With the end of the school year coming we had a lot going on in May.
The kindergartners invite the moms to come for a day of pampering before Mother's Day. They gave us a gift and had some yummy treats and then did our hair and makeup.
Brooklyn told me she wanted me to leave my hair like this and then later started giggling at me.
For Mother's Day, I really wanted to go out to breakfast in the mountains and go on a short hike with the family.
Ready to go for a drive - these girls love their blankies.
Always have to feed the ducks.
Brooklyn always has to make a silly face.
Katelyn had a music program at school.
While Kyle very rarely works from home now, when he first switched to his new job, he would sometimes work in the evenings. I thought this was too funny - a normal monitor just wasn't good enough for him.
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Brooklyn was able to visit Daddy's new office. She felt pretty special that she got to see it before anyone else.
Brooklyn and Madison celebrated their birthday (6 and 3)!
Birthday breakfast
Their birthday fell on Memorial Day this year, so we went for a long family bike ride and then joined some friends for swimming and a bbq at their home.
Brooklyn on the tandem behind me.
Katelyn did great on her own, even though it was a long ride.
Madison was so tired that she slept on our friends' couch. This has happened like twice in her life.
Such a cutie on her 3rd birthday!
Brooklyn graduated from kindergarten at the end of May!
She did great doing all the motions and singing her heart out
Daddy gave her the diploma since he is on the school board
What a beauty!!!!
And here is a random video of Madison talking about her favorite princess(es). Sorry it is a little long.
We started off April by having a Bridal shower for my cousin. Kyle and Grandpa entertained the kids while we were gone.
Crazy Cousins:
My Sister (Laura), Cousin Jessie, and I
The girls had green and gold day at school. The kindergarten class (Brooklyn) has all assigned events that they do as a group. 1st grade (Katelyn) and higher do group activities and each kid gets to pick 2 events to do individually. This year, Katelyn did the soccer kick and the 200 yard running. It was fun to watch her trying her best. Both of the girls had a lot of fun in the group activities as well.
All decked out in our green with stars on our faces and green hair.
Brooklyn in the tug of war (center).
Katelyn - tug of war.
Katelyn finishing off her run strong.
Katelyn's Soccer Kick:
Easter 2017!
The girls' school always has spring break the week following Easter. We tried to fill it with a bunch of fun activities.
We did not have a chance to dye eggs before Easter, so we did it a couple days after.
I had some really good helpers working in the church library with me.
Park Day!
The girls made Easter egg shaped cookies.
Kyle also started a new job the week of spring break. It is only 30 minutes from home and with no freeway traffic, plus it is a great organization and a job role that he really seems to like. So it has been really great.
Because our plans to go out of town were canceled when Kyle got a new job, we decided to take the kids to the beach the Saturday of Easter break.
Random Photos of April!
Doesn't everyone read while in Home Depot?
Love my big reader (Katelyn).
Date night at an escape room. We made it out! (Kind of. The gave us a bunch of extra clues in the last 30 seconds because we were so close.)
The big girls love having their picture taken (sorry the picture is so small).
We teach them young.
Love this stinker.
I guess she was tired (only time this has ever happened). She had missed naptime.
And a couple random Madison videos for your viewing pleasure (turn up the volume on the first one):
We did a lot of fun things in March! Soccer wrapped up, we went to Legoland, we went on a family hike and Brooklyn and I went on a fieldtrip to the zoo and more. (Sorry this post gets long.)
Brooklyn only attended Kindergarten Tuesday through Thursday, so sometimes Mondays and Fridays included a park trip or bike ride.
Madison is getting so big and independent.
Brooklyn has mastered swinging!
We had our last day of soccer games and each of the girls had a team party in the following weeks. Brooklyn's was at a jumping party location and Katelyn's at a pizza place.
Madison enjoyed being at the games (at least in this picture she did). Katelyn is #6 in the middle of the photo.
Brookie going for the ball (left in yellow).
I think they had fun! (Brooklyn and Madison)
Katelyn receiving her participation medal.
We had a yard sale. The girls had another lemonade stand and really enjoyed it.
Kyle put a price on the house hoping for a quick sale. :-)
The helpers
Legoland! Madison has been informing people for months that "I went to Legoland." Look at all the big smiles!
We went for a hike close to home one Saturday morning. The big girls wanted to use my camera to take photos of about every flower they saw. With all the rain we had over the winter, there were a lot of wildflowers and it was a great day for a hike.
An example of the pics the girls took.
Photo by Brooklyn.
At the end of the month, I went with Brooklyn for a field trip to the zoo.
She did her animal project on elephants (there is one in the background).
Riding the bus home with my girl.
Random Photo Time!
Brooklyn lost her first tooth after a soccer game! (She lost her 2nd tooth on a ride at Legoland.)
Gotta love Brooklyn's sense of style
"Sleeping" in the bath tub.
Pretty Pretty Princess.
She must have been really tired to not finish her sucker.
Fun times at Hobby Lobby. (B & M)
Celebrating St. Patty's day at school.
Time for another hair cut!
Here's a video of my silly girl after the above photo of her "sleeping" in the tub.
