April was a fun month! I have already shared a lot of our April pictures and events with Carter's birthday and the weekly updates on Clayton, but here are a few more activities that made up our April.
We had a few weeks between basketball season and when Dawson's baseball practices started. Dawson is enjoying baseball again this year. He is playing through Outward again this year and is on the Marlins. His games started in April.
Dawson usually has a little crowd in his cheering section with Grandad, Pop, Lolly, John, Me, Carter, Nora Kate, and Clayton!
Dawson batting
Running is his favorite part
Lolly has been bringing him gum to the games to chew like a baseball player. Here he is chewing his gum!
Nana and Grandad gave Carter his picnic table for his birthday. The kids have eaten every possible meal at it since he got it. (And I've enjoyed not constantly sweeping the kitchen floor since they're eating outside so much!)
Oh my, where do I begin?! There are two skinks that live under our patio. The boys were wanting to catch them. One day John and I were sitting on the patio when one ran by, and John managed to catch it!? They have since made it a habitat and actually learned a lot about skinks. It is currently living in a tank in the playroom. The kids love it.
One Saturday morning we headed to the zoo and had a great time!
Carter so excited watching the river otters he was jumping up and down.
The sand area at the zoo is always a hit.
Time for a camel ride.
After the zoo we went downtown to a festival they were having. Then made a stop by the Mast General Store. We decided we should take the kids to Fort Kid since they had never been...they had a great time. We were so close to the Chocolate Factory that we walked over for a treat.
Then we spent a little time at the World's Fair Park.
It was a really fun day!
These two LOVE going to play golf with Daddy and Grandad!
Dawson was trying to make me laugh while I was feeding Clayton, so he came in dressed like this! SO FUNNY! Notice the left shoe is a klenex box! haha!
The library has this cool area set up right now that the kids love. The board is magnetic and you can move the pipes to make different "mazes" (as Carter called them) to let balls roll through! Pretty cool!
Nora Kate LOVES having her nails and toenails painted.
This was such a fun a special day for the boys...they are still talking about it...
In April there was an Air Show! We had discussed getting tickets to go, but then Pop through is work was able to get tickets to the airshow along with passes to sit in the tent area in front of the blue angels! We decided that it would be too loud and too hot for Clayton and Nora Kate, so I stayed home with them while John went to the air show. The boys had such a great time though!!
I cannot believe they sat this close to the blue angels! so neat!
Dawson and Pop.
Dawson had Pepsi for the first time at the air show (as evident in this picture), and he and Carter now refer to this as "the air show drink" when they see it in the grocery store...hah!
View of the Blue Angels from their seats.
Dawson and Carter with the Blue Angels.
Inside a plane (I'm not sure which one!)
Carter had on double ear plugs! It was LOUD!
SO NEAT! They're still talking about it. Carter has requested a Blue Angel Birthday party for next year (you know, only 11 months away...haha!).
I'm so glad that they were able to go!
