More random photos--Mike's book, science, Eli's birthday, Easter
Mike finished his first book. He sent it off to people for reactions before doing any editing and in hindsight, that was probably a mistake. He sent out 10 hard copies and a bunch of electronic copies to people who offered to read his book. Sadly, he has gotten almost no responses. The truth is, it's a long book and has a lot of typos and hasn't been edited down so people may just have a hard time getting through something so long. I really enjoyed the book and I'm so proud of him but I think it has been disappointing for him to not have responses. It makes him feel like his book isn't that good. Thankfully, Mike is so positive and has such a growth mindset and doesn't let set backs stop him. He is working hard to edit the book and working on his second book. I love the way he works to develop his talents.
Eli turned 10 in April. He wanted a bow an arrows for his birthday. I love Eli's imagination. I love that he still plays outside and pretends. He really is so much fun.
The two younger boys did a lot of science experiments this year. One involved making cabbage juice, which smelled so nasty but was so beautiful when completed.
Sadly, I feel like Easter kind of ended up as a side thought this year. We participated in a few egg hunts, did some last-minute egg dying and listened to conference. We also had a nice dinner and it was fun to watch Felicity look for eggs this year.
Eli is such a good big brother. He made Piper a cute house out of cardboard, even including a window box with flowers
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