Happy Birthday Jill!

Grandpa Day

Grandpa and Will have a special bond. They are both middle children, flanked by an older sister and younger brother. So every now and then Grandpa comes to whisk Will away for a special day with just them. A few weeks ago they went to the Ranch and Lake together to check on the properties. Today, it was running some errands. Grandpa left a list of all that they did.

1) Home Depot - charcoal grill part

2) Harbor Freight - gloves and jack for boat trailer

3) Truck store (Pickup Heaven) - repair on cover

4) University Bicycle - Will told me they "looked at lots of bikes with training wheels"

5) McBrides - guns (oh boy!)

6) Burger King - chicken nuggets

7) watch pick-up

8) DQ - ice cream cone

What a fun day! Thank you Grandpa for making our middle child feel special. He absolutely loved it and could not wait to tell us all about it when we got home.

Memorial Day Weekend

We spent most of Memorial Day weekend at the Lake. It was a blast. We bought this awesome slide for the kids to play on in the yard. They had hours of entertainment on it. It was really windy while we were there which make wakeboarding and wakesurfing a little difficult, but that just means we will have to go out there another weekend to get more practice in!

Money well spent - this thing is awesome!

LOVE those legs!

LOVE that toosh!

Exploring with Daddy on Slippery Rock

Veritas, Here We Come!

This is what Alivia's uniform will look like for next year! I picked up some hand me downs from another family whose little girl just graduated from Kindergarten there. Alivia was thrilled and could not wait to try on the uniform, complete with the saddle shoes. So cute. . .

It's Official!

Alivia has made the Balcones Woods Blue Wave Pre-Team! She was thrilled when Matt put the sign in our front yard. Being on the pre-team means she has group swim lessons three days a week from 4:15-4:45 but does not swim in the swim meets (nor do we have to get up early on Saturdays to attend the swim meets). YAY!

Mini-Vacation at the Lake

This one was of the few weekends out at the lake with just our immediate family. It was so fun! We had a fun and relaxing time just hanging out with one another. The new boat is amazing and Matt and I even got some wakeboarding in while Alivia and Will cheered us on. The older kids love to have Matt take them on the jet ski also.

Baby John seemed to be out of sorts this weekend, however. Maybe he is getting some new teeth? He cried non-stop (I am not exaggerating) until 11 pm on Friday night which was totally unnerving to me. The rest of the weekend went more smoothly, but he was definitely more whiney. He took long naps twice a day which helped. He has started full-on walking and I have to hold my breath as he careens around the house nearly smashing his face on every sharp corner imaginable. While we were down at the dock, I had to strap him into his stroller since I cannot take my eyes off him for even one second. Whew!

My sweet girl ready go board the jet ski with Daddy

Baby John strapped into the stroller

Will ready to join sister

Sandwiched on the jet ski

Baby John's first boat ride on the new boat

Alivia loves riding on the boat

Last Day as a Monkey at CPP

Preschool for Will has been a breeze this year. He was one of the oldest in the Monkey class which made him a natural leader. Plus, he was potty trained and incredibly verbal even at the beginning of the year which cut down on lots of frustration on everyone's part. I recall maybe one or two days when he let out a small whimper as I left. Otherwise, he sauntered into the class like he owned the place and charmed the pants off everyone.

Some of the moms are convinced that he will be President one day because of his self-assuredness and the funny fact that as moms come to pick up their kids, he calls out to the particular child (often using a nickname that he has made up). For example, a little girl named Sally, he calls out, "Sal-Pal, your mom is here!"

I definitely think he has my adorable, outgoing husband's personality. What a blessing!

For some reason, my normally very gregarious little boy absolutely refused to smile for this picture with his teachers, Ms. Bonnie and Ms. Nooshi. Stinker!