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In like a Lion, Out like April Showers

 
Greetings! Well I'm sure a bit behind. Guess I've been busy friends. Well, we all have actually. After we came home from our RSV scare, things have not slowed down one bit.  Well, maybe one bit, but no more than that!  I'll do the March and April highlights together.
 
 
The really big news in March was Jack turning FIVE. Yes, it was hard for us to believe too. Since Jack has had such a wonderful year at preschool, and the kids are all going to different school next fall, we decided to give Jack a birthday party "for real" and invite his classmates as well as his family. Jack chose to have his party at a fun indoor playground called Monkey Bizness. It was great because we had the place to ourselves, and everyone had a great time. Here are just a few of the photos from our adventures:
 
Jack and his cousin, Emerson enjoying Monkey Bizness
 
Is that Tarzan on the rope swing? Nah, just Jack
 
The Dusty Crophopper Cake is NOT a lie.
 Also, Spencer grew. We took his 2 month photo and here it finally is:

Spencer, feeling good and fattening up nicely!
Three months old - what a difference!

April.  Now there's a fun month! The big news I don't have a photo for is that we welcomed our newest nephew, Keaton James Sudar on April 21st. What a cutie that one is. We were sick during his first few weeks of life, but we were able to take some food over to the Sudar's and meet him when he was a couple of weeks old. They are all doing really well and you can tell he has an older brother and sister that are really into him.

We also had a great Easter celebration in April.  Antie Tressell got to meet Spencer for the first time. Looks like she had her hands full reading to three bouncing boys:

Are you ready for this, Antie?
The boys are always excited to see Antie and Uncle John. (So are we, so if you're reading this you are always welcome to dinner if the drive back to Westminster just sounds too much for you!)

 We tried a new method for dying eggs this year (yes, that I read on Pinterest). It involved using food coloring, and shaving cream or Cool Whip. When I envisioned in my mind Logan's hands going to his mouth I opted for the Cool Whip. As it turns out, Jack did it at school with the shaving cream and the dye sticks much better to the eggs (I hypothesize because it is dryer than the whipped cream). That said, it was way less time consuming (read dull) than eggs in a cup, and we will be doing this again next year.
New egg coloring method.


Children's clothing discouraged during the egg-stravaganza .

The other big news, is that the Sudar Home in Richardson is ON THE MARKET. That's right folks, Nonie and Papa are ready to retire, sell, and move up to Walsenburg. Not in any particular order. We are really excited. Prayers are being said, St. Josephs are buried, plans are being made. It's very strange to see the house I grew up in on a realty site with strange pictures of half-empty rooms. But I'm pretty darn excited to have my parents so much closer.

Well May is a big month for us: Jack is graduating from Preschool! Stay tuned for photos of that to come.

Until next time...

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