May, aside from kittens

middle school band concert * day date movie * flowers for Mother's Day * getting rid of a bunch of stuff during community clean-up * flowers blooming * Gabe and his new computer mouse * Frank and Zach go backpacking * Charlotte goes to dance class * lunch out with a friend (and favorite fettuccine Alfredo with chicken) * rearranging furniture in the basement * Charlotte bridging from Brownie to Junior * Zach cuts the grass (first and only time...he's not a fan) * hitting the indoor pool * taking care of kitties

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after, more photos coming

 

The kitten story

Meet George and Jasmine. He's the orange and white, and she's the brown/orange tabby. These siblings were rescued by a family in our Girl Scout troop and given to us when they were about six weeks old. They were still drinking from bottles and not using a litter box, but that changed within about a week of being with us. They are super curious and cuddly. After two weeks of keeping them in a fenced in area, they now have the run of the moderately-cat-proofed living room. They are not scratching furniture or climbing up the curtains yet, but we know it's coming! Right now they like to sleep a lot (especially on the couch), wrestle with each other, and get picked up by/lay on people for snuggles. They are completely lovable and everything we could ask for in new pets.

 

Rounding out April

During the second half of last month the main events were spring break/Easter and Frank and Zach's first backpacking weekend. Spring break was pretty relaxed, with a late start to spring lawn care, coloring eggs, and Charlotte living her best life at Ikea. Gabe got his braces on (no pic yet), and Charlotte and I checked on our new tulips daily. Frank and Zach hiked 15 miles with only what they could carry, and they are becoming real pros at it. While they were gone, Charlotte followed my lead on spring decluttering and was sorting everything she could think of (and donating/discarding some of it). She and I were supposed to go on a Girl Scout overnight trip with the Brownies but she woke up with a fever, so the plan was scrapped. We roasted our own s'mores that night.