End of year celebrations

The last week of school was field day.  M came to help over her lunch break and watched us play a few games and have our Popsicle break--although it was such a cold, windy day.

Mrs. Walker's kindergarten class enjoying treats.

Toilet tag--a game we played frequently in gym class.  Notice that in order to be unfrozen, someone has to "flush" you and you have to turn around twice before running off again!

C's celebration for year end!

She wants to be a princess when she grows up.  M didn't get it on camera, but the first boy to answer (after 4 girls all saying princess) also decided he wanted to be a princess!!  After much laughter from the audience (ie. parents) he decided he wanted to be a truck driver and a princess!

Swimming lessons at the Y

As part of the preschool curriculum at the Y, swimming lessons are given once a week.  The last day of lessons, parents were invited to watch.

Look at C go!

 

Mother's day

We spent a very simple Mother's Day. After church we went to visit G.  

Then while D grilled steak, M went on a last bike ride for what she thought was her triathlon the next week.  A relaxing day for M with the people she loves most.

My first crush's birthday

At the end of April, in between snow storms, I had the opportunity to go to a BOY'S birthday party.  He was my favorite boy from my kindergarten class.

We went on a treasure hunt around his yard, hit the pinata, watched him open presents and ate dirt cake.  It was a good birthday party!

Here's Zane getting ready to blow out his candles.  What a cutie!

Triathlon; oops I mean Aquathlon!!

Earlier this year, M decided she needed she start training for an event or risk getting bored in her workouts.  She mentioned this to a few co-workers who also were looking for something to do.  So in mid-may M signed up for a sprint triathlon.  The night before the event, an email was sent out that due to unforseen circumstances (i.e. bankruptcy of the signage company) there would be no bike portion.  The event proceeded as a Aquathlon--swim and run event.  She got a credit for the bike portion, so M has another sprint triathlon in August.

 

M's friends also doing the race.

Since it was mid-May and average water temp at that time of year is 63 degrees, it was a wetsuit event.  However, due to unseasonably warm temperatures and low water the day of the event the water was actually 70.  But M was very glad to have the wetsuit!

The only picture D got of M was coming out of the water.

After the event--C had to jump in the picture with M and her preschool teacher Miss K.

C and I spent more of the 50 minutes it took M to race playing on the playground and in the volleyball pit.

Spring Days

 

In between our late spring storms,we spent as much time outside as we could.

We planted some flowers in the barrel outside our front door.

Wrote with chalk on the driveway.

And helped cousins celebrate birthdays.

Babies.....

Can you see our newest neighbor?

 

A few weeks ago a pair of ducks were checking out our backyard.  Just hanging out and walking all over the yard. 

Turns out they were looking for a place to nest.

  

The mother duck nested for just about a month and one morning was gone with cracked eggs in the yard.  I'm not sure how many of her eggs actually hatched and we never saw the babies, but she was an interesting neighbor while she stayed.

Shortly after the duck left, we had another bird nesting.  This time in our gutters over the garage.