May in a Nutshell

I feel like I didn't blog as much as I wanted to last month and now it's already June. I can't believe it. Leah is completing her last week of kindergarten and I can't believe how quickly the month of May flew by. When I was posting the camping blog and saw all the pictures that I had and didn't share I wanted to take a few minutes to put some pictures out from the last month. Enjoy!

At the begining of May, Noah had a birthday party at a skating rink. Leah loves skating and by the end was doing really well and picking up some speed.

Alissa tried skating out for the first time, but wasn't a big fan.

Caleb and Leah took each other down.

Caleb did better with Fisher Price Skates, but he wanted to try the regular ones first.

Alissa preferred the eating part.

Leah hasn't given up on playing beauty shop with Harvey. This time she colored his nose blue.

Alissa can't choose a binky, so she uses two.

We went to the circus as a family.

Before the circus started we went out to visit the animals.

The kids enjoyed the circus, but got tired out toward the end. Luckily the tigers were at the end and got their attention back.

We celebrated Leah's actually birthday by opening presents in the morning.

I picked Leah up from school and we went to dinner at Chucky Cheese.

We had cake and icecream after Chucky Cheese.

In May, we also made a trip to my Dad's farm. Caleb apparently loves all aspects of farming as you can see here.

A cat had kittens at the farm. As you can imagine Leah spent hours out in the barn. Alissa was excited about them too.

The kids were also excited to ride the tractor and cut hay with Papa before we left. Yes, all three are in there with him.

The weather has been so warm that we were able to get out the pool and slip and slide. The kids were funny with the slide since they only wanted to walk down it at first, but then Daddy started pushing them down and they loved it! Alissa ended up being the most daring.

Caleb was playing in his barn and I couldn't resist this picture.

Spring Break, I can't believe it's over

It's hard to believe that Spring Break flew by so quickly. I really enjoyed having all the kids home (I wasn't sure how it would go at first). It was so nice not having to worry about schedules, catching the bus, and all the other business. Leah did have some homework, but we really kept the week low key.

We started spring break with a weekend trip to Mammaw and Pappy's house. It was our first experience taking the dog with us on a visit. The dog did fine on the trip, but during our visit he was terrible. He had to spend most of the time on the leash or in the cage since he kept wanting to mark his territory. (We are getting him and Harvey fixed tomorrow so hopefully that helps some.) Dash did have a lot of fun playing with Oscar (Bill and Karen's dog). The visit was very nice (other than dog issues).

We started the week off slow and relaxing. On Wednesday Aunt Steph took Leah and Caleb to her house for a sleepover. They were so excited! They had such a good time. Then on Thursday we had a skating trip planned with one of Leah's school friends. This was the first skating trip that the kids had ever done. I was nervous about it, but luckily Rod had planned to take a half day and Alissa stayed with him, maybe Alissa will go next time. Both Leah and Caleb enjoyed skating at first. We first got the Fisher Price skates that they could easily get around in. Caleb pooped out on me quickly, but Leah could have skated even longer. She ended up getting the "fast" skates and she did surprisingly well with them. I was very proud of her. It was good quality time with Leah's friend Maddie and Caleb made up with her sister Maryn. Maryn and Caleb go to school together, but Caleb has always refused to even say hi. By the end of our outing Caleb and Maryn were teaming up on name calling against the older girls.

After skating we took a trip to Papa's house. We ended up having a couple of really beautiful days up there. They weather was great and the kids enjoyed the farm and playing outside. Leah spent a lot of time talking to the cows and Caleb wanted to spend his time on the tractors!

The weekend was spent going to a Easter egg hunt, birthday party, egg coloring, church, finding Easter baskets and Adam and Steph's for a yummy non-traditional Easter dinner. The week flew by, but it was very nice.


I hope you enjoy these pictures from our week.

Easter clothes, say cheese!

Exploring the Easter baskets!

Alissa didn't waste any time getting to the good stuff

Coloring Easter Eggs!

The Easter Egg Hunt at church on Saturday.

Skating Fun!