Oh happy day

Erin received quite a surprise today after school when she got in the car with her friend, Gracie.

We were planning to wait until Erin's 10th birthday to get her ears pierced, but with soccer season (and rules about no jewelry) coming in April, we decided it was best done sooner.

Erin thought it was a pretty good idea.

Before:

After:

As we left, Erin said "I'm going to go home and stare at myself in the mirror all night"

Jack's new look

Jack got his hair cut today.  I'm always a little bit tickled to hear him tell Jenna, so seriously, exactly how he wants it cut.  Last time he wanted his bangs longer so they covered one eye ("are you sure?" Jenna asked Dave, sidelong).  This time he wanted the back buzzed, trimmed by his ears and his bangs up to here (with his hand in the middle of his forehead).  Afterward he said that he thought Jenna did even a nicer job than he had asked for!
Here's the look:

Erin ski jumping

Erin has graduated out of downhill ski classes at Blackhawk and for the second year is on Xploration Team where they try out all kinds of skiing.  Yesterday she did ski jumping again.  She loves it!  They went off the 5 meter jump and the 15 meter jump.  Here she is going off the 15 meter jump.

You may want to click on the full screen icon since I'm so far away when I'm videoing.

Rub a dub dub

The Verhelsts gave Jack a Mickey Mouse bath bomb for Christmas.  All three kids wanted to be in the bathtub when we used it.  I'm sure it's the last bath they will take together.

Happy Birthday to Me.

The gorgeous flowers Dave got me for my birthday.

Moving on

I'm moving from Tumblr.  A little bit of duplication first.
The piano recital vids from last spring:

Erin's piano recital 2013

Caroline and Jack perform their compositions 2013