April (Snow?) Showers Bring May.....???

Maliana ~

April (snow?) showers, (hopefully) bring May flowers. Yes, you heard that right. It actually snowed this past month. Among a lot of other things, here is a hodge podge of your activities (in no particular order) from April...

even Abby said, "snow?! what the $#@%"

you, Elyse, and Jos at your friend Alex's Nerf war party

you and Elyse in the spider web

several of the kids from Alex's party

you gave a presentation on the state of
Mississippi and had to dress up like something from
that state so after a lot of brain-storming...
you were The Mighty Mississippi!

you did AWESOME!

my little cleaning helper

enjoying a walk with Lao Lao even with
this unusually cold April weather

Double G is settling in nicely

here you are, bringing back the
mis-matched shoe style you made
famous 4 years ago...

Double G and Pip,
getting to know each other a
little better

painting with Sophia in her garage studio

and this right here, you blow me away.
there is a kid (Emmanuel) in your class who has had so many behavior issues since he arrived at your school that he is having to transfer to a school that is more equipped to handle his behavior. (mind you, this is the same kid that at one point had punched both you and Alex in the face!) anyway, he was very sad and in seeing that, you took it upon yourself to buy him a card and gift before he left, wishing him well at his new school. 
your kindness never ceases to amaze me.

I think you like each other 

mwah!

it was Friday and you greeted the weekend
like a super excited dog going bye-bye

some fun cousin time!

oh my!

I don't know why I ever try to clean our mirrors
#handprintseverywhere

Suzy and Double G = buddies

here you had left your silkie upstairs and were too tired to retrieve it, so I became a human silkie.
and I definitely wouldn't trade it for the world...love you so much.

Double G loves to cuddle with Suzy,
even if it's just her butt

a little fun Creekside playtime with Erin
(and Tina)

after wading in the creek, we raced over to El Vacquero
for dinner with Daddy, Joe, and Sam ~ a nice visit with the Yersaviches

checking out Audrey's brand new (!) car with Maddie

helping Daddy with the deck

that's not how you ride a scooter!?
hahaha

I love the stuff you come up with...

texts between you and Lao Lao
two peas in a pod

our budding social justice activist ~ you were pondering
the discriminatory bills against the LGBTQ
community, particularly in NC (this time)

silly texts that Daddy and I sent back and forth
while I was out grocery shopping with you

play date with our neighbor/your friend, Kyndall

we had to say "see ya later!" to Courtney this month as she is
going back to San Diego for the summer...she has been really
fun to have around lately and we look forward to seeing 
her again in fall semester ~ Go Bucks!

Suzy loves to sleep with you 

so does Double G

and we also had our annual memorial for Dustin,
it was rainy and cold this year, but good to see everyone
(here are Lindsey, Jeff, and Caleb)

listening to Debbie and waiting to send off your balloon
with a special note for Dustin

and there they go!

you definitely have your own style...
and I wouldn't have it any other way!
#coolkid

hard at work with Papaw to finish up our deck in
preparation for our new patio this summer

such a good helper...anything to use grown up tools!

So that about wraps it up. Hopefully May will bring more consistently warmer temperatures.

Happy April, babe.
Love you so much,
Mama