Kitty Love

Alexandra can never get enough of "her little kitten."  Little maybe, kitten, not so much.  Jerry is 20 years old!  I guess he still acts like a kitten or maybe it's Alexandra that's keeping him young!

Thankfully he doesn't seem to mind all the attention. 

Even though at times it seems a little more like a squeeze than a cuddle.

The Art Barn

  We ventured out to The Art Barn to enjoy some art, farm animals and fun with our friends!        The whole crew! (minus lucas, he was busy playing with the ducks) 

Sophia was "in charge" of Maggie!  She took her job very seriously, not only showing her every animal on the farm but also made sure she stayed safe and happy! 

I think he could have moved in!  Lucas loved playing with the decoy ducks! 

Splash Quack Splash Quack!

Lucas and Maggie stayed very focused as they worked on their pig paintings : )

Alexandra was determined to build a fire.  She gathered all her sticks and set them up, she just couldn't figure out how to get them to burn :) 

A hand full of chicks hatched right before we got to the farm.  Little hands made the prefect nests as, Farmer Sue passed this little one around for everyone to hold.  It was so cute!

Alexandra and Macy were hard at work "fixing the lops' pen"

Thanks Farmer Sue!  We had a FARMTASTIC time!

Snug As A Bug

Yippie! It's summer!  As you can see we're all looking forward to summer and lots of long lazy days! 

1st Graduation

 It's hard to believe Sophia will be in Kindergarten next year!  My has she grown up!  Four years at her beloved "yellow school" and now with her diploma in hand she's off to her "big girl school."   

Though she says she's sad to leave her yellow school behind, you can also see how proud and happy she is to be going to a"big school" .... especially now that she knows she will be coming home every night.  For several months, she had been under the impression Kindergarten was like College.  She would "go away and sleep at school" and come home periodically to visit.  With so many cousins graduating from HS and College, I guess she thought it was her turn. After a few clarifying conversations, she was put at ease and now Kindergarten gets a big happy smile.

 

Lucas took his job very seriously.  After the ceremony and performance, he presented Sophia with some beautiful purple Lilacs. 

We all shared in the excitement but Alexandra was so excited you would have thought she was the one graduating!

You did it!  We love you and are so very proud of you!  Can't wait to see what else you accomplish!

Love BUGS

 

Paula and I had signed up to coordinate Sophia and Jack's End Of The Year class picnic.  Rather than sticking to the tradition beach theme, we decided on bugs.  It was the perfect event to kick off the summer and help celebrate our little love bugs graduating from preschool. 

We had lots of tasty bug food on the menu!  From spider sandwiches, to ants on a log and caterpillar and butterfly shaped fruit kabobs, and bug juice, our little bugs had plenty to munch on! Oh, and how can I forget the worms in dirt for dessert!    

The party consisted of 3 main activities.  The "Bug Hunt" started off with each child decorating their own bug catcher.  Once this was done they each headed over to look for plastic bugs hiding in the  grassy lawn.

 Our second activity was called "Bug Spray".  After assembling their own bug antennas, they got to spray each other with bug spray.  I'm sure you can imagine this was a huge hit! 

Our final activity was the "Bug Toss".   They loved tossing giant bugs on floating frisbee's.  But the best part was missing and getting splashed : )  

By the end of the picnic we had quite a few wet bugs and lots of smiling faces ready to buzz on home for a nice afternoon nap!

Jump Start

Alexandra and Lucas (along with all their classmates) finished first place today during their Jump Start gymnastics routine.  They both received, well earned metals for their accomplishments and were super excited to show them off to anyone that would stop to take a look : )

Tada! My little gymnast aka ballerina!  

Since Sophia takes ballet, of course Alexandra wants to be in ballet.  However, I could not find a class for her age that would fit into our schedule.  The solution: wear ballet clothes to gymnastics and everyone is happy!    

 Alexandra and Ansley happily posing with their metals!

Lucas was so proud if his metal too!  And he really earned it! This little busy body finally got the hang of the routine and actually looked forward to participating in the obstacle courses.  The first several months were more of a mommy workout than a gym class for Lucas, but in the end it was all worth it ... isn't always?!?!

License To Drive

At the rate he's going this little racer will be ready to drive at the age of 6 not 16.