Last night Nut Brown and D were silly in the living room ripping off their favorite YouTube comedian. It was so fun to see them having so much fun together. D is going to miss Nut Brown when he leaves on his mission.
A couple nights ago I was on the couch listening to Rosebud practice the viola. She's been complaining about being bored during lessons because she's already learned the recital pieces. That night she muttered to herself, "I'm not going to constrained by the teacher's assignment" and she turned the page and started a new piece. Happy to see her choosing to stretch and grow.
Later she sat down next to me to tell me about her day. She said, "Recess was not good today because my friends and I started a game but then it went awry" (she pronounced it "aurry") I love how big her vocabulary is. She's never shy about asking us for a definition of a word that she doesn't know.
This afternoon we went to her steel drum concert. The music teacher started a steel drum group that meets before school, and she came home right away and asked if she could join it. She plays a rhythm set of three drums called a "guitar". The group played together very nicely. It was a pleasure to listen to them. Plus the teacher invited us all to try out the drums afterward, which was also very fun!
Rosebud is finished a cross-stitch pattern that Rose Pink started years ago. It's a little owl. Rose Pink decided the owl should be orange instead of the green in the pattern. Rosebud finished the orange part, and chose a different color for the branch it's sitting on and has decided to put stripes on its stomach instead of the hearts in the pattern.
First cookout of the season
Rosebud asked for Easter activities this year. Sometimes she gets shorted on traditions for children because she's the youngest. So we dyed eggs (and ate egg sandwiches) and had an Easter egg hunt. 
