However, the end of March has also brought 3 days of snow and freezing cold, and a few days of absolute beauty!
Reagan enjoyed gymnastics, and they BOTH LOVED swimming!! Kade's was mostly an acclimation to water, but it was great for me to learn things to teach him to become more safe in the water. Even though he is great at wearing a life vest all the time, it's never not okay to learn more I guess. He loved Ms. Shauna and he was in the class with 2 babies, so he got one on one a lot. Reagan's class was great, because it was all 1 on 1 with the teacher. She can swim underwater for long distances anyway, but he gave her (too) much confidence in deeper waters and man can she dive down to the bottom and hold her breathe. We'll do another round next month and then be done for the summer so it's one less thing we have to be committed to.
Reagan has gone from reading beginner/easy reader books to soaring through Dr. Seuss books and more advanced books. It's amazing how much her mind has absorbed this year! (And to think I had doubts about her teacher initially..my bad!) At parent teacher conferences, Mrs. P had nothing but positive things to say about her (other than she can be slightly chatty at times...that no SURPRISE!), and she and a few others in her class have been able to break away from the class and go to the 1st grade class to participate in 1st grade activities. We are so proud of her and can't believe her first year of school is coming to an end!!
It seems Kade has had a busy month as well learning how to speak more, and boss more (if that's even possible). He is putting together more sentences and just Mr. Chatty everywhere we go. My new favorite thing he says is "How are YOU?". Course, he will repeatedly say this until the person he is speaking to responds...even if they are a 100 ft away! My other favorite saying he now says (and she said they exact same thing) is "hold you", which of course means, hold me. It's been fun to see at this point, how much alike their personalities are. Of course, he is much louder, more aggressive, and just a boy, but they boy love to make people laugh, be silly, and of course, demand attention! He is definately sure of what he wants and what he doesn't want. If he is in a "mom" phase, dad can no absolutely nothing for him, and vice versa. But, oh how we love him, and oh how we love that he is getting older and we love him growing into a "big" kid.
First haircut by Dad...he has this face with whomever gives him a haircut
I love how Kade attacks his strawberries :)
We spent a few days of spring break in Boise visiting with family and friends and had a wonderful time. We went to the zoo, played with Baby Sam, did a little shopping, lots of eating, visiting with dear friends, and Reagan got a hand me down Ninetendo DS which was seriously the highlight of her life! She kept saying on the way home "Wow, I CANNOT BELIEVE I have a DS!!" So thanks O'dells (I think) :)
We then spent a few days at my parents and Reagan had fun playing with her cousins. My sister and her girls then came here for a few more days of spring break fun. We saw Sue Rex, Hunger Games, celebrated Mike's 39th birthday, and embraced another month of memories.
April 1st became a HUGE day for us as well. After months of wondering, planning, and FINALLY signing on the dotted line, we are now officially the owners of store #TWO! This was definitely NOT in our 2-5 year plan we initially had, but late last summer we were approached by the mall manager in Bozeman, MT. He loved our store here in Idaho Falls and felt like we would be a great fit for his mall. We made a trip there to meet with him, review financials, view the mall and the store site, and felt like this "deal" was just too good to not consider and push to work out. Prior to this, we had had numerous customers from the Bozeman/Butte and surrounding areas shop in the store and say that they needed something like that there, and we had talked about "maybe in the next few years". That just happened quicker than we anticipated! We are set to open June 1st, and I'm sure our life (mostly Mike's?) will be insanely crazy learning to adjust to buying and managing 2 stores (since he does absolutely all the financial and business ends as well), but we also have a great manager that we are moving there, and are totally confident in him and are excited to spend time there as a family as well exploring new country! It's a beautiful 3 1/2 hour drive in good weather through Island Park and West Yellowstone. So thanks to everyone for all the "hoping" for us! It's paid off and we couldn't be happier or grateful for support and success.
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