NYC

 Merging in New York was a fun way for these cool teens 

to all hang out in a new city. 

The Ultimate Season!

The ultimate season...

No, it's not Spring.  

  It's Ultimate Frisbee!        

Both boys and Samuel, have begun the Ultimate Season.

Anders in his 3rd year of Varsity, and Kuba just starting off in JV.

I love that they play such a fabulous sport! 

And after 2 weeks into the season, both teams are undefeated.

Do The Easter Bunny Hop

The most fun of all was the big PING PONG tournament on Easter.

There were 2 ping pong tables and we all played 2 rounds.
Samuel lost the final round in the winners bracket to Lewy.

BUT, then he came back and won it all in the final match up, winner bracket winner playing the loser bracket winner - and it came down to Samuel and Lewy one more time.

This round, Samuel won and took home the very adorable Bunny trophy!

 

Rabbit

 Thanks to Lea, we had a visit from the Easter Bunny.  The bravest little kids were Zoe and Eloisa.  They had no trouble going right in and touching that big giant rabbit.  Oh, and my boys didn't mind posing either. 

 

The Hunt

  

It was super fun thinking of a way to make the Easter basket hunt still fun for older kids.  I created 3 puzzles- a crossword, a word search, and a riddle.  They had to solve them all as a group in order to find their hidden baskets.  It was harder than I thought it was going to be and it was entirely entertaining to watch them.  This was a great reminder that there is a lot of playful spirit in them still, and that the more you play, the more fun life can be.   

Jelly Beans

 

Pysanky

 

The art of egg decorating is not lost on us.

We all dove right in and tried to decorate the Ukranian way.

Using a copper funnel tube we scooped beeswax and drew on our eggs.
Then we dyed them and then we rubbed off the wax.

The results were just lovely and it was such a fun family project.