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Eleanor has been busy this spring! She got to go on her first Student Ministries retreat in March. They had a great time!

Some of the 6th grade girls, waiting for everyone to arrive.

We picked up a slurpee on the way.

Good times in the 6th grade girl crew:

They all had such a great time from what I heard. They did skits (6th grade girls won!) and ended up getting hoodies from the camp store for their reward.

Apparently their crew were "bonding" when they arrived and ended up missing dinner somehow. That became a running joke the entire weekend, that the 6th grade girls somehow missed dinner. The leaders ended up having to drive to a grocery store to pick up stuff to make sandwiches and they finally ate at like 11 pm. They incorporated this into their skit, which apparently was how they won.

Then it was time for the spring dance at the middle school. Eleanor went with some of the same girls she went with last time and had so much fun. They all got ready together.

Apparently at some point during the evening, the DJ played a song from Something Rotten (their spring play) and everyone who was present from the cast burst into choreographed dancing.

Eleanor is living her best middle school life this year. I'm praying it continues in the years to come!

March brought the end of a lot of very time consuming things (Battle of the Books, Something Rotten, and basketball) and brought with it more mild weather and lacrosse season. We've been planting a few things (nothing exciting, but a couple flowers, a few vegetables that may or may not take off, and grass), spending more time in the sun, and enjoying more down time.

The girls went to a W&M lacrosse game with their team to watch the big girls play. They got to stand out on the field for warm ups and then the younger girls got to go out for the national anthem.

We've played lots of touch football in the front yard in the evenings.

Cousins Robert and Matty came over one night for pizza night.

We went to a tailgate for a Tribe Women's basketball game - they made the NCAA tournament for the first time in W&M history!

Eleanor the morning after Something Rotten performance weekend. She struggled to get out of bed after many very late nights in a row.

Ben playing hide and seek with Chris:

Ben was a cardinal leader at school:

Rosie and Ben had to write why they were lucky for St. Patrick's day.

Eleanor and Jane got to see their friends perform in Anastasia. Eleanor got to go out to ice cream with friends afterward.

All of the kids made leprechaun traps for St. Patrick's Day. No one caught a leprechaun, but everyone got a few jelly beans. Ben's even had a trip wire that dropped a cage on top of the leprechaun.

Twin snuggle session one morning:

We got to celebrate Robert's 4th birthday with cousins:

Ben made a guessing game where everyone in the family had to guess how many of each thing there were.

We went to Brusters for pajama day with friends:

Rosie dressed up like an explorer:

I had to pick Jane up from school sick one day and when I was putting gas in the car, the gas station said they were giving away free coffee and hot chocolate, so Jane got a hot chocolate treat.