A Birthday Party and Summer Beginnings!

BIRTHDAY FUN

My nieces (whose birthdays are only 3 days apart) had a water party for their birthdays this year! They also had a Frozen birthday cake! Everyone had a lot of fun and I also got a little more cuddle time with their new baby sister as well! Life doesn't get much better than this!!!! 

FIRE PIT
Well we had a lot of branches and scrap wood to get rid of, so naturally we went and bought a fire pit to help us out. We've already had hot dogs and s'mores twice and it's only been a week! I'm not going to be going on any diets any time soon, but this summer is going to be a blast! Haha.

SUMMER MOVIE

We had our first summer movie matinee this week! The kids loved it, but honestly I was ready for it to be over after the first 30 minutes! Haha. It was Shaun the Sheep, and there are NO words in the entire movie. It was good for a bit, but 1.5 hrs was a little long. Next week I may have to bring my kindle paperwhite just in case. lol. 

 

Crystal's Picasso

THE ROSE

The rose Grandma got Lily after her preschool program had died and I threw it away. She pulled it out of the garbage and begged me to let her keep some of it. I finally compromised by giving her a petal that she could press into a book, if she'd agree to throw the rest away! Haha.

Crystal's Last Day of School and Field Day

FIELD DAY

Crystal wanted me to have lunch with her and stay for field day this year. So the kids and I packed a lunch and headed to the school on Thursday. Her teacher accidentally had them eat early so Crystal had already eaten when we got there. Haha. She just sat with us while we ate. Then we went back in to get sunscreened up and came back out for field day fun! There was an obstacle course, Frisbee toss, Cheetos toss (onto a students head. haha), balloon toss, and water gun shoot! There was face painting and popcorn as well! The kids favorite was trying to dunk Mrs. Davis! Someone got her right after she got in the dunker, but she made it through a good 60 throws without going under again! Until an aid in her classroom threw at the end and she went under again! Haha. The kids thought it was great! lol. 

Crystal's bounced off the ground and almost hit it!

LAST DAY OF 1ST GRADE
Friday was Crystal's last day of 1st grade! Gah! They are growing up too fast!!!! She is sad school is over for the summer. She loves her teacher, Mrs. Davis (previously Miss Coney) and she's going to miss her school friends. But we have lots of plans this summer, she won't have time to think about it much! Haha! When she got home from school, I surprised her with a trip to Leo's Place with cousins to celebrate a great year of school!!!!

Top: First day of First Grade, Bottom: Last Day of First Grade

Zoo Time and New Niece

ZOO TIME

We went to the zoo with cousins this week! I'm so excited for summer vacation to start!!! We are going to have lots of fun this summer with cousins and friends! YAY!

I love it when this boy runs up to me and takes my hand! I'm worried it won't last much longer (it already doesn't happen often) so I'm enjoying it while I can!

 The sloth bears were actually playing and making a ruckus. It was fun to watch! 

Cousin group hugs are the best!

NIECE
The day after the zoo my SIL went into labor!!! Their baby girl was born early the next morning! I met her for the first time today, and I'm madly in love!!!! She's so sweet and tiny!! I just can't get enough of her!