May in Review

Life had me forgetting whether I was coming or going last month.  I had a job change the beginning of the month so between training someone to take my old job and school coming to a close, I almost had to check into a mental hospital.  Whew! I'm glad it's all over but I sure don't want to forget why I got a head full of grey hairs.

This girl was in beast mode after spring break.  She went back to school and tackled everything her teacher threw at her.  One night, we celebrated one of her biggest accomplishment at Fazoli's per her request.

Church softball was in full swing the month of May so U got to see his daddy do what he does best.

U also got to see what it was like to have strep throat.  

As sick as C used to stay, we somehow managed to avoid strep but U decided he would one up his sister.  Thankfully, he got over it quickly.

Since The Kentucky Derby is a big deal when you live in Kentucky, I decided it was high time for C to learn a few important things about the derby.

First, we made a door hanger shaped like a jockey's shirt and talked about what a jockey was and their role in the race.

Next, we made derby hats.

I taught her about betting,

and about the Mint Julep.

(have no fear, her glass is full of juice)

She had so much fun learning about the derby and really got into the whole thing.  Her only complaint was that it took FOREVER for the actual race to happen.  :)

For Mother's Day, we had a picnic at the park with my parents.

It was low key and the kids had a blast playing after we ate.

One week during May, the kindergarten classes at C's school learned about autism and at the end of the week, they had a fundraiser for the Kelly Autism Program at WKU. 

C's teacher has two sons with autism so it was a very cool night for her class.

And speaking of her teacher, he happens to be in a band with a few other teachers at school so of course we had to go listen to him play one night at the Hot Rods game.

And of course we had to stay for the WHOLE game because there were going to be fireworks at the end.  #longestgameEVER

Our precious niece turned 2 this month and we were excited to be there for the celebration.

All the kids decked out in their Mickey/Minnie attire.

As if the party wasn't enough, we got crazy and took them to a carnival.

They rode all the rides several times and had a blast being together.

That same weekend, B and I had a hot date at the Indy 500.

We've been before but we had an infield view.  I swore that year I would never return unless I was in a suite.  Well, I returned because we had suite tickets.

It was such a neat experience and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

And the sad ending to this month, was that C graduated kindergarten.  Her first year of school was amazing.  We had a rocky start with the teacher selection but her teacher quickly become one of her favorite people and we were all sad the year was over. 

Well, sad he wouldn't be our teacher anymore.  Not sad that we were done with packing lunches/snacks, making sure homework was done and the nightly struggle of trying to get a certain little girl into the bed.  Gosh, at a certain point I was just as excited as she was the end was near.

She finished at the top of her class and with a few accomplishments we didn't even know about.  #parentfail

My mom took her for a cool treat after graduation for doing so well.

Our summer has been glorious so far with laid back schedules and lots of fun in the sun.    I'm hoping August doesn't come as quickly as it used to when I was in school.

Spring Break

For Spring Break, we did a good ole fashion staycation.  Our only goal for the week was to sleep in as much as possible.  You know who made sure we didn't reach that goal?  The kids we can NEVER wake up before 6:00am during the school week.   Sigh.

Since we were up bright and early on day one of staycation, I put them to work cleaning the house.

We laid around for the rest of the day until it was time to head to the airport to pick up this cute little dude.

And his mama too of course.  We were so excited it worked out that they could spend spring break with us.

C and I loved getting our snuggle time in with Jack.

We didn't do much the first two days they were here but on Tuesday we made plans to visit Kentucky Down Under.

I don't remember going as a kid but it is the best place for kids!  They had a bird exhibit where you could walk in and let birds land on you.  Somehow, Leslie and I ended up in the cage with the birds and we were swarmed as soon as we walked in!  It was such a weird feeling having a bird chill on your head.  Our favorite, though, was the kangaroo exhibit where we got to walk right up to them to feed and pet them.  U got confused and thought the cup of carrots were for him!  Ha!  I couldn't believe they would just lay there while rubbed on them.  It was crazy.

We ended up running into one of C's besties, Avery, while we were there.

We all took the cave tour together.

Before we left, C got to pan for rocks.

Strangely enough, she loved it!

She's pulled her bag of rocks out several times to look at them.  Super cool experience.

On Wednesday, we all had haircuts.  This was U's very first haircut and he did great!

C got her first major haircut as well.

She has talked about cutting it all off several times before but backed out every time we got there.  This time she meant business.

She is so happy with her new do!

We spent the rest of the afternoon at the park playing and throwing rocks in the creek.

Wednesday night, was our last night with The Dude so we soak up as much of him as we could.

Thursday, after dropping Jack and Leslie off at the airport, we headed to the Nashville Public Library.  It's no secret we love libraries and this one might just be our favorite.

I mean seriously!  It was so fun and we plan on going back!

Friday, C had a play date with one of her old daycare buddies Peyton.

After playing at the house for awhile, we had lunch at Chick-fil-a, played at two different parks and THEN went to Peyton's house for a cookout!  It was a full day and both the girls were worn out by then end of it.

To soaked up our last few hours of spring break, we went to a Hot Rods game.

I was surprised at how well both of the kids did.  C was the one who requested we go (shocking I know!) and she loved being at the game.  Bubs was just happy to have food.

It was a great week and the struggle was REAL Monday morning trying to get everyone up and going for work/school.  I think C growled at me.  :)

Easter

Easter morning started early for us thanks to C getting up at the crack of dawn.  She's normally our late sleeper but apparently this morning she was dying to see what the Easter Bunny left. 

Bubs was still half asleep and could have cared less about his basket.

The good thing about getting up early is getting our Sunday morning picture.

I would have loved to get a better family picture but by the time we got out of church, U was in meltdown mode and C was completely done with being in a dress.  So this was the best I got.

C kept saying, 'can I go change now?'  #easterpicfail

We had lunch at my Granny's but before we could eat, we had to hunt for eggs.

Bubs didn't have time for pictures, he had eggs to hunt.

Sadly, after one egg he was done.  Even with the offer of help, he wasn't feeling it.

I stepped up my Easter egg game this year and monogrammed some little carrot eggs and bunny shaped eggs.

U liked those the best because they rattled.

C was all about hunting eggs.

Her basket was full by the end of the hunt and she was thrilled!

She was even more thrilled that she found the golden egg.

Holla!  It's a dolla!

We had a fun little afternoon and we now have more candy than we know what to do with.  We are either going to gain 10 pounds or have lots of cavities or both!