Adam had an orthodontist appointment this morning.

After we took him back to school, Annie and I made a trip to the library to return some books and pick out new ones (Maggie has been a reading machine lately).

Annie played with the legos for a while and I love how she grouped them by color (all on her own!).

She also spent a while coloring. She made me close my eyes while she worked so I could be surprised.

As she colored, she named who liked the color she was using – orange for Daddy, green for Adam, blue for Luke, pink for Maggie, purple for JoJo, and I think I was assigned yellow this time.

And of course, a picture with the beaver on the way out. This is Annie’s current favorite outfit – purple shirt and purple pants.

Monday was a busy day for us. There was an awards assembly at the kids’ school in the morning. My pictures didn’t turn out that great, but Maggie was called up twice for the school’s reading program and Luke was called up once for a character award.

Then Annie and I went to the library for story time. Annie loves the songs and dancing and is hit or miss with the stories. She spends a good chunk of time pretending to sleep – which was fitting with this week’s hibernation theme. Every time we leave, she makes me take her photo in front of this beaver.

When the older kids got home, I took pictures of Maggie and Luke with their awards. Each month the school focuses on a specific character trait. One student from each class, that exemplifies that trait, is picked to received the award. This month’s trait was “caring” and that describes our Luke perfectly. He has such a big heart.

Maggie hit the first big milestone in the school’s reading program. She received certificate and a pin for reading 500 books and another certificate for hitting the 550 book mark.

Then Maggie and I went to her dance class. It’s parent observation week so I got to watch.

Maggie’s class is an hour long and the first half of the class is ballet and the second half focuses on tap.

It was a lot of fun and Maggie did so well listening to her teacher and following directions.