New haircut

Before and after

Play date pals

This group has been getting together since they were babes. They met at their first ECFE class and have continued getting together ever since, even after the group moved onto different preschool programs and families moved to different parts of the NE metro.

I truly hope they can stay connected as they enter different schools. At least the girls will all be in the same school district (even if they are at different elementary schools). It will be interesting to see how things work when they get to junior high (which is a long ways off).

As someone who is still friends with two of her classmates from preschool I firmly believe in the power of long-lasting friendships!

Happy May Day!

Baskets for our neighbors!

Playing at the park with her favorite cousin.

Easter

Palm Sunday with Pichners and Dufresnes (sorry, no pics), egg hunt with friends and a late Easter at Grandma and Papa's house. There was a lot of time outdoors all three days. We played on bikes and hit some balls in Faribault. In Amery, we explored gardens and found newborn kittens.

Making the dinos huge in the light

Digging for dinosaurs

Claire asked if she could do some digging in the gardens today - a rarity since we usually have flowers or veggies planted.

She explained that she was looking for fossils and so we decided to go on an adventure. Nearly every rock we found was some kind of fossil.

Soon we had a pile of gastoliths, teeth from a sauropod and perhaps some bones from a velaciraptor.

Then she came in to show her dad who suggested she wash them like a palentologist would to help identify their type.

I imagine we will be back in the "dig site" again soon - and that one of the gardens will go unplanted this year.