Adious April!

Well, April has come and gone ... These are the highlights of our month and what we've been up to :)

~ Blake's spent a lot of his free time on the lacrosse field!  I'm not sure if it's called a field or not, I think maybe it's called a court?!  Hmmm ... I better figure that out ;)  He plays box lacrosse (indoors) so maybe it's called a box?!  lol!  That just sounds weird, so probably not a box.  Anyways, he is in his 2nd year of lacrosse and this year moved up to Novice lacrosse (equivalent to Atom hockey).  He's loving it and it is definitely more of a challenge this year, as he is a first year Novice player.  He's happy to be on the same team as some of his friends and teammates from last year and excited that two of his hockey buddies have joined the sport and are on his team!  We're looking forward to the start of the regular season in May!
~ Choir is wrapping up soon.  I think Blake is ready for it to be over, as he's worried about missing baseball or lacrosse for the performance's he committed to ;)  The choir sang at the open house this month.  I really enjoyed watching him but after the performance I had to confirm that he was enjoying himself, as he had a very serious look on his face the entire time.  When I asked him if he had fun, his reply was, "Of course!"  So funny!  Mr. serious was serious about his choir performance ;)  The girls also had a role during the Open House, as they were invited to volunteer in the kinder classroom, answering questions from next year's kindergarten students!  They were so cute and very happy to take on this important role :)
~ Ukrainian Dance will be wrapping up early in May.  Emerson had her 2nd performance at St. Michael's long term care.  She did fabulous in both dances and we loved watching her group and the other groups as well!
~ Reese's class had a TWOS field trip.  I took the afternoon off work to join them and had fun spending 1 on 1 time with Reese, visiting the various areas of the science centre and laughing with Reese! 
~ Cal was invited to attend the Hockey Edmonton banquet, where he and his fellow First Shift coaches were recognized.  It was a lovely evening with friends!  Lindsay and Jeremy babysat for us and the kids had a blast with their Aunt, Uncle and cousins!
~ Blake was invited to play shinny and had fun!  We are really trying to give him a few months break from hockey but he sure had fun being on the ice again!!
~ Baseball practices began and Blake was VERY excited to start!  He loves baseball and was extremely excited to be on the same team as 4 of his classmates. 
~ Cal ran in the First Responders 1/2 marathon.  His cheer squad caught him around the 1/2 way mark for high fives! It was a cold, rainy day but Cal rocked it!!
~ At the end of the month, our Parent Council hosted our 2nd Annual Pasta Dinner and Silent Auction.  It was  a very successful evening, which was celebrated after wards at Brewster's!  Our school community and parent council is so awesome, I'm proud to be a part of it!
~ My parents will soon be home from their vacation and we can't wait!!

Those are a few of the highlights of our April!!  We're looking forward to May and Blake's 9th birthday celebrations, May long weekend camping and hopefully a sunny, warm Spring :)

Talk to 'ya all soon!!

xoxo
Tracy