Minor Updates

Our days have been pretty similar. Jack wrapped up his most recent basketball season. His team ended up being really good and Jack definitely improved over the season. He will play again at the YMCA in a few weeks for another season. Luke's baseball is going well. I feel like we are spending a lot of time at the fields, but he hasn't gotten sick of it yet. 

Luke is playing catcher. He gets a little nervous in the catcher's box and kept scooting further and further back :)

Anna got new, fancier ice skates. She is hoping to start learning jumps soon. Kara took a babysitting class on Saturday and is now CPR and first aid certified. She enjoys babysitting and is really good with kids. 

We went to Universal a couple of times. Once, Thomas and I went with the girls. We watched the Mardi Gras parade and had a lot of fun and got tons of beads (over 20 strands each). The boys ended up being slightly sad they didn't go, so we took them on a Wednesday after school. Luke got enough beads to hand out to all his classmates.

Waiting for the parade to start

Luke's class had a field trip to SeaWorld on Thursday. Our passes are expired, so on the Friday before the field trip, we told him we had to go to SeaWorld so we could renew (the website wasn't working). He decided he didn't really want to go. Thomas had planned on chaperoning, but they had a ton of chaperones, so it was not a big deal for him to back out. Instead, he and Luke spent the day doing whatever Luke wanted. Thomas even spent the night in his room. They played board games, read books, played the Switch and went to lunch at Dairy Queen. 

Meanwhile, I took Anna to the orthodontist to get her Herbst taken off. She wore it for a year and it apparently worked, so we hopefully have avoided jaw surgery! I guess there is still a chance the jaw will revert, but I am cautiously optimistic. It is now in a nice position and the teeth are well-aligned. She wouldn't let me take any pictures, but taking it out was quite the process. Her mouth was too small for some of their tools, so it was a little difficult to remove. Her mouth bled and was sore for a couple of days. We are happy to have it out!

Both Kara and Jack got their scores back from the solo and ensemble festival and ended up with Superiors. They were very happy. 

And, for this week's random picture--I went to lunch with a friend and ordered this beauty. It was ham, turkey, cheese and egg as a waffle sandwich with whipped cream. It was so pretty, I had to take a picture. It was delicious!