The Sea People and the Princess

The girls (and Lucas) put on a play for us today. It was all about a princess and a baby who one day went down to the beach. She left the baby unattended for just a moment when some sea people found the baby and took her home to the lagoon. They made him special so that he could breathe under water. The princess came back but didn't find the baby. After a while the sea people met up with the princess and set upon a series of baby trades. Each one took turns taking care of the girl baby for a day. Eventually they decided that something better needed to be worked out. So the sea people came ashore and sprinkled special powder on the princess and she was transformed into a sea person!! After some happy dancing they all lived happily ever after.

The girls posed for a picture in the "sea". I thought the play was especially cute, especially seeing poor Lucas being passed back and forth all through the play. (Lucas was happy to oblige his sisters and dressed up as a happy girl baby) I can tell that the future will likely contain more Lucas "girl" pictures!

Arrow of Light

Jonah crossed over from cub scouts to 11-year old scouts today. His determination throughout the cubs program has earned him quite a few awards. One of his goals this last year was to earn all 20 Webelo activity badges. With a holidays and a baby coming right in the middle of our big push made things a little tricky. In the end Jonah was able to earn all 20 with time to spare! We are very proud of our hard working scout!
He is the first boy to earn all 20 in any of the leaders' memory. I think it all started on a whim, but when he heard no one had ever done it before: Challenge accepted! He also earned all his compass points, World Conservation Award, Leave No Trace patch and his Arrow of Light this last pack meeting. If you weren't impressed before, then know that he earned everything possible in his Webelo book. His energy for scouts is truly remarkable. I hope it continues into boy scouts. Our goal for this next year (besides beginning our scout adventure) is to earn our religious knot.

The crossing over ceremony has our cub scout literally crossing over a bridge to meet his new scout troop, the Dragons. We waved goodbye to our little boy and watched as his new troupe welcomed him. I'm sure I'll hear "Dragon Patrol! Feel the burn!" many, many more times in the next year.

Easter Sunday

Our annual Easter picture near the palm tree is getting better each year!

Katie John and Keira show off their baskets before church. They are obviously excited to dig through the bounty!
Happy first Easter Lucas! He doesn't quite know what to think about all this. Jonah and Sariah are also very excited, especially for the fun dip. The egg hunt this year was over very quickly. The kids are getting really good at finding all the hiding spots. The Easter bunny hides the eggs so well that you can't even see them from the back window.
This year I wanted to try a family picture. Gathering everyone after the egg hunt was harder than it looks in the picture. I'm still working on figuring out my new camera, so shots like this will improve for the future.