We have been waiting and waiting and today Alex is finally out of school for the summer! We have loved our last-day-of-school tradition of silly string and ice cream. I hate that it won’t be with the same awesome friends next year.
And just to be clear what happened today. Here’s an AM picture and a PM picture.
Last day of school.
(Compare to the first day of school.)
Last morning at the bus stop!
She just wanted to be with “Alla.”
Park play date with our Messiah friends.
Park play date with our Messiah friends.
Memorial Day with our Milwaukee favorites.
Memorial Day with our Milwaukee favorites.
Knowing our last holiday in this house is Memorial Day, we decided to invite our Milwaukee friends and hope for warm weather. (This year has been slow to warm up.) Thankfully the day was pretty – even if the water was too cold for me! Our friends spent the afternoon at the beach and the evening at our house. We were having so much fun I completely forgot about Kaitlyn’s nap, but she went ahead and took one on her own. Then she was back up and playing with her friends.
The fishing was awesome at our lake – the boys each caught 5 or so.
The fishing was awesome at our lake – the boys each caught 5 or so.
The fishing was awesome at our lake – the boys each caught 5 or so.
I looked out my kitchen window this morning and just stood in awe.
S’mores.
Aunt Emmy came to visit.
If you had told me I would ever let a child wear a costume (and the same one) day after day or out of the house, I would have said you were crazy. Yet Kaitlyn wears her Elsa dress pretty much every day and I even think it’s cute. Is my attitude reversal because she is a girl or a third child? Who knows, but we are going with it for now. It’s a heavy velour dress so I’m not sure what she is going to do when it gets really hot outside.
I had planned a beach morning for all of Teague’s best buddies from school. It should have been perfect – no big siblings, schools out. Instead it was overcast and cool – very cool. We made the best of it anyway and those crazy boys even ended up in the water.
Everybody pitched in to make breakfast this morning.
Everybody pitched in to make breakfast this morning.
Everybody pitched in to make breakfast this morning.
Obviously this is the most comfortable place and position they could find to play on the iPad.
Schools out for my youngest two so we spent the morning at the beach.
Schools out for these two so we spent the morning at the beach.
These two played a million games of Go Fish and Crazy Eights.
Last day of school.
(Compare to the first day of school.)
Last day of school.
(Compare to the first day of school.)
Teague’s school has a special graduation ceremony for just the Kindergarteners. There’s a performance, ceremony, and afterwards lunch and games. Gram flew in to help celebrate the big day and Wade made sure he was in town.
Outdoor Legos.
Poor Gram always gets picked to read the worst written books (over and over again).
Today Kaitlyn learned to shuck corn and that it needs to be cooked before eating.
Bus stop craziness.
When I was a little girl (maybe around 6 years old), I vividly remember spending an afternoon trying to throw rocks from our patio area to the roof. Unfortunately there happened to be a wall of windows beneath the roof and I inevitably missed the roof and hit the window. I knew I was in trouble and my parents made me pay $6 to have it fixed (of course it took me years to realize the actual cost was more like several hundred).
Today Alex was outside playing and evidently trying to throw rocks onto the roof. I heard the sound of glass breaking and came running. I couldn’t even be mad. (We also made him pay and a little more than the $6 I had to pay.)
The boys want to be with Wade always. When Wade decided to eat outside on this slightly chilly day, the boys insisted on eating outside too.
Sneaky nap – perfect for a Sunday.
(Except that I usually nap in this chair and now need a new spot.)
Kaitlyn wants to help with everything I do.
It turns out I really love Keen sandals for my kids.
Both boys always end their day with books in bed.
My sidekick.
Yesterday we were in bathing suits and today we are back in long pants and jackets.
Knowing this is our last summer at this beach (sniff, sniff) we are trying to make the most of it.
Ring around the Rosies – a new favorite for Kaitlyn.
Just hanging out in the backyard.
We had an usually warm day when the girls weren’t in school. I arranged a beach playdate and the girls had a blast.
I love that our backyard is full of frogs.
Recess at school.
Little girl playdates are the best.
Teague’s class has been having an ABC countdown to the last day of school. Today was Wacky Sock Day.
Evidently Leah didn’t get the memo about the bus stop dress code about wearing red.
I was driving along today when the sweetest voice pipes up from my backseat and says, “Momma, am I your best friend?”
Our church had the cutest photo booth set up for Mother’s Day.
