Just Not Enough Time in the Day

Well, I'm realizing how difficult it has been for me to keep this blog updated. We've done a lot over the last few months, but I just haven't found time to blog. I'm counting down the days til we are done with school; it can't come fast enough. We have decided for the boys to start school in our local public school. The boys and I got to have a tour of the school and they are super excited (and so am I). I'm ready to have a break and spend some desperately needed one on one time with my Maeci. We are really looking forward to this summer. The location of our house is perfect. We are a short bike ride away from a park and we discovered that it even has spray grounds for the kids. We can also bike to down town and enjoy all the great little shops.

The following is going to be an overview of the last few months here in the Yoder household:

In January we went on a field trip to The HealthWorks Kids Museum in South Bend. It's a great little museum that helps the kids learn the importance of staying healthy. They have a lot of fun activities for the kids to do while they are learning. Here are some pictures:

The boys have been spending time with Jerimae learning about music and playing the guitar and djembe drums. One night they made up a song. Maeci joined in on the fun too. Check out the video clip.

For school we've been studying insects and butterflies, so one day we made a bunch of our own insects and butterflies out of a bunch of craft supplies we had around the house. Here are some pictures:

In March, we celebrated Zarek's 6th Birthday. He got to have a slumber party with his friends and he chose Cowboys for the theme. I had a lot of fun planning this party. I made a jail out of big cardboard box and took pictures of each of the boys in the jail. They loved it.

The boys did an obstacle coarse with stick horses, played a bunch a games, and beat a pinata. When the boys finished each game they received a new part of their cowboy costume.

We then had cake, opened presents and watched a movie.

We had a total of 7 boys. It was crazy. Let's just say that we will not be having another big birthday party until the boys are 10 yrs. old. Needless to say, the boys had a blast and that's all that matters.

Zarek received a surprised present on his birthday...he lost his first tooth. Then just a couple of days later he lost his second.

Then in April for Easter we went downtown South Bend for some Easter festivities. We met up with our friends the Bouchers. The kids had a lot of fun.

For Easter, we had an Easter Egg Hunt and Maeci won a Dora Kite.

This gets us through til Easter...I will post more over the next few weeks.