May 2014

May came and went like a spring breeze.  We spent the first three weeks of it preparing for the end of school.  May 7 was Jack's Grandparents Day celebration at school celebrating our wonderful grandparents.  Papa and Gigi were able to attend and see 4 of their 7 grandkids sing songs and perform for the special (aka "old") people in our lives.

Mother's Day found myself, Kimberly and my mom at lunch by ourselves!  We love doing that.  We then went to see Mom's Night Out.  It was cute and very nice to relax.

Jack's last day was May 20 and he is no longer a kindergartner!  We now have a FIRST GRADER!  I am slowly seeing him turn into a kid with more maturity.  He will be 7 in less than three months!

Kate graduated from VPK.  Our bright-eyed 4 year old will repeat K4 at her new school next year since she would be so young in her grade.  But, we did celebrate how much she has grown and changed this year.  Gramma and Gigi were able to make the graduation this year.  I think we have a family picture on someone else's camera.  Kate's last week of school was also filled with fun days of water play, pony rides, bounce houses, birthdays and ice cream!  Anytime they want me to graduate from VPK, let me know and I will be there.  

Our Graduate with her teacher, Ms. Cindy.  When asked what she wanted to be when she grows up, she said a teacher.  Makes my heart melt!

The end of May brought some beginning of summer swimming and two special ladies birthdays, Reese and my mom.  We celebrated with both respectively.  Reese wanted cake and mom wanted Momos pizza - the best!

We are now in June with summer and VBS in full swing.  See you this summer....

Here and There

Last weekend, Craig had a crazy idea to go to the beach!  For him, that is crazy.   After T-Ball, we headed down to the coast for a relaxing day on the sand.  The weather was perfect, the kids had a blast and we even saw a pod of dolphins.  This was the first time ever, just the 4 of us have been to the beach.  We've gone before with family, but never just us.  The second picture (if you can see) captures the feeling of the water on Craig's face - COLD!  The kids didn't seem to mind.  After the beach, we headed to a local seafood restaurant and hit Sonic on the way home for milkshakes!  I love these times with my family.

This girl is so funny!  

 Notice anything under Kate's bed???

 Umbrella Day at School

Here we come MAY!!!

Easter

April seems to have flown by!  We've been doing a few things enjoying the spring weather and we celebrated Easter.  Who doesn't love Easter?  We get to celebrate the resurrection of our living God and eat all the Easter candy we want!  The day before Easter, we went to our friends house to dye some eggs and hang out.  As you can see from Kate's face, it is a very delicate science.

Sunday morning was the usual photo shoot and Easter baskets.  Last year we did resurrection rolls, but Sundays are hard to do big breakfasts, so we opted for a Saturday morning of bacon and biscuits.  

After church, we went to my parents to eat lunch, hang out and hunt some eggs.  We waited for Brooks to get up from his nap.  This year each kid had a certain egg color to look for and we hid the eggs based on their age.  Brooks was non-discriminate and picked up about 4 eggs, sat down and age the candy immediately.

Sweet Spring

The weather is warming up and we are excited.  I am not too excited about our massive amounts of pollen, but Allegra generally saves the day for me.

A new park opened here in town and we met Craig for a fun lunch date one afternoon.  That is the beauty of homeschooling.  Kate gets out at 1 and Jack doesn't have traditional school on Thursday and Friday, so we can do things like meet Daddy for fun things.  It was such a warm day that we also let the kids play in the new splash pad area.

Spring has also brought T-Ball for Jack.  He had his first official game on Saturday (look for red cleats).   He seemed to enjoy it.  However, unbeknownst to us, he began suffering from the flu since Friday afternoon.  So, needless to say, he has been down and out for about 5 days.  He seems to be getting better, but we are ready to be out of containment.

Spring Break 2014!

We got all kinds of crazy on Spring Break this year!  Actually, we didn't, but we had a few fun days and a few chill days which was pretty great.  Wednesday, we headed to the Flint Riverquarium and the Chehaw Wildlife Park.  The riverquarium was small, but actually pretty interesting and the kids seemed to really enjoy it. My mom and I took Jack, Kate and the triplets.

After an amazing BBQ lunch, we went to Chewah Park.  It is camping area with a large playground area and then a wildlife park.  They had a variety of animals like a rhino, camel, farm animals, snakes, eagles, emu, kangaroo, alligators and wolves.  We literally were 1 of two families at the park.  And, we only saw 1 zookeeper.  It was pretty weird being there alone, but nice at the same time because we could run around.  It really was a fantastic day with beautiful weather, no schedules and happy kids.  What a blessing?!

Our final Spring Break day was Friday and we went to the BEACH!  We were so glad it was a little bit warm that day since we have had some cold days here.  Again, another relaxing, blessed day with the Fab Five.