Easter Eggs!

Rachel's Spring Parade

-Rachel

The Spring Musical, Jungle Book Part 2: GRACE!

Grace was cast as Bagheera, one of the 3 major speaking parts! She was a little disappointed that she didn't get to sing more, but her acting was great! I think it only took her a day or two to learn all of her lines, and the bossy, know-it-all attitude with which she delivered her lines made her the perfect choice for Bagheera the panther!







Here are Baloo and Bagheera opening the show...

The Spring Musical, Jungle Book Part 1: SARAH!

Sarah was a monkey in the school play! It was the perfect part for her because she is always energetic and has such a fun playful personality! Way to go Sarah!







Her lines were "How'd that square get in here?" Here she is...

School Assembly

(Mom brag time)Grace was asked to conduct the school-wide assembly at the beginning of March. Two students are chosen every month to do this. One conducts in Spanish, with the second student repeating everything in English. Grace was chosen to do the part in Spanish and she did a great job! I'm so impressed with how well she has picked up the language, and is always looking for opportunities to use her Spanish! We both hope she'll be able to continue studying it in school. (What a great skill to be able to keep up, right?) We'll see...

Be a Lady...Bug

My class did a show called BUGZ! The show was really fun. I had a great time. I had a solo which was super fun, and we had more hip-hop than the boys. -Sarah
(Sarah had a solo in the song the girls sang called, "Be a Lady". It was totally cute, and I can't get it to upload! Ugh.)

The Chili King

With some slight tweaking of Vicki's chili recipe, the consulate community enjoyed "Red Bowl", a tasty all meat chili served with sour cream and cheddar cheese...your mouth is watering, isn't it? After evaluating 12 chilis, judges named Andy the winner of the annual Chili Cook-Off! Oh yeah.

NBA All Star Weekend!

My lucky boys...hence the mother/daughters/grandma/aunt trip to American Girl while we were in Dallas(though Andy will argue that his fun was free)!

The American Girl Store

It was really cool, because you can look around at everything you see in the magazines and more. Grandma Ricketts got me some purple sporty sneakers for Kit. I also got a tennis/golf set. Kit has a "ponytail veil" in her hair now. -Grace
There was lockers that were so cute, but we couldn't get one. Too bad. Sunny got a yoga set, and there was a girl that did Sunny's hair really nice for me. -Rachel
It was so cool, I even got a hammock. I wish I had a million dollars so I could buy every single thing. I really like the American doll stuff. -Sarah

(Okay, I had to add this picture. This is the "girl" that Rachel said did her doll's hair. This nice lady spent over 30 minutes brushing out the horrifically tangled hair and made it look so nice! I should have taken before/after makeover pics of Rachel's doll. That woman's patience is amazing...)

Grandma's 90th Birthday in Dallas

Over Valentine's weekend, we visited Dallas for Great Grandma Ricketts 90th birthday celebration! We got to see Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Todd and Aunt Lori, Uncle Larry and Aunt Elyse, and most of the Prikryl clan(whom we'd never met before). We were so happy we were able to attend and visit with Great Grandma. We had a great time and were able to fit in some other fantastic activities as well...
Playing a little in the SNOW!
Eating delicious barbeque at David's in Arlington!
Visiting the American Girl store!
NBA All-Star weekend!