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The end of Kindergarten is fast approaching

Tonight the 3, yes 3, kindergarten classes at Christ Community Lutheran School held their year end song fest. Christian's class was there and in the other two classes were children of a few of our seminary students.

The program

The kids

They sang with great energy, on key and loud.

 

At the end, the teachers showed a video timeline of the kids during the school year, they all turned as one to watch the screen.

Afterward there were treats in the fellowship hall, it looked like pretzels and donuts to me.

Connor's right in there.

One more milestone almost in the record books.

 

 

Friends fit for babies and dogs

Katie sent me a picture this morning of Drew sitting with his stuffed animals family. 

This is very cute but it immediately brought to mind something similar at our house. Ferdie has his own very loyal stuffed animal family which he keeps constantly close by for comfort and security.

He is always near one or all of these guys and we find them in different parts of the house depending on where we are or if we're gone. They move.

What are you looking at, he says to me.

Baby shoe store chaos

Drew went to get real shoes today. Who knew they made shoe stores like 6 Flags these day.

 

Walking fast in oversized shorts

This just cracks me up. Drew is walking everywhere and loves to be outside. Trouble is he gets going and has no control over direction. 

 

Family Ties

Charlie's twin brother Dan, his wife Hannah and two boys are visiting DC this weekend and the 7 Bailey's stopped by Union Station and had their picture taken in front of an old Pullman car. I love this because my great grandfather worked his whole life for the Pullman company in Chicago sewing the tapestries which decorated those cars. He even lived in the Pullman company town on the southside of Chicago.

Katie took the picture so she's not in it but here are the other Bailey's.

It's been a while so..

I feel the need to put up a recent photo of Drew B taken by Lizzie this weekend while she's in DC on business.

Big eyed boy.

Here's where Lizzie was doing, being part of Concordia Publishing House's acceptance of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. At the left front of the photo you can see Lizzie's back just behind President Matt Harrison of the LCMS. You may have to click it to see better.

And the President of CPH, Bruce Kintz being congratulated by President Harrison.

The award is a huge honor for CPH

Drew Tightropes Across an Outside Basketball Court

He tries his hand at walking outside...in pj's.

 

Easter afternoon egg hunt

We filled some plastic eggs with various small things and then hid them in the yard to Christian and Connor to find. Connor had the inside of the fence and Christian had the outside. Boom.

The beginning

Connor ran up into the yard

Christian ran around the back

There's the Easter Rabbit

A hard slog

Another view of the above photo.

Haha, taken by Lizzie while I took from the opposite side.

Eventually they found them all, even Ferdie needed a drink.

Then back to the red chairs to see what was in the eggs.

Heh. They both named their little wind up dogs, Ferdie.

 

Katie's home

From Russia with many stories to tell but they will have to wait while she plays with Drew, visits with Charlile and catches up on sleep.

But we're looking forward to pictures.

On her way home

Katie was in Russia this past week and is now on her way home, in the air somewhere between Munich her home boys. 

Communication was spotty if at all while she was there but we did get one photo she took while in Moscow's Red Square the last night there. We are all looking forward to seeing what pictures she got on her camera.

Very cool.