Rainy Day Fun

It  has been raining for what feels like forever.  I think we are all tired of being cooped up in the house and even though there have been a couple of days where the sun came out it was really too muddy to go out.  Anyway we have had come up with new rainy day things to do.  This week Kassi decided she wanted to make a pinata.  After watching several video clips online she found one she liked and I was okay with the supplies and plaster materials so we decided to try it.

Kassi wanted her pinata to be really strong and the things we read and watched said it needed a minimum of three layers and to be strong should have six layers.  Each layer took a full day due to dry time.  On the fourth day she decided it was strong enough and she was done.  I went ahead and put one extra layer on it for her.

Today we finished decorating and stuffing the pinata.  Kassi is so excited and I think it looks kind of cool.  It is sad to think that it will only take a couple of hits and it will be all over!  I promised Kassi a picnic with her friends and the pinata next weekend if it is nice.  So hopefully we will see the sun this week and she can have her party.

Kassi's First Dance Recital

Kassi had her first dance recital on Friday night.  She did really well.  I wish I could get the video to load so that everyone could see it, but for whatever reason I cannot get it to upload anywhere.  :(  So instead everyone just gets to see the pictures. 

After her first dance she told me she loved the stage and always wanted to be on the stage.  I asked her if that meant she was going to dance again next year and she said she will always want to dance so she can be on stage.

I have to admit this was all a little hard on me for a couple of reasons...I am not one to let my daughter out of my sight.  She only stays with a couple of people when we are not with her and in order to watch her dance I had to let her out of my sight and leave her backstage so I could go back out into the audience...absolutely terrifying for me!  It also made me really see that my baby girl is growing up and wanting to do things on her own.  She was okay with mom leaving her backstage, she wanted mom to let her stay backstage with the other kids.  "Sigh"  I don't think I am ready for this...

On our way!

Singing and dancing outside.

Waiting backstage.

The finale.

Bountiful Basket...Yum



This week's basket.  This was a regular basket.



I am so glad I decided to try this!

Now I have read some posts and blogs where people say they don't think this is that good of a deal, but I would definitely have to disagree.  All of this for $16.50 seems pretty good to me.  Last time we went to buy strawberries at the grocery store they were almost $4.00.  Plus the quality of this is a lot better than what we normally find here.  We eat a lot of broccoli and cauliflower.  The cauliflower we buy in the store is generally fairly brown.  There isn't a spot of brown on this head.

Now last week we tried the organic basket, while I like the idea that it is healthier and it was much easier to pick up as it came in it's own box, no laundry basket required it did not seem to have as much stuff in it and it had more things that we wouldn't normally buy if we went to the store.  However I have now discovered broccolette and think it is awesome.  I am guessing though that we will continue with the regular baskets.  If they continue to be like this week's basket I know we will be doing this every week!



Last week's organic basket.



Easter 2011

We had a wonderful Easter. 

Kassi went to her first big Easter hunt.  I guess since I do not ever remember going to these as a child I was not sure what to expect.  It was kind of like Halloween without all the walking and work getting in a costume.  Oh well she enjoyed it.  She was really excited when we saw some friends of ours there too.

This year the Easter Bunny decided to scale back on the basket a little and brought Kassi a great little gardening bag which she loves.  It had new tools for her garden and a few little pots with seeds to grow some more veggies.