March and April

Gracie's first time in a swing.

 And she learned to sit up on her own. This is my favorite stage, when they just sit and play with toys and don't go anywhere. She's so close to crawling now, and I can see my peace evaporating before my eyes.

 One Saturday we went up to San Francisco and ate delicious food, went to Golden Gate Park, and hit up the Ice Cream Bar.

Then Chase took the little girls home, and Livia and I had a night out to see Newsies! I love my little musical lover. And everyone was so, so nice to us. One man even gave us his excellent seats when he had to leave at intermission. I was in heaven!

 She wanted a sleep mask, but Livia was already wearing the only one we own. This suited her just fine.

 Preschool

 In March Chase and I got to work on our backyard. We killed all the weeds and then spent a full day tearing it all out.

 See?

Chase told me to go buy dirt. So I did. Lots of it. 

 Gracie watched and cheered us on as we wheelbarrowed it (is that even a term?) to the backyard.

 Fresh dirt laid and seeded!

 Livia and her 1st grade teacher, Ms. Le, whom we love!

 Your daily dose of Grace.

 Easter

 Over spring break I took the girls mini golfing.

 They loved it. They were terrible, but they loved it.

 We also went to the San Jose children's museum. Remind me to have my kids paint the driveway with water this summer. Such a brilliant idea that kept them occupied for quite some time.

 The grass started to grow!

 For their birthdays, I took the girls to see "Fancy Nancy: the Musical." It was heaven on Earth for these two Fancy Nancy lovers.

 And of course we had to stop at Fenton's on the way home for some "ice cream parfaits" like Fancy Nancy.

 Livia's birthday came first!

 She requested a giant serving of pôts de crème. It took her four days to finish it.

Another picture of Gracie because she's just so dang cute.

We had one Saturday filled with birthday parties, their cousin's and their own. I took no pictures at our own party, which was switched last minute from the park to our house, but they enjoyed both! Ella's was "rainbow butterfly" themed. Livia at first wanted to do mash-up of several Pixar movies. Luckily I was able to sway her to do an art-themed party instead.

It's growing!!

And we even planted a few flowers for our little gardener, Jane. She still loves plants so incredibly much. After we went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, I asked what her favorite thing was, and she said, "the cactus and the bird of paradise plant."