April is traditionally a big bright month in our life, with the birthday of my eldest, who turned four this year. We celebrated her with a scavenger hunt, an outdoor movie, some sweatin' to the oldies with Richard Simmons, 100 cascarones, and a stunning woodland fairy birthday cake that must have weighed 60 pounds.

We swam or splashed in at least 10 bodies of water -- the perfect opening to a long Austin summer. We two-stepped, painted, slathered our bodies in colored shaving cream, celebrated Passover with family, hiked and camped. In other words, it was a sublime spring month.

This 365 project attempts to capture a little slice of each day of 2017. Babies don't keep, after all, and the months just keep rolling by.