Frost Field Day

Until last year, I had no idea what Field Day was.  I've learned that most Texas preschool and elementary schools host a Field Day every May where the kids get to have a fun day outside with games, competition, and water!  It's highly anticipated by the kids and there's lots of hipe before hand with game selections, t-shirts, class themes, and banner making for the school parade.

So, after some beautiful weather leading into Frost Field Day, we woke up that faithful Friday morning to find a bleak sky and an ugly forecast!  It didn't dampen our spirits!  The school was buzzing that morning with some very excited kids!  Instead of backpacks, there were balloons!

Science Expo

Since this is our first year, we were excited to participate in the Science Expo.  Kindergarten was given the choice of two projects;  make your own markers or bouncy polymer.  Coming from a family of chemical engineers, of course we chose the bouncy polymer.  Having never been to an elementary school science expo, I took the approach of keeping everything grade appropriate.  After explaining the experiment to Brenna, she wrote her own title, purpose, and conclusions and labels all the polymers.  She had alot of fun doing the experiment!

Brenna's Spring Picture

The Run Down

I've never been so behind on blog posting before.  Wrapping up school and planning a last minute vacation has monopolized my time over the last few weeks and now I'm frantically trying to catch-up on pictures before we go on vacation next week and I come home with a thousand more (which is pretty much a guarantee).  So, things will be rolling out quickly over the next week.

It's been awhile since I published an Instagram Run Down, so here's what been going on in April and May!

House of Cards

Brenna's found a new hobby.

Blessington Farms

A couple of weeks back, we had a rare free Saturday.  It was beautiful Spring weather so we decided to make a trip to the new Blessington Farms and pick strawberries.  Unfortunately, they were all out of strawberries!  The berries are grouped in pods off the ground and the farm only has a small area of pods compared to the acres of strawberry patches the Froberg's farm has.  I personally prefer the traditional patches at Froberg's, but Blessington had alot to offer in the way of other activities.

Ribbon Dance

Rosenberg Rail Fest

A couple of weekends back we visited the annual Rosenberg Rail Fest with our buddy Tyler who loves trains.  There were lots of games and activities for the kids.  First we made our way through all the games.  They kids enjoyed putt-putt golf, bean bags, ring toss, and the spinning wheel where they stocked up on candy prizes. 

Badminton

The Easter Bunny brought Brenna a badminton racket set for Easter.  I have to give this kid credit, no matter what sport we throw at her she gives it her all!  I love that she enjoys athletics, because it makes me move more too!

Class Auction Project

Who said engineers can't be artsy!  Of course, I did have the help of 23 kindergartens and pinterest!  Here's our 20x30 canvas art work for our school's fundraiser.  Each kids got to paint and design a petal to create the flower.  I like to call it "Watch Us Bloom" because I think it's very representative of the growth in all of the kids over this past school year.  It will be auctioned off along with all the other class auction projects this Saturday.  How much do you think this priceless piece of art will go for?

Spring Fun

We've had some beautiful weather days recently and the kids have enjoyed getting out.  Last Sunday it was just the right day to fly kites.  Now the kids are all old enough to manage it on their own and it was fun to watch.  Of course the kites were dragged on the ground almost as often as they were in the air and once in they were in the sky they were hung up in the trees or wrapped around the street lights.  But the kids had a great time!

CenterShot

This past semester our church did CenterShot, which is a 12-week archery based bible study.  The study helps kids learn the fundamentals of building a strong Christian life by staying focused on Christ.  This is paralleled with learning archery techniques and staying focused on the target.  We learned why its important to build your house on Christ the rock and not the sand and the ten "rules" God gives us to follow.

The kids had a great time with this program.   They made their own bows from pvc pipe and string and arrows from wooden dowel rods with styrofoam balls at the end.  We spent several weeks practicing indoors with our homemade bows and arrows until we felt confident that the kids were ready to hit the range with the real deal!  We even had a visit with Merida from Brave and Robin Hood to share some techniques.

Brenna with her homemade rainbow bow!

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter holiday.  It was a beautiful time to remember that we are so undeserving of the mercy Christ has given to us and so very thankful for the blessings that He has provided for our family.

This year Easter was jammed packed with lots of Easter activities.  We kicked it off with the neighborhood Easter egg hunt.  Brenna was excited to get the fun started!

St. Patrick's Day

All decked out in green!

Spring Break 2013

This was our first true Spring Break.  Jacob was a good boss and let some of his guys take off while he worked, so me and Brenna had a Stay-cation.  My house was a revolving door of kids the entire week with more than a dozen friends passing through.  There was really no one "big" thing.  We just spent the week hanging out with friends at the house, playing in the street, and enjoying playdates.  I even left my camera at home for most of the week.  I figured it was one less thing to have to work on later.  But of course I can't not take pictures, so I captured our entire Spring Break on instagram.  I'm really starting to like this more and more.  Another friend summed it up pretty well when she said you there's much less drama and petty comments.  Everything is focused around pictures and I love that!

It was nice to forget about school, homework, and the many extracurricular activities that clutter our schedule. We enjoyed just breaking free from the routine for a while and doing whatever came along.  However, by the end of the week, I was at my limit of fun and ready to fall back into the even pace of normality!

Here's our Spring Break via instagram!