Spring Break has begun...

Spring break has finally arrived!!!! Nadine's first day off was today.  We started our day with heading out to Barnes & Noble to try and find some good chapter books for her to read.  While we were there, we were able to catch the first story at story time. 

The sales associate did such a fantastic job at telling the story.  Rowan didn't want to sit and watch her at first so he walked away. He eventually ended up hiding behind me, but listening attentively to her story. 

We found some great series for Nadine with the help of the associate.  The first series is Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows. She got a boxed set that contains the first three books.  Ivy & Bean are two very different little girls that learn to become the best of friends.  The second series that we are going to begin is Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo.  This just seemed like a fun series. Mercy is a pet pig that gets to all kinds of fun stuff.  Kate DiCamillo is the author of The Tale of Despereaux. 

After our excursion to the book store, we headed out to Maumee Bay to go for a walk with our friends.  Nadine took her bike to ride.  We walk 3 miles though usually, so we knew today would be a short walk since she wouldn't be able to ride that long.  We went about half of that distance.  It was 75 degrees. The lake is completely thawed and so we took a couple of shots near the water.

Rowan had an exciting day too! We learned that we are going to have to buy him a bike.  Nadine's bike is just a bit big for him.  He felt like such a big kid.  Although he has learned the art of letting us push him through the park! After we turned around and headed back, the kids played for a few minutes on Tina's trampoline! She says I should get them one for our backyard! LOL!

I'm going to upload a video to here from my phone. I'm not sure if you will be able to see it well, but it is Rowan kicking the soccer ball around the front yard! This is something else we discovered today. He LOVES to kick the ball around!