Bettas

The week before school got out we made our entrance into the world of pets.

With betta fish.



Each girl picked out a bowl at goodwill and a fish at petsmart and we were good to go.

 

They are boy fish and are named Speedy, Finny, and T-Rex.

 

They were excited to put the pebbles in the bowl and pour each fish into its new home.

 

Bettas live for 2 years, eat 3 times a week, and need their bowl cleaned every other week.

 

J has been the wonderful fish bowl cleaner, and only had the mishap of sending one fishie down the disposal.

I ran screaming from the room. For real.

With some desperate pleading from Lauren, he was able to fish out the fish and it seems to be surviving just fine.



We'll see how this whole escapade goes, but for now fish have been fine pets for this household.

Easter visitors

Back at Easter, J's brother, his wife and their wonderful kids  came to visit. We enjoyed 4 wonderful days hanging out with them and loved being together. I'm so grateful for our kids to have cousin time and know that they made some good memories together.

The kids loved having Easter together and it was fun to combine both of our pretty low key traditions. They enjoyed the candy house hunt, the back yard egg hunt, and eating a lovely ham and funeral potato dinner.

We adults had fun too, visiting a dine in movie theatre, eating Cafe Rio, Sarah and I getting a hairstyle at the Dryb*r, attending a D-backs game, and leaving the kids with a sitter for a fabulous lunch date.

We loved having C&S and their family here and hope they come again soon!

First and last

How does the school year go so fast! It feels like yesterday Lauren started first grade, and now she's done. She had a wonderful year with a fabulous teacher and sweet friends.

 First day of first grade

 Last day of first grade

Her teacher placed heavy emphasis on reading, and Lauren read like a champ through the whole year. (I'm pretty sure she's read every Junie B. Jones book three times) Her class had a wonderful celebration party for their success in reading. Every kid earned a book worm circle per book they read, and over the course of the year the class earned 3, 139 bookworms, enough to go around the classroom a time and a half. I'm grateful that I could go in each week to volunteer and help with this great program.