Fathers Day at the ZOO

School's Out Slumber Party

For the last day of school this year I thought it would be fun for the kids to have a slumber party to kick off summer vacation, Ethan was already making plans for a sleepover with one of his friends so I thought it would be fun for another mutual friend to come too, especially since his little brother is one of Elena's good friends. We were overloaded with boys so at the last minute we called another one of Elena's friends and luckily she could come and stay too. It was a hot day so we decided to play water games to cool down. We got out the slip and slide, the splash pool and the boys had water gun fights. Had pizza and then came in to cool down a bit. They played Pokemon cards for awhile then we started a movie and of course we made a ton of popcorn to munch on! (That was Natalie's fave part) Miss Natalie loved having all the kids here and she got to sleep on the sleeper sofa with mommy:)
Ethan chillin' with his friends

Elena with hers

The whole gang, well most of the whole gang. Natalie was at the end of the sofa in everyone's way. Which brings us to the end of the night, when they all passed out(which didn't take long) They all swore they weren't tired, but after 5 minutes of soundscapes on the TV it was nighty-nite. What a group.

For having a house full of wound up kids, the night turned out pretty good. Even though they all woke up at 6:25 ready to go again.

Last Day of School

We are now officially on Summer Vacation! This last week in all it's business was making me a little nervous about having all the kids home for the summer, but now that it is warming up, I am ready for some fun! We will be spending our first official day of summer at the beach then heading to Jason's ball game this evening.

Ethan's last day was yesterday. He is now on his way to 2nd Grade!

Miss Elena finished up a couple weeks ago but here is a picture of her on her last day of preschool.


Next year they will both be at the same school. Hope this summer doesn't go by to quick. I plan to have a lot of good times this summer.

Big Thing for Miss Elena

It happened this weekend! She was finally ready to have the training wheels taken off her bike! And boy was she ever ready. She hopped on and took off flying! I don't think she stopped riding her bike at all Saturday, she just rode in circles between our driveway the sidewalk and the neighbors drive. At one point she was riding and just smiling at me- she stops and says"I'm really a big girl now. I am not a preschooler anymore, I am a Kindergartener, right mom?"