THE SPJUTE FAMILY: April Fun

Still working on 2024 - bear with me people.

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April 2024 was a diverse month. Birthday's, floods, new paint and softball. It seems like it was always one thing after the next, but we managed to have fun along the way.

I'm always on the lookout for a couch - we're going on years people, and I have yet to find one. Anyway, I convinced everyone to come with me to Modern Living, which has an indoor playground for the kids. Genius! Greg and the girls all played while I got to peruse the furniture by myself. No, I did not come home with anything new, but it was still fun to look.

2 months into being 2, and Quincey is at such a fun stage. She has such a big personality in her little body.

Poor Mittens. Some days he is starved for attention. He was willing to be the table for "Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza" - a slapping game 🤣🤫

Quincey discovered our neighbors swing and insisted we visit Every. Single. Day.

HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY to SOFIA!

She had fun decorating for her T.Swift party and inviting 3 of her besties.

We cut out posters to look like polaroids.

It turned out pretty cute!

Sof decorated her own cake - complete with whipped cream frosting and cadbury eggs. She did a great job!

She chose to get breakfast for dinner and was thrilled to get a pancake bigger than her head, which she finished, by the way.

Sofia is such a cute girl! Always giggling, smiling, and the best friend to all of the underdogs. Her teachers recognize her ability to keep the peace and often chooses her to sit next to kids who need extra help/attention (much to her chagrin). She is everyone's friend and continues to be the best leader to our little girl gang. She just keeps getting better with age. We sure love you, Sof!

Heidi's dream of painting the basement bathroom finally came true! It actually turned out really cute.

Greg did manual labor!
He had to fix his alternator and Serpentine Belt, not only once but twice! He's basically a pro and is up for hire (not!). Thanks to Youtube University, he was able to fix everything in record time.

The tulips finally bloomed! Here Quince is enjoying one [almost] as big as her cute face.

April 23 - and it's warm enough for Claire to jump on the tramp in a swimsuit!

The girls started Softball! The games were often at the same time, so we became pretty good at figuring out how to switch halfway thru - Quincey was happy to play wherever there was a park.

Claire was 1 of 2 girls on her co-ed team. She didn't love it, but was a good sport. The highlight every Tues/Thurs. for me was seeing what Claire chose to wear to her games. She's the best!

Someone slept good!

April was RAINY! We made the best of it by visiting Hondo and splashing in puddles along the way, always with Pooh Bear.

Date night with Greg! His eyebrows (or unibrow when he looks down) kills me. It completely covers his eyes.

We discovered the latest and greatest in sports(?) - Ax throwing! It took us a while to jump on the band wagon. I love it so much, I want to put on in our backyard. Talk about the ultimate stress relief.

We got so much rain the end of April that our basement flooded. It was not awesome. Pretty sure this is the 3rd time we've ripped up the carpet in this room since we moved in.