April 2011

So many pictures.  So many stories to tell.  And so many things that we never actually got a picture of.  Oh well.

 

April was a great month.  Lots of fun.

 

 

 

April was the last month of Rachel’s Dance class and there was a little performance at the rec center.  She enjoyed dance class, but not as much as gymnastics.

 

 

 

 

 

We went hiking several times this summer, and the season started out in April with a  trip to Roxborough State Park.  This time, we let Daniel and Rachel carry the camera and take the pictures.  With the result that we have hundreds of pictures of the ground, rocks and adult knees – which I suppose is what the world looks like from that height.  We also have pictures of every rock and ball of fuzz that they found and documented in good explorer style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At school, the big event that we got pictures of was the egg drop.  Each kid got a chance to design their own device that was supposed to protect an uncooked egg when thrown from the roof of the school.  After experimenting a bit at home (all failures), Daniel went with a hollowed-out pool noodle that was duct-taped together.  Unlike many of the other designs, his was truly his own.  And – well – it didn’t work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then, of course – someone turned six years old.  He was properly celebrated with presents at home, and a bowling party for a few of his friends.  And no birthday is complete without the obligatory marking of the wall.