April was a busy month for us. Grandma and Grandpa Sturm came out to visit for two weeks. Danica had a blast playing with them. She even got to take Grandma to preschool with her for a day. Very handy that her sharing day coincided with their visit. One of the things that we did while they were here was drive east through the mountains for a little ways. I had not taken them in that direction before so it was all new scenery for them. It was pretty nice when we left Salem but in about an hour and a half we were driving through some pretty good snow! We had to stop and get out to enjoy it!
Danica absolutely loves snow. Most likely because it is pretty rare here. I'm sure if it was cold and snowed all the time she wouldn't like it any more.
Throwing snowballs with Grandma.
You can kinda see the snow falling in the background. She was so excited by the snow she wouldn't stand still for a picture.
They left Minnesota in April definitely not expecting to see snow in Oregon!
We also spent some time at the beach. It is a requirement when they are here. Not even kidding about that. My dad is happy as a clam at the coast. Danica spent quite a bit of time sticking sticks in the sand. Any stick she found she would try to stand it up in the sand. Most of time pretty successful at it too.
I swear this rock was not staged. It looked like that when we found it. So cool. And much less creepy once it was out of the sand. But still cool.
She loves the beach! But hates the wind. So definitely a love/hate relationship with the Oregon coast for her.
Daddy showing her how to skip rocks. She though he was very cool for being so good at it.
Danica also took a music class during the winter and spring. One of Jason's coworkers is a music therapist and started doing a kids music class in her home during the evenings. It was really nice to be able to do that with Danica since so many of those types of classes are during the day while we are working.
Danica really enjoyed the classes. She loved the story time and playing the instruments. And dancing around too of course!
The drums were always a big hit with the kids. She doesn't go to the classes anymore since this summer. She was the oldest in the class and was getting beyond it. Maybe in the next year or so she will get to start piano lessons. We'll see.
I took my folks out to the tulip farm here. I love going out there. It is just so beautiful. Fields of colors as far as you can see.
I have a picture of Danica sitting in these shoes when she was a baby! I was so happy to see that they still had them there and that I found them.
It was very hard for her to not touch the flowers. When she sees a flower she is compelled to pick it. Not a problem when it is a weed...problem when it is someone else's yard or there are signs saying "do not pick the flowers!"
She also got a two wheeler bike from Grandma and Grandpa. I had been waiting until they got here for this because as much as she wanted one we could not get her to sit on one in the store without her freaking out thinking that she was going to fall over. However...since it was special from Grandpa and Grandpa she was willing to give it a try. (after a little freak out in Walmart--but hey it's Walmart, I know she wasn't the most annoying person there by far!)
Her first time on the bike inside the house. It is now only ridden outside but for the most part she only rode her trike inside. It's Oregon, it rains all the time. And she could steer that thing like nobody's business. 
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