memorial day weekend

on sunday the weather was so nice we decided it was time to pull out the blow up pool. the kids had a blast playing in the little pool with bodhi. they loved it. it was really nice to have to sit outside with them and watch.

we had a busy weekend with lots of house guests starting on friday. by monday afternoon everyone had gone home and it was just our little family. we blew up the big pool so mason could spread out while swimming. it was fun. miles and i started planning our next big project. a tree house. yes. we have lots of plans for this summer. it is almost here. i can't wait.

flag ceremony

the whole family woke up super early to go to mason's school. they were having the kindergarten classes sing songs at the flag ceremony. it was so cute. they all wore paper top hats and sang yankee doodle boy and you're a grand old flag. they did a great job and mason was super excited to see us there.

open house

we got to visit mason's kindergarten class today for open house. it was so cute. i love all the artwork and crafts that they do. everything is just so sweet. mason was so proud showing us all his work hanging up around the class. he is such a sweet kid. they had a whole farming theme with lots of artwork about growing things and farms. they planted carrot seeds.

i really love mason being in kindergarten. i am getting sad thinking of him moving on to first grade. he will be in school for a longer day. two hours longer and i will miss him. i really like his teacher. she was cute and told me she will really miss having mason in her class. she said she will have to pick dahlia for her class when she goes to kindergarten. that would be great. i enrolled dahlia in preschool for next year so we have a year to wait before she can be in kindergarten. she missed the cutoff date by 22 days. that is fine with me. i am not in a hurry for these kids to grow up. they can just stay little.

pirate ship

mason made this cool pirate ship from legos today. i was so impressed i just had to take a photo before he wrecked it. he is just so clever with his creations. i loved the little details like the guy getting ready to walk the plank, the cannon barrels stacked up, and the sail and flag he made out of paper. nice job mason!

school fair

yay. the school fair. we had so much fun this year at zena's school fair. the kids were super excited to go. it was perfect. there were not too many people there and the weather was just right. mason and dahlia loved the inflated obstacle course and of course eating lots of cotton candy.

connor is still really too young to enjoy the fair. he was getting cranky so i left mason and dahlia with my mom and christina and took him over to the playground. he had a blast playing on the slides. he was so cute. i like that he is at an age where he can go on the slides by himself. jen and kira joined us at the playground.

the only downfall of the day was that mason and dahlia had too much sugar. they had cotton candy and a snow cone. mason was so hyper that he would not stop talking the whole drive home. he had a really hard time falling asleep. he was still awake when we got home and i could hear miles in the bedroom with him saying "mason stop talking, mason stop talking, mason stop talking." it was kind of funny.

mothers day

i decided to have a little mothers day party at my house this year. mothers day is always tricky because the mom's don't want to do any work but we still want to get together to celebrate. we used to go to a restaurant but with so many little kids it doesn't really work out very well for us anymore. so this year i thought i would host something so we could have a nice lunch together. i thought i could keep it simple. i really don't know what i was thinking. i always forget just how much work it is to have a party.

miles and i invited our moms and all my brothers and sisters. it was nice to have a family get together. we served grilled chicken and shrimp, panzanella salad, corn on the cob, and autumn rice. christina made a yummy trifle for dessert. all the food was delicious.

we had a pinata for the kids that i filled with necklaces, whistles, kazoos, toy coins, and a little candy. they had so much fun trying to knock it down. the kids also set up a lemonade stand. their aunt susie made cookies that they sold with lemonade for a quarter. it was very sweet.

the party turned out very nice. my kids were crazy cute and made me homemade cards and little paper houses. i just adore them. i hope all the moms were feeling loved on mothers day.

sand box

we finally put some sand in our sand box. we had filled it up for mason's fifth birthday party and after a year it was a disgusting mess so i cleaned it out and it has been empty for at least six months. i was super excited about filling it up again. summer is coming and the kids love to play in the sand. miles doesn't like all the sand that ends up in the house but i say who cares. they are only young once. i like that they are happy to play in a sand box. why would we deny them that joy because of a little mess? besides, miles doesn't clean up around here anyway so i don't really know why he would be complaining.

he was a good sport though and took the kids with him to the hardware store to buy the sand. the kids had a great time helping him put the sand in the box. as soon as he poured it they jumped in and started building sand castles. i am excited about summer. we are going have so much fun here.