Ben was in the front row, but here was our view:
It was funny hearing so many recorders all at once. They played a bunch of songs, and I recorded some, but the camera was shaky, it was blurry and you could barely see Ben anyway. Plus, random people who did get seats kept deciding to randomly stand up here and there, too, making it even harder to see anything. Sam wandered up front to sit on the floor with some other kids, I should have given him the camera! Anyway, Ben did well, he had a duet part which he hadn't told us about beforehand, and also a speaking part! Cailin had fun playing around in the back with Owen, a boy from her preschool class.
She was doing a hilarious dance at one point, but by the time I got the camera on, she had mostly stopped and then noticed me watching. Oops.
(pinterest strikes again!) Everyone made sure to dress in green, and Sam and Cailin made sure Link had all green toys in front of him that morning.
I painted little shamrocks on Cailin's fingernails.
All decked out for preschool!
As usual, they all have to have a turn holding Lincoln. Chunky lil' leprechaun!
Fun times were had filing out valentines, making valentine boxes, and having class parties. 
Upon waking and finding the small gift we had given him for Valentine's Day, Sam promptly made this card and put it on our bed. 
And he left this sign in the hall.
Then there was the 100th day of school!
Sam filled out a "100" book at school. It said:
Sam is also very patriotic. He got up and rifled through his clothes looking for his fourth of july shirt. He left this display in the hall. (these are pencil holders they got from primary)
Sam was in charge of the treat for family home evening that night, and made flag cookies.
Don't they look so yummy with all that food color ink?! Hehehe.
Also on President's Day, Ben was determined to earn another app, so he was trying to find chores to do all day long. I had him do the dishes, and well...he mistook the Dawn for the Cascade. 
Later we added a snowbaby. The snow had started out as rain, so all the trees were encased in ice! It was also cool how the trunks were covered with ice, but with running water underneath.
We saw out the window during our lunch break some neighbor kids building a cool fort with snow cube maker-thingies. I slowly remembered that I had bought some on clearance at the end of last winter! Yippee! We got right to work as soon as our soaked snowclothes were finished in the dryer. 
The "igloo" when we were too tired and cold to go on.
Jason took this pic from the upstairs window--me taking the above picture!
After another round of drying clothes, they were back out for a little more fun before it got dark.
