My Swimmer

Katie and Claire swam for the winter team again at the Y.  I love getting to see both girls swim!  They were so cute getting their trophies :-)

My Kindergarten Guy

Look who's registered for Kindergarten!!  Woo Hoo!!  So exciting, but I tried not to build it up too much - he's still got quite a few months left at preschool!  I just can't believe he's almost to K.

My sweet boy's school pictures.  And yes, Mommy dressed him in the exact same shirt as his fall pictures.  OOPS.

Not long after Katie's art show, it was Fielder's turn.  He was counting down the days!  I couldn't get him to pose nicely or smile at the camera for the life of me.  But here he is making a pretty good impression of this skeleton artwork.

 I loved the titles of the pictures that he came up with.  This one is "A bucket that launches suns."

His turtle he drew in the beginning of the year and then again at the end.  That turtle has quite a tail!

After viewing the art, they had a book fair upstairs and cookies.  Fielder has been asking for months for a necklace with a shark tooth and as soon as we get to the book fair, what do we see?  A book that comes with a shark tooth necklace!  SOLD!  He didn't care one bit about the book, but was SO excited for the necklace.  The thrill has worn off by now, but he sure was a happy boy.  (And we did read the book, it's pretty lame.)

The Greatest Show on Earth

We had never taken the kids to the circus before and since this was the last time around for Barnum and Bailey, we decided to surprise the kids with tickets.  They were very excited and we talked quite a bit about being able to buy 1 thing - a treat or a souvenir, but only 1 thing each.  The minute we walked in the door, it was all they could think about so we immediately bought snow cones in special cups - and Rob and I prayed that Fielder wouldn't drop his on the floor!!  I don't even want to remember how much those lovely souvenir cups cost (as they sit in the cabinet in the same spot they've been since we got home.)

 I would say it was a fun experience, but not one that I feel the need to do again.  Which I guess is fine since they're never actually doing it again.  Although I'm sure someone will come up with the "newest greatest show on earth" one of these days.

As we were leaving, we were so surprised to run into several people we knew - including Katie and Jenna!!  And look at Jenna's face painting - so cute!!

Katie the Artist

 Katie had her artwork chosen to be part of a special art show downtown and we were so excited to  go see it and celebrate with her.  It made me super-proud when she called to tell me the news and invite me to come see her art!!  I'm so proud of all my nieces and I love to be a part of things like this....have I mentioned before how happy I am to have Katie and Jenna in the same city as us?!  ;-)

I love Katie's expression :-)

Fielder didn't want his picture taken, he was too busy crying and pouting.  He had been looking forward to going to Katie's art show SO MUCH and we had been talking about it all week.  He knew there would probably be treats....and we waited in line to get cookies, however by the time he got to the table they had just ran out of punch.  And he lost it.  He cried the rest of the time and just couldn't pull it together.

Mommy's Birthday (#38!)

#38, YIKES, I'm getting close to 40!!  Rob and kids made a great effort to make my birthday fun, despite it being on a work day (and Fielder crying because he didn't get something for himself at the store.)  And of course, what's a birthday for me without CAKE POPS?!  Ever since Rob started this tradition, it cant' be any old cake pops, it MUST be Pearl's!

Jenna's big #3!

Jenna is 3!  This was her most special birthday (to me) because it's the first one that we were finally able to be with her to celebrate!!  We are so lucky to have them back in town.  Kids were super excited to celebrate with Jenna - and since we aren't CM members anymore, it was extra fun to go play there!

 Jenna perched up on the table while the kids sang to her :-)  She is absolutely the cutest kid on earth.

She loves Peppa Pig so that was the theme of most of her gifts!

Happy Birthday Jenna, we love you so much!

After one party down, Claire had a 2nd to go to - a slumber party at her friend Norah's house!  (Her first sleepover!!)  I was a nervous mama and kept my phone next to me the whole night.  She had a blast, but came home SUPER tired.  They claim they stayed up until 5am and judging from her zombie-ness the next day, I believe her.

PJ's and Pancakes

Ah yes, I've done it again.  It's June 4....so let's talk about PJs and Pancakes from February!! Whoopsie.  Time to catch up again!!

Fielder's school does a great job of activities for the community and church members.  We've been to many of the parties - kids favorite was dinner and movie night - and in February they had a PJs and pancakes morning.  I can't remember why Rob didn't go, he was probably working.  The kids loved it and thought it was so funny for us all to be wearing our pajamas.