We've been keeping busy while waiting for the weather to finally stay warm.

Luc's school had Grandparents Day a few weeks ago. Bonne-Maman and Bon-Papa couldn't make it because it was on a Friday morning. The school sent them a card with a picture of Luc in it. Grandma and Grandpa came, with Aria. There was a special chapel service, breakfast food for the grandparents, and then the grandparents got to sit in on the class.

Since it hasn't been warm enough to really stay outside and play yet (we did get some snow in the beginning of April!), we've been trying to make the best of indoor fun.
Besides Luc pushing Aria around in her doll stroller (which she just LOVES! and when Luc stops, she yells at him to "Go! GO!"), they've been finding other ways to play (and annoy) each other. Aria thought Luc might make a good sled. Luc was able to drag her around for a few minutes before he got tired and said she was too heavy.

We finally got a decent Saturday. While Frederic was helping demolish our deck to get Trex put in, I took the kids to Grandma and Grandpa's. Daddy came along later, as well as Uncle Dave, and Aunt Alice and Uncle Bill, and we had a yummy BBQ.
Luc's new favorite things are playing with Lego, playing his Star Wars Rebel game on the tablet (he watched one episode and it gave him a night terror, so we're not letting him watch it anymore until he's older), and Look & Find books. Grandma and Grandpa went to a used book fair that's held once a month in Annapolis that morning and were able to find about 8 Look & Find books for Luc. One of them: Star Wars Lego. His favorite three things all in one book. After playing Lego with Uncle Dave, and a little of the Star Wars game, they tackled the book. Uncle Dave even included the character voices while reading.

Aria has been insistent on going outside all the time now. Not that I blame her now that winter is over and she's old enough to actually do stuff outside this year. She's in love with flowers and even picks the weeds. She didn't mind having her bare feet in the grass. Now we're wondering how she'll handle the sand at the beach this year.

The deck finally got finished (thanks to the never-ending rain!) and the kids Love it! We love it because we don't have to worry about them getting splinters.

chasing each other around the table