Cousins' birthdays

Juicy mangoes.

The girls had a joint birthday party. Auntie Melynda made a beautiful ladybug cake and cupcakes. Kaya gave the bear a high five but was quite concerned about the fire risk from the sparklers on her cake.

Snowflake fairies and other flights of fancy

Kaya's ballet class hosted their first recital. It was one of the cutest darn things I've seen. They flew to never-never land, opened magic scarf flowers, hatched their eggs, and twirled parasols as snowflake fairies.

Spring thaw

We biked with the chariot on a windy day down to the Bow River. Little exclaimations of "big one, wow" emanated from Kaya and Adlai as they tossed rocks into the river.

Science center

Adlai leaped from music note to music note, entranced at the result.

Olympics and cowboys and girls

The adults watched Olympics while the kids rode Spider, their trusty steed. Adlai sports cowboy boots and attempts to fix the t.v. for us.

Marshmallows, turtles and tigers

Grandma Jan came for a birthday celebration for Adlai's second birthday, bringing power tools and a bear birthday cake. Adlai installed himself next to a paw and methodically munched marshmallows while Kaya and Grandma put on all the "Happy Birthday" candles.

We missed a few face painting events so I decided to take things into my own hands. My first attempt was a My-Little-Pony at Kaya's request. It turned out better than the sea turtle shown here - I must research techniques. Adlai wanted to be a tiger and went roaring away before much paint could be applied to his face.

brain freeze and ice fog

Take a look at Adlai's expression - clearly it is still too cold for smoothies.

Kona and I brave the ice fog for a mid-day walk.