What Squirrels Do When They Sleep

When I went to get Squirrel up from her nap today, I found her wearing this hood that goes to her snowsuit. She must have been sleeping walking in her closet, because OF COURSE she was actually napping, right?

Savvy & Black

I took some pictures of Savvy today for a project she needs to take to her preschool class tomorrow.  She was hosting a little dog hand puppet, and had to name him/her and do things with him/her.  We were supposed to document the experience and then bring in a show-and-tell page to class.  She decided to name the dog "Black" because it has a black nose.  I thought these three pictures were so cute that I had to share them!

1st Day of Preschool!

The Parks & Recreation department of Corona offers a variety of classes for kids to take.  One of them is a Pre-K class that meets 2 times a week.  Savannah has been on the waiting list until I got a call last night saying that a spot had opened up and they were wondering if we wanted it.  I jumped at the opportunity and Savannah went to her first day today.  The first 5 minutes were rough.  She has quite a bit of anxiety around groups of people she doesn't know.  The teacher was concerned that it wasn't going to work out, but I asked her to give Savannah the benefit of the doubt and let her stay (without me in the room) for 10 minutes and then reassess.  After 5 minutes she quite crying and enjoyed herself (except when they all moved to the rug for story time and she started crying again for a minute)!  To celebrate her big day we made lasagna for dinner, including making the noodles from scratch.  I think I made a good choice:

Fresh Strawberry Carnage

Those strawberries didn't stand a chance.

Sam & Savvy

Last week when we were in Utah we took Sam out for some ice cream at Coldstone.  We loved getting to spend time with him, but I think a certain member of our family really enjoyed the visit.  I think the following photo montage says it all:

Bird Boss

I just experienced one of those moments that causes you to stop and think, "I need to write this down right now before I forget it!"  So I'm doing just that and sharing it with you in the process. 

Nate is currently upstairs doing some work, and Ella is down for a nap.  About 2 minutes ago I was sitting at the piano looking over the hymns for tomorrow and Savannah was sitting at the kitchen table having a snack.  It is a gorgeous day outside and so I have the sliding glass door that opens onto our backyard open so that the cool air can circulate through the kitchen.  Savannah was humming to herself when all of a sudden she stopped.  I could hear the birds outside singing, and she obviously could too, because she said, "No birds, no! Stop singing! I'm singing a song! Remember, when the birds are quiet?"  

Leave it to Savannah to boss around the birds.

Easter in Utah

We just got back Tuesday evening from a quick trip to Utah.  Nate sang in the Priesthood Session of Conference, so we drove up in time for that and then got to be there for Easter.  It was a wonderful trip, despite the wintry weather (including a snow storm that caused us to stay in St. George overnight on the way up so that we could avoid driving through it at night).  The girls had a blast spending time with Grandma and Grandpa (Nate's mom and step-dad).

  Easter was a wonderful day.  The girls loved hunting for eggs and it was fun to have Grandpa George and Grandma Dot come for dinner.

On Monday we headed down to Provo for a quick visit with Sam (pictures coming in my next post) and a quick visit with Alicia (she was one of my Young Women when I was the Young Women's president in our ward in Tokyo) who is a student at BYU.

The girls loved pretending to be co-eds.

Thankfully we won't be worry about that stage of life any time soon!