5.6 Years Old
- Spring break started our month. You were excited to have the kids home from school to play with you. We had dinner at the cousins house, played with friends, and turned on the water under the trampoline because the weather was so nice. But as soon as the weather turned, thats when we headed for the beach. Our first stop was Astoria. I made sure that each hotel had a pool. When we got there, they were apologetic because instead of having one big room for us, they gave us two rooms that connected. It was the best. You all loved the breakfast, and watching TV in bed. We spent the morning walking along the boardwalk and visiting the column. The airplanes were a huge hit. The sun came out a bit so we just hung out on the grassy hill, re-flying those planes. YWe made our way to Fort Stevens, which was still cool, but most of it was roped off, so not 90's cool. We made our way down to Seaside that afternoon. Our hotel was right on the main street. We walked to the different shops (book store, toys store, and of course the candy store). We ended at the arcade area. We ordered in clam chowder and fish and chips (though not that good). More pool, more TV, more relaxing. The next day was rainy. We went down to the beach part and was walking along when the rain dumped. We found out quickly that you and Dad did not have good rain coats. You were soaked. Being inside helped, but once we got back to the car, you changed your pants. We found a small aquamarine where we feed sea lions and did the touch and feel tide pools. We ate at Mo's, which we all loved their calm chowder. We didn't know what quite to do because it was raining and we couldn't check into our place for a bit more. By the time we made it to Ecola State park, the rain had stop, but the wind picked up. We found a rocky beach with a ton of sea foam and just hung out for a bit. I had all these beaches that I wanted to see and the weather worked out just enough for us to see them. We stopped at Cannon Beach, Hug Point (all of our favorite), and Arcadia (which I want to go back to). We ended at Rockaway for the night. The place had a pool and there were other kids your age there, so that was nice. We finished watching Hamilton to get ready for the play tomorrow. The next morning, Maggie and I took a walk along the beach while Dad took the rest of you back to the pool. We ended with ice cream at Tillamook. It really was a great trip.
- Millie got baptized this month so Grandma and Grandpa Matthews flew in for the weekend. Friday was a busy day with Grandma and I watching Maggie compete in Battle of the Books. You stayed back with Dad and Grandpa and played around the house. We colored Easter eggs and watched the movie Wild Robot with them. Sunday was Millie's baptism. We saw all the cousins at the church, but only the Grandparents came over for dinner afterwards. On Monday, we took Grandma and Papa to see the cover bridge park.
- The big news is that you finished your reading lesson book!!! You have worked on it for the last 1 1/2 years so it feels so good to be done with it. We always let the older kids pick out a book when they finished and you picked out Land of Fake Believe.
- Easter came. We had such a wonderful Easter brunch and program with our ward. I never have felt such a Christ center Easter before. The different organizations each took a room to decorate for a day of the week. We had families walk from room to room. The last room, the resurrection room done by the YW reminded me of the celestial room in the temple. For actually Easter, we went over on Saturday for an egg hunt and dinner at the Prices and then did our own at our house on Sunday. You got Land of Fake Believe as your book this year, so now we have the whole collection.
