Friday was Sally's end of the year picnic. I like to try and be able to help with or be with Sally for at least 2 events during the year. I was able to help with her class Christmas party and I was able to be with her for her end of the year picnic. Thanks Daddy for being home with the other 3!
It was a great day with Sally. I don't often get a chance to have such a long amount of one on one time with her.
Her class with Mrs. Olsen, her teacher
The whole 2nd grade!
When I was putting her to bed she said, "Thanks for being so encouraging to all my my friends at the picnic. I bet you were a really good teacher."
Fun for her to see me outside of my "mom zone" :) I may have also kicked a homerun during the kickball game
Cannot believe she's about to become a 3rd grader...that's when I associate her with being really old!!
Everyone decided to wear hats on Friday
Then Nana & Grandpa arrived for a weekend of fun. We took them to our favorite spot for Vics takeout and a picnic dinner!
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and then I headed out to go put Mason down and the rest of the crew got some ice cream from the Social
Saturday morning we had coffee and donuts outside!
I wish she would let me put a bun in her hair every day, it's so cute!
You know it's a good morning when you get to bike in your jammies
I planned ahead for summer and ordered 3 books from the library. Sally spotted them and read all 3 before 11am on Saturday!
It was the perfect weather for Mason to try on his new outfit from Grandma and George. So cute!
The littles went down for a nap and the Bigs headed to Fleet to pick out a plant to grow. We have some tomatoes, an orange, red and yellow peppers!
Great idea, Grandpa. We'll keep you posted on the progress!
The girls wanted to wear their new dresses from Grandma and George. Red white and blue!
Love this garden outside of church
We love running in to our friends at Mass
and then Nana and Grandpa headed home. Thanks for a great weekend, it was nice to be low key and just hang out!
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Pictures from earlier last week. Lazy morning of bubble blowing
trying out his shades
we did a walking lunch on Thursday, it was wonderful! Saying hello to the water fountain, baby ducks and horse!
Lost one
Seeeesters
Mason was up early and ready to rock, so I took advantage and we snuck out for a quick walk before his sister's woke up. The only downfall of our enchanted forest is that there can be lots of BUGS. I found this awesome netting to put around his stroller to keep them away from him. I only put it on for the enchanted forest...I'm not THAT helicoptery ;)
Sally was asked to draw a picture of what she's most excited for this summer. She wasn't done yet, don't worry Joey and Emily, you weren't forgotten
We had a fun morning helping out the Sandquist Family. Sally had some company on the bus this morning. Emma wanted to be prepared for the rain, even though there wasn't a cloud in the sky...
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My neighbor works for the Jason show (on Fox 9 airs weekdays at 10am), she asked us to come out to a local park for a quick segment. I'll post the video here when able, it was pretty cute!
There was a slight chance we were going to go on our first road trip as a family of six back to A-Town, but I just didn't have it in me to pack everyone up after having just been gone to California. We decided to stay put and I think it was the right decision with weather being what it was, back and forth, nice, not nice, windy...
We enjoyed a busy and low-key weekend with lots of family moments!
I think this was from a different weekend, but a worthy pic nonetheless. Daddy dressed him, John Deere, in honor of his Great Grandpa!
I just love his mouth, and pretty much all of him! My little man!
Chins for days
Saturday morning it was time to release Sally's butterflies. I was surprised by how excited she was to let them go, I thought she would try to negotiate to keep them. She's maturing, most days, taking on the role as the biggest sister and she's rocking it!
Sally can tell you many facts about Butterflies! I was so glad she was able to hold one!
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The Girls and Daddy went up to the tennis court to hit some balls
Hudson turned 5 and the Johnsons had some neighbors over for a dance party and s'mores to celebrate. Miss Emma, hoping to be a big kid
It's not easy getting this crew together to all look at the camera and smile :)
and then Mike joined in
Sunday marked 3 weeks of Sally's ear piercing which meant she was allowed to switch her earrings. She quickly learned to trust and let her Mom help. She's hoping to build up the confidence to switch them again to her butterfly earrings, stay tuned. These were her cross earrings with the matching necklace she got from Nana and Grandpa for her 1st Communion
The Bigs getting to ditch rest time and bike to a park with Daddy.
Hollywood
She gets jokes and sarcasm and it's pretty funny. Moments after this picture she said "Okay, let's count to 3 and we'll both go down. 1-2-3," and she sent Reid down solo and she laughed and laughed and retold the story over and over
Little Man suiting up for the windy adventure to the park, hat and a little jean jacket!
Ribs for dinner, their favorite, they can dig in and get messy, some like this more than others
Giggles and sillies with Mommy
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The cardinal is almost always around
Hanging with their Caterpillar buddy, "Speedy Lucky Craigwood"
Daddy made 3 trips to Target in 3 days. One of the trips he was texting me and I told him I was trying to visualize what they looked like walking through the store and then he said they didn't have a cart and then I got this picture...glad they can have fun doing errands for me
Little Big Man testing out his Bumbo, don't be fooled, he can't last for more than a few minutes before his head is too heavy. Seriously though, how cute is he?!
and then we had a little nook on our patio hidden from the wind and we ended the holiday weekend with a fire. Mmmmmmmmmm summer!
