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On the first day of Spring, Rita's gives away free Italian Ice. So, we all headed to Rita's to partake. When we got there, the line was hundreds of people long. So, we bailed and headed to Meadows instead.

Molly got Italian Ice, while the other 3 of us got frozen custard. Molly liked her lemon ice, but she didn't want to miss out on the custard.

Don't miss a drop…from the spoon or the chin.

Must.get.the.last.little.bit.

Amidst the fun of the birthday celebration weekend, Molly also sang a couple songs in church with her choir with a little accompaniment from me on the first song.

We celebrated Molly's birthday Saturday (though her actual birthday is not until later this week. It was a princess party, and everyone came dressed as a princess (except for the two boys who were the knights). Happy Birthday Molly!

Just a little tickling on the couch. In case you can't understand it, the second magic words are "bippity boppity boo" (though the first set are funnier).

Molly's preschool held a Family Fun Night for everyone, which included this African drummer. At one point, he pulled out this drum to drum a child's name. Since Molly had been so engaged, he asked her what her name was. I didn't get video of him asking her name, but this starts right after he asked, as he attempts to say her name with the drum to the standard of Molly's satisfaction.

Leah's new favorite thing to do at the end of her bath is to pour water over her face.

Craft Hope collects handmade goods from around the world for people who need a little HOPE. Their latest project has been to collect beanies and bags for kids fighting cancer. So, two friends and I pulled our efforts and contributed six fun fleece hats for the cause. Thanks Josie and Lisa!

Just a little taste of a normal evening before bed in our house. Lots of dancing, lots of silliness.

Chad headed to gymnastics with Molly this week for the first time in a while, so he got to see lots of new stuff. Here she is doing shoulder touches in which she continually switches arms holding herself up and touching her opposite shoulder.

Here she's suspending herself above the pommel horse while a coach tries to get her to lift her leg even higher.

Flip-flip.

This was an interesting station. Molly would hang from the bar and lift her knees. Then her partner would set the block on her knees. She then has to hang there, holding her knees up to prevent the block from falling. She only lasts 5-10 seconds, but it was still impressive.

On Monday, I hosted my second Drop In & Decorate party. The idea is simple: decorate sugar cookies, then donate them to a local non-profit agency.

My sous-chefs helped me prep our sugar cookies. I had 5 other moms baking for me and in total we had 18 dozen cookies to decorate!

The moms and kids were invited to drop in during the day and decorate for as long as they liked.

Molly enjoyed using a rainbow of colors on all her cookies.

Leah and I worked together to decorate.

Adding sprinkles was a must. And even now that I have swept the floors three times, those sprinkles keep showing up!

It was fun to watch and see what each of the kids created.

Even the moms got into the decorating spirit.

Lots of giggles and laughter came from this table!

The kids were allowed to eat one cookie after they finished decorating. Apparently, the full plate of sprinkles were part of the deal too.

Here's a sample of the decorated cookies.

In the end, thirty moms and kids decorated approximately 200 cookies to donate to Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center.

Thank you to all of my cookie volunteers for making our party such a huge success!