Mother's Day at Sarah's school

Sarah's 1st grade class had a mother's day program today. Both dual language classes did it together. We started in Mrs.Arguijo's room where she read us Love You Forever. Then we walked to the cafeteria where the kids sang 2-3 songs and read 2 poems. The kids then passed out roses to all the moms and grandmothers. After, we had cookies and lemonade.
I learned today that in Mexico Mother's Day is always celebrated on the 10th of May no matter what day of the week it is.

Sarah stopping her bike

Here is Sarah trying to stop her bike after riding around the cul-de-sac.

Catherine's birthday

Catherine Norris turned 4 on Cinco De Mayo. So this past Saturday she had a Chinese Lion Dance party. We went down to Friendswood to celebrate. There were Chinese decorations everywhere. We had pizza for lunch, a pinata in the backyard and then Chinese lion dancers in the back yard. We almost went back inside and threw plates and yelled "OOOPAH" to get in another culture into the party. The lion dancers were a surprise to Catherine and she was so excited. They brought her oranges, lettuce, an orchid and sparklers. It was so exciting. Happy Birthday Catherine!!

Sarah riding her bike with no training wheels

Here is Sarah riding her bike!

Sarah riding her bike with no training wheels

I can't believe that Sarah is old enough to ride a 2 wheeler with no training wheels. Saturday morning Russ took Sarah outside and took of the training wheels off her bike. She was very excited but also a little scared. When they began to ride, she would scream all the while pedaling. She got very good at pedaling, but isn't so good at stopping. She did learn to jump off. We only had one scraped knee and one small dent in the neighbor's car. They were very OK with the small dent. It can be buffed out. She has wanted to go ut every day since to ride her bike.

Micah's Spring Show

Micah had her first spring show at Zebra Zone. Russ, Sarah and I got there early to get seats and when I got up to say hi to a friend, Stacy, the director, came and got me. Micah had been crying for 45 minutes. She had watched the moms and dads in the hall and didn't understand why I wasn't there. So I joined the class. We played in the room and then went on a walk. We had to go to the cafeteria where the show was taking place. Micah had stopped crying and I thought I would just stand back stage and watch. That didn't happen. Stacy made we go up on stage so Micah would do her dancing. She would dance a little and then plop down on my knee. Then she would get up and do it again. While we were on stage, Sarah took some great pictures.

I can't believe how long it has been since I posted pictures or words. When I tried to download pictures at night to the computer, it wouldn't let me . So today I am blogging while I wait to go Sarah's school for a mother/daughter tea.
While I was sewing with the ladies, Russ took the girls to church for a carnival and Easter egg hunt. They had a great time. On Sunday we went to church to celebrate Easter and then went to the Fourniers for lunch, an egg hunt and fun. It is a family tradition to have eggs with confetti busted on your head, to eat a huge meal and then to have an egg hunt with prizes inside. And of course there is the "family picture" of Craig and I with all the girls. This year, we also got a picture of Darlene and Russ in the picture also. It is nice to have traditions with friends that are as close as family.