Month: May 2016

Oh this dog loves us. (and tolerates so much.)

We spent the day in Milwaukee with friends. We ate, we laughed, we played. It was a perfect Memorial Day.

I convinced everyone to get together for a group shot this year!

Today’s family activity was bowling. The boys loved it and Kaitlyn was fascinated. It actually makes me miss my one year on a bowling league while I worked at the Patent Office in DC. (Those were the days….)

To really get summer going, we convinced Wade to join us at the beach. The boys loved having him and Kaitlyn got her first ride in the boat.

I’m going to go ahead and call this a parenting win simply because she isn’t using her hands to eat it straight out of the big bowl. Bonus points that she is using the serving spoon to try to fill her own bowl.

Alex’s last day of school was today. We did pictures in the morning and then Maria had some awesome after school traditions we joined in. Evidently the kids are met at the bus stop by Moms and siblings with silly string! Everyone knew was what coming except for Alex. He actually took it pretty well and I thought it was an excellent idea.

Then we headed up to Maria’s back deck for ice cream and water balloons. The kids had a wonderful last day of school and I am officially ready for summer!

To wrap up Alex’s school year here is a first day and last day comparison:

Today Teague had his last day of school in preK. We decided to celebrate big. There were lots of pictures (of course) and the school provided popsicles. Then Mary and I loaded up the kids for lunch at Lindy’s Landing. (A place where we can eat outside and the kids can play in the sand. Best idea ever!)

Then we had a crazy evening of a babysitter not showing up, a rush to dinner with Kaitlyn in tow, and off to Teague’s preschool graduation. As you can see from the pictures, he handles being in the spotlight quite well.

To wrap up the school year here is a first day and last day comparison:

The countdown to the end of school continues. Want to guess what today was at Teague’s school?

We always seem to have some extra time in the mornings and usually spend the extra minutes outside at the bus stop. Some days Alex is a little to wild and crazy so today I convinced him to bring a book. Kaitlyn also realized the boys both have her favorite find of clip to fasten (the chest clip on all backpacks) on their backpacks. They were kind enough to let her clip it over and over and would undo theirs while she went to clip the other boy’s.

Kaitlyn still has only a few words. Her only animal sound is “quack” and she loves to show it off. That might be why this duck is one of her favorite toys. She loves to walk it around the house saying, “Quack. Quack.”

These two were determined to play in the water. I think they were rushing warm weather a little, but it was fun to take their pictures.

I opened my freezer to find….

The craziness of a life with boys.

This one has a personality all her own. I predict the next few years are going to be filled with many, many battles but lots of laughs.

– The hat was all her own idea, but definitely cute enough to leave.

Today was blue day at Teague’s school and he didn’t just want to wear blue. He really, really wanted blue hair. I had tried to find blue hair chalk or temporary blue hair dye online but found nothing. I tried to prep him that his dark hair might make blue hair hard. The night before I sent Wade to Walgreens for blue hairspray (remembering when we used some on Madison – see here). Amazingly, it worked! Teague was so happy.

This picture always makes me do a slight double take. Backwards day at school today – part of the countdown to the end of the year.

These little explorers spent all afternoon exploring the woods.