Green & Gold Day, Birthdays & Lake Arrowhead - May 2016

We had a lot going on the last weekend of May.  It was a great weekend with lots of family activity and a good break from a lot of the housework that we have been doing on the weekends.

On Friday, Katelyn had her first Green & Gold Day for School.  Katelyn is on the green team.  She started out very excited about the day - I think she was probably up before 5:30 that morning with excitement.  However, during the first couple of events it was evident that she was super tired and not having any of it. She likes knowing exactly what is going on, so there was one event that she didn't know what to do which set her off in a bad mood.  There was also an event that involved water and she had been telling me for a couple of days she did not want to do it because she didn't want to get wet.  Fortunately, the weather was pretty nice for the end of May and the kindergartners only had to be there for about 2 hours.

Tug of War - She is right next to the teacher behind the blue hat.

Katelyn is in the middle of this picture - she got a couple good throws in.

We wanted to do something fun for the Madison & Brooklyn's birthday, so on Saturday morning we took the girls to ChuckECheese.  This was only the second time we have been with them and the first was just before Madison was born.  We arrived right after they opened for about an hour, so it was not busy at all and we all had a good time.  Then we headed to In'n'Out for lunch.

Between the X palm trees at In'n'Out

Sunday was their actual birthday, Brooklyn turned 5 and Madison turned 2, so we had some family come over after church for lunch.  Brooklyn is a super picky eater, so her request was mac'n'cheese and berries for lunch.  We also threw some Brats & hotdogs on the grill as the adults were not going to be ok with only Mac'n'cheese.

Most Madison pictures are blurry these days.  She doesn't still for long.

Brooklyn insisted that I write on the cake in purple.

Mmmmmm, Cake!

Monday was Memorial day and we took a trip up to Lake Arrowhead for breakfast and to walk the nature trail we have done many times before.  It was a beautiful day.

On the drive up, we were above the clouds.

Watching for ducks.

Madison swinging with Daddy

Running down the trail

Weekends like this are my favorite (as long as the kids can hold it together).