April in Pictures

 Our April fools joke.  Anyone want some brown E's?

 Reading

 Dance Recitals

 Titanic building

 Marble swallowing, then marble watch 2016, then marble recovery. Parenting is gross.

 First time tooth losing

 Making the lego Titanic into an entire Titanic sinking diorama

 This was an interesting read

 The plate that most sums up Iowa State Football, so clever

 Em entered an art contest.  Her work was exhibited at The Octagon Art Center.  She recieved Third Place

 Em is studying the Westward Expansion, which has meant a couple of days of pioneer recipes.  This was one of Laura Ingalls favorite cakes, Gingerbread cake, it was made on special family occasions.  Emily made the butter, then used the buttercream that was a byproduct of making the butter in the cake, and then also made the whipped topping.  We got our use out of that quart of heavy cream!  I love that she is independent and a good recipe follower now.

 The girls are playing cards.  Em never actively plays with these dolls unless a friend is over, but almost each night they are in different clothes and often in a differnet scene/setup.  I didn't even know she had cards to scale for these AG dolls.  Love her creativity.

 Dallas and I found ourselves alone for a bit and we ended up finding these two characters at the mall.

 

Everyone was taking selfies at Garth Brooks, so we "needed" one as well.  Clearly we need some practice.  Garth, however does not need any practice.  The concert was amazing.