As soon as we returned from our trip to Cincinnati it was Anna's 6th Birthday. We went to chuck e. cheese's to celebrate.
After we found out we would be moving to Ohio, the whole family took a trip to see the interesting things to do. We went house hunting as well as to the Cincinnati Zoo and King's Island, a theme park not too far from our house.
Anna was a spectator in the tire changing...I told her to get shoes and she grabbed some size 10 rubber clogs. 
Aletta and Anna searching for eggs. Notice that we cut Anna's hair again. 
Leah didn't want anyone to know that she still enjoys easter egg hunts.
Eggs creations the girls made.
More egg creations by the girls.
Anna lost her first tooth over Spring Break...last week of March. She worries if she can eat right with out it. Today's dentist appointment revealed she has more on the bottom that are loose. 
It was a sunny day and we went to the neighborhood park. Anna loves to swing, but she hasn't figured out how to do it herself. 
At this angle, the color is tolerable...she wanted to match her bedding. Just need to get around to purchasing her a bed frame and headboard.
Either too bright, too hot (on south side of the house), or "oh no" wrong color. 
Nathan was in charge of the top parts of the wall. Leah did the middle and Monika painted the bottom. The trouble we had was making sure we overlapped enough.
Anna had a money scramble/ fundraiser at school. Then the money that was collected by the kids was spent at the sweet shop run by the parents. The children had fun buying candy and learning about money at the same time. 
On this day, Anna had P.E. She doesn't always like it. They were participating in "Hoops for Hearts". The high school girls' basketball team came and helped out. Anna played at a couple of stations, like hula hoop, over and under relay and dribbling a ball. At home, we couldn't find the basketball, so she practiced with a soccer ball. 
We took 2 Saturdays to do the painting. Ours and Leah's were done first, then the other two rooms. They were the messiest to get ready. The girls were usually waiting for Mom and Dad to catch up. We painted the master first and then Leah's room, the one shown above. Leah and Rachel had fun putting everything in the middle of the room and taping. Aletta and Ann just wanted to hang out with their older sisters.
Anna and Aletta did help some, but just by adding their creative touches to the walls. Anna loved to make pictures. 
Here is Aletta with her fish creation. They ended up making a whole school of fish on that wall. 
We scraped off Nathan's car and "came " upon this nice chunk of ice. The night before it alternated between snow and ice. There was about an inch of ice on the car. 
Aletta enjoyed the snow, but would get cold quickly and was always the first to ask for hot chocolate. 
Nathan had to take of picture of Monika after sliding down the driveway. Rachel followed close behind.
Leah and Anna are ready to take off. We see smiles!
Rachel going down the "slope" again.
We made homemade facials and even Monika did too. All of the recipes used were found on the internet. They happen to be edible also.
Anna didn't want to put stuff on her face, so she had her nails done by Rachel. She did stir all 3 of the facials together in the end and even wanted to keep it in the fridge. Fyi, there are probably 30 different nail polish colors in the house. 
Of course, Leah chose the facial mask that had chocolate in it. Rachel chose the one with oatmeal and honey in it. 
Monika helped Aletta spread her banana based facial.
Sara decided on the chocolate facial as well.