece pillows from our fabric scraps. Big Sis was way into putting pins in the pin cushion and her little scrap of fleece.

Grama T also helped me mend a very worn out and loved blankie. Baby Beluga LOVES this ducky blanket, which was mine when I was a baby. It was so worn out with the back side just about falling off. So we headed to the store to buy some new flannel and Grama worked magic on it. We managed to keep Baby Beluga occupied so she wouldn't realize her blanket was missing....until the end, when Grama was finishing up.

This is what Baby Beluga does when something is too loud. Someday I think she'll realize it's more effective to actually cover her ears :)

Easter and General Conference

Things we've been up to the end of March and the beginning of April.

Took pictures in a field of blue bonnets. 

We dyed our Easter eggs on the Saturday before Easter and enjoyed them with Handsome at his work on Monday as egg-salad sandwiches. Yum!

 

We celebrated the Resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ, on Easter Sunday. Our family basket had our first set of Scripture Scouts, our first subscription to The Friend magazine, and this years edition of our Family Faces Book. I think I may have been more excited about all of this than Big Sis and Baby Beluga.

 

 

We did an egg hunt for our Family Home Evening the Monday after Easter and Big Sis really enjoyed finding all the eggs and eating all the candy. We had a number in each egg that corresponded to a picture of the Savior to teach about the events leading up to His death and resurrection, but I think the candy may have been too distracting...

And this weekend we listened to our living prophets and apostles during General Conference. In between the 2 Saturday sessions we went to a book sale at the library. During the last session, as we were getting a little restless, we made a temple out of our play-doh. Big Sis told me, regarding the flowers on the grounds, "actually they are alive."

 

And Baby Beluga turned 9 months old! She's been outside the womb longer than inside and boy, is she all about moving around. Today she was really working on balancing on her hands and knees. She can almost get herself back into sitting position.

We watched our garden grow some more, and harvested our first round of spinach!

We did some water coloring on the coloring book Grama T and Grampa A gave Big Sis for Christmas.

And practiced buttoning buttons.