Saturday, May 14, 2016

This Week's Happenings

SELFIES
Apparently the kids got a hold of my phone sometime this week and took a few selfies. Haha. I didn't even notice them until I went to put pictures on the blog tonight! 





NEW FRIENDS
Crystal discovered this week that 2 kids in her class just live a few houses down from us! How crazy is that?!?! For 2 years they've lived 5 houses in either direction and we had no idea! They have had a ton of fun playing together this week!
ZOO
We had our zoo field trip this week. It was SO crowded! I had the field trip a few weeks earlier this year hoping to avoid other schools but it was even worse this year! Haha. Next year it will be a Monday or Wednesday field trip and hopefully it won't be as busy!!! Haha. The kids still had a ton of fun, and they even got the Peacock to spread its tail!!!








DADDY BRAIDS
I hope the girls never grow too old to let Daddy braid their hair!!!


Monday, May 9, 2016

Crystal Dancing



I forgot to post this yesterday. Crystal started dancing and said, "Mom take a video of me dancing crazy!" Haha. 

Sunday, May 8, 2016

SPRING Fun! Kindergarten already !?!?!?!

SPRING
Well friends spring has sprung! I'm so excited that our new tree survived the winter! And I'm even more excited that it is so pretty right now! Haha! Also, I finally relented and let the kids play in the water. Haha. They are a little crazy. It's warm but not THAT warm. lol. Crystal's school had a Spring Carnival with face painting, art projects, games, and food! We all had a good time and even won 2 of the raffles (art bundle and movie popcorn bucket)! We decided to try out a new restaurant recently. Lucy's Pizzeria! Our pizza was very burned so they made another and it was only slightly burned. Haha. Apparently their pizza is usually on the burned side which is really too bad because the pizza really had great potential. Haha. And the kids LOVED LOVED LOVED that they could draw on the table. I'm actually trying to figure out how to make my kitchen table drawable like this! Haha! 

Sunday at my parents house we were eating out back and a cat came into the yard. The kids were so excited to see a new pet and we were all surprised when they didn't chase her away!!! She was seriously the FRIENDLIEST cat I'd ever encountered! I kinda wanted to take her home!!! She not only let Lily carry her around the entire yard, but when we made her put the cat down, she continued to follow Lily everywhere!! Lol. The cat jumped the fence after a while and then 30 minutes later she CAME BACK!!!!! We were all shocked that she'd come back after the mauling she got! Haha. She went right to Lily and sat in her lap! Why can't MY cat be that way!!??!?!? lol. Later when we got home Lily kept talking about her new cat at Grandma's house. Haha. The girls also got to sleep in their new bunk beds Sunday night as well! It was a pretty eventful day!

We made our first trip to the zoo this week! All the animals were out. Jay loved the tiger!!!! Lily wanted to see the monkeys most! And Crystal wanted to pet the goats but they were closed unfortunately. Mostly I think they enjoyed being out with cousins!!!























KINDERGARTEN?!?!?!
Lily had Kindergarten Roundup this week. She did great! I was a little worried because some days she's sounding out words for me, and other days I can't get her to tell me the name of a letter. Lol. She even got a 3 on behavior! On paper this girl looks like an angel! HAHAHA! And with that sweet smile, they'll have no idea what they are in for!!! I'm just kidding. She has her moments, but in reality she wants nothing more than to be a good little girl! I can't believe she's going to kindergarten this fall!!! 


Saturday, May 7, 2016

Our New Venture

BABY CHICKS
Well I've been thinking a lot lately about how nice it would be to have fresh eggs.... we eat a lot of eggs in this house. haha. But we already have 2 animals, and I wasn't sure I could handle any more animals to take care of. After doing some research and asking a lot of questions, we decided to take the plunge! We made the mistake of looking at the chicks one Saturday while we were examining coops in the store for ideas on how to get our doghouse coop to work they way we wanted it to. There were three Rhode Island Reds left, and we ended up taking all three of them home (I only wanted 2. haha). Now it has been nearly a month and due to inclement weather EVERY Saturday since the work on the coop is slow going! It still needs doors, ventilation, nesting box, and a place for food and water. We also still need to build a gate and somewhat of a run for them. Oy! Hopefully we get it done soon because they are almost ready to go outside (and as cute as they are, I'm ready for them to be there! lol)


My preschool kids love the baby chicks!









She escaped! Jesse is a jumper!