We have had a fun couple weeks. The weather has been crazy, with sun one day and then rain for the next three. We've been trying to get outside whenever the weather has been nice & have been loving the sunshine. Brooklyn has gone to two swim lessons and done amazingly well! After her first lesson, the teacher told me that she thought Brookie was almost ready to move up to the next level and that Brooklyn kept asking her if she could just swim across the whole pool. :) She has no fear in the water, so it is great that she is getting some practice in now before we start swimming in our pool this summer. We have also been busy with baseball practice (on the days that it hasn't been rained out!) Mike has been amazing juggling 2 teams, organizing the schedules and teaching 25 kids ranging from 5 to 10 how to play baseball. We haven't started games yet, but it will definitely be exciting once we do! We had the kickoff pancake breakfast last weekend and Brooklyn wanted to wear a jersey just like Braden and Kayla, so they were pretty cute all together. We took the kids to see The Lorax in the afternoon and had such a fun time. The kids loved it and even Kelsey made it through the whole movie without squirming too much and having to go outside. :) The kids all had fun weeks this week at school and Brooklyn and Kayla had parties and egg hunts in their classes before getting out for spring break. Brooklyn still seems to not be feeling great after the weekend, with the extra chemo making her stomach hurt in the mornings, but her blood counts are right where they want them to be, so it is good that her body is responding the right way. We are also super thankful that we have all stayed healthy the last couple weeks, especially after Kayla had strep throat. Brooklyn hasn't been wanting to eat much besides pizza and candy, so we are working on getting her to eat healthier food, which has been a bit of a struggle. After all, who doesn't love pizza and candy for every meal? :) It is still hard because we don't know if she's just being stubborn or if the food is really tasting bad because of her chemo. We're just trying to take it one meal at a time and explaining to her that we want her to be healthy as she's growing up, but all of that is a little much for a 4 year old to understand. :) This weekend Kayla got to spend the night at Nana & Bumpa's house and Brookie got to spend the night at Gaga and Papa's house Friday night. It was super special for each of them to get some time on their own with my parents and aunt and uncle. It was also super quiet here with just Braden and Kelsey! Braden got to go with Mike to his softball game Friday night, so he loved that too. We are pretty much all baseball all the time around here! We got some stuff done around the house this weekend which was great, and we are really looking forward to having the week off from school this week! Hopefully we will have some sunshine and everyone will stay healthy all week! I know how different spring break will be for us in 10 years, so I am going to be sure to enjoy every day with our kids while they still want to spend it with us. :)
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