Her favorite activity – “cut”
Month: May 2016
School year activities are starting to end. Running club ends with the Wacky Sock Run. Alex has been talking about this for weeks. I thought it sounded like fun and was a great first run for him to try. Everyone had the option of running a 3k or half of that. The problem is we woke up to a freezing (literally not quite 32 degrees) morning. We bundled everyone up and headed to school. The turnout was a lot less than years past (or so I hear), but we actually had a good time. Alex and I ran while Wade, Teague, and Kaitlyn cheered us on. Then there were snacks and door prizes.
Today was the playground dedication at Teague’s preschool. We went as a way to get out of the house and because it was only 5 minutes away. It was a miserable day for the ceremony. Spitting rain. Barely 50 degrees and windy. Brrr.
Wacky Sock Run 2016
(Brrr!)
Wade cut down a tree in our backyard a few weeks ago and the larger branches have just been sitting in our driveway. Today Wade rented a large chipper and made wood chips for the kids’ Spy Club. Obviously we had to move lunch outside to watch the show.
Alex is so anxious to finish the last book in the How To Train Your Dragon series.
Hanging out in Dad’s shop.
A group of Moms in Alex’s class at school started a book club. I had a great night out and loved meeting some new faces. We discussed Dog Stars and the hostess sent us home with a goody bag. How cute is that?
Alex was so excited to participate in Running Club before school this spring. I stayed today to take a few pictures. It was quite the picture with all the kids dressed for pajama day.
The countdown to the end of school has begun. Crazy hair day.
She always helps carry the groceries and gets mad that I won’t let her carry the milk. Today I let her try to carry a gallon and she made it all the way to the backdoor.
Alex loves to swim. He tried out for the swim team (at his swim teacher’s recommendation). He has a little more work to do before he is ready for that, but maybe we found a sport for Alex.
World’s best big brother right there.
Wade called me yesterday to ask me if I had used his amazon account to order some baseball stuff. I said no but asked what kind of stuff. It was baseball socks. He cancelled the order, but ended up having to cancel five more orders for socks. Today I walked into the kitchen to find Teague ordering “socks” from our Amazon Echo. Thank you funny TV commercials.
This boy has a huge personality.
I went to check the laundry and returned to find Teague cutting up his grilled cheese so Kaitlyn could have a bite.
(The funny part here is I never cut her’s up in bite size pieces.)
Napping.
Alex had to do a report on an animal and chose the walrus. Tonight he brought it home and presented it to all of us. We were quite impressed.
I took Kaitlyn up for her nap and returned to find these two.
Deep concentration.
I don’t remember when Kaitlyn first learned her body parts, but she loves to point them out. She has even made them part of her bedtime routine and wants to show you eyes, nose, head, mouth, and teeth before you turn out the light.
This is how Sundays should always look.
Happy Mother’s Day
To make the weekend even more special I got to spend Mother’s Day with my Mother. Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms.
The most excited race crew around.
(To be clear – this was at the beginning of the races.)
She can’t fathom that this car isn’t made for her and doesn’t understand why she does’t fit. Showing her how well a doll fits inside has done nothing to change her mind.
We quickly changed out of our party clothes, put Kaitlyn down for her nap, and rushed to the races.
We made the drive to Paducah yesterday for a birthday party and a drag race. It worked out perfectly that my niece is celebrating her third birthday this morning and my dad has a drag race this evening (see next post). It is going to be one packed weekend!
Mackenzie wanted a Princess Sophia birthday and my sister delivered!
Gram and her five.
One of their happy places at Gram’s house.
Teague fell asleep literally watching the clock and waiting for Leah to come play. She showed up about 5 minutes after he zonked out.
Sunbathers.
Spring weather always amazes me. The kids were dressed in long sleeves and pants in the morning for school.
By the time Alex got home from school they were begging me for swim suits.
Notice anything? He’s missing his glasses. Alex has now broken 5 pairs of glasses since October (I think….) We are waiting on pair number 6.
Teague went 6 weeks without sucking his thumb and chose this Lego as his prize. Yay Teague!
Good big brothers sit for makeovers from their 1 year old sister.
Teague is still taking swim lessons with Leah one day a week. We started with semi-private lessons. Then we added in two of her friends for a session. Then we added in two of Teague’s friends for a session. Their teacher is awesome. Teague went from a boy who liked to be in the water to a boy who likes to swim and will voluntarily put his face in the water. (I wasn’t sure this would ever happen and that he might only learn to tolerate it.) He’s come such a long way and I can’t wait to see his swimming develop now!
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Teague requested edamame for lunch. Then he ate every single one before I could ask for a bite.
Book lover.
When you are having too much fun with your friends you might as well bring them home. Teague had some of his buddies over for lunch and fun. The boys loved playing outside and enjoying this awesome weather.
Alex was so proud of putting on his soccer socks by himself. I was proud too until I realized he hadn’t put on shinguards – the part that makes soccer socks hard..
When he first saw a nanny’s pet snake at soccer practice he wouldn’t go near it. By the end of practice he was holding it.
(Kaitlyn was one of the first to pet it.)
She’ll take a ride with just any boy…
Part of my morning routine has always included unloading the dishwasher as the kids are deciding what they want for breakfast. Lately Kaitlyn has offered her services in the unloading and is surprisingly helpful. She knows where most items go in the kitchen (she is most observant) and loves to hand me the items from the top rack that she can’t reach in the upper cabinets.
These guys are getting tired of the technical difficulties that come before skyping with Granny and Pop.
This girl will stack any and everything.