Being Goofy

I wanted to take a picture of Lily in her cute outfit, matching pink from head to toe. Even the cross on her necklace is pink! Lily decided to be silly for the camera.

Memorial Day Weekend at the Lake

We spent part of Memorial Day weekend camping on our property near Lake Somerville. Oh, the plans we have for this piece of land! Someday there will be a little cabin. Currently, just a tent. In the interim period, hopefully a camper with A/C! It was a hot weekend, but we were able to cool off in the lake. Lily loves to go exploring through the trees, and she found an area that she decided was her "cave." Really some tree branches had grown together, making a little sheltered area between them.

Dylan's First Painting

I have a budding artist on my hands! This was the first time Dylan used the poster paints to make a picture, back in May. I learned a handy tip from a MOMS Club meeting a few months ago - painting on the inside of a cereal box! It's nice and thick so it doesn't tear if there's too much paint in one spot. And we always have those on hand! Lily decorated that pink crown that's sitting on the table near Dylan's masterpiece - it was the last crown that was leftover from her princess birthday party, and she decided to paint it instead of glue jewels on it.

Lily and Ms. Rosie

Lily LOVES Ms. Rosie, her preschool teacher. Lily had a fabulous first year of preschool, due in large part to sweet Ms. Rosie. We're very happy that Ms. Rosie is also the Spanish teacher at Lily's school, so she will get to see her regularly this school year too, even though she's in a big kid Pre-K class now.  I took this picture on the last day of school.

Cookie Monster

Sneaky little thing! Get out of that cookie dough!

And then she realized I had the camera, and this is the "smile" I got. How can I explain to her that this forced look of pain that she calls a smile is not really a smile!?! Silly girl. These pictures are from May 25th.

Water Day at School

Wow, I better hurry up and finish these posts from last school year before the new school year starts next week! Ha! The last week of preschool this past spring, Lily's class participated in Water Day. They all got to put on the swimsuits and go outside for all sorts of fun water games. Sprinklers, water guns, a water slide, and even a carwash event where they got to ride tricycles, bikes, and even a Cozy Coupe car through a miniature carwash complete with water spraying on them from built-in hoses. I wish I had gotten a decent picture of it to show you - it was very fun. Something I love about Lily's school is that we're always welcome to join in the fun with the students - even little brothers can get wet on water day!

Dylan on the Trampoline

Initially when we bought this trampoline for Lily, it became a permanent fixture in our house - sometimes in the living room, sometimes the playroom, but always out and available for jumping. Well after many months of lots and lots of jumping, it finally got put in the closet one day, so now it only comes out once in awhile for a day or two at a time. Now it's even more exciting because it's not always accessible. Here are a couple pictures of Dylan jumping, taken in his bedroom on May 19th. I imagine that we'll be getting the trampoline out more often once Lily starts gymnastics again next week. Oh, and see that crib in the background? Dylan climbed out of it today. I don't think we can lower the mattress anymore, so if he makes a habit of that new climbing trick he'll have to switch to a big boy bed pretty soon. I don't think I'm ready for that. But I'm not ready for him to be potty training either, and he's doing great! Just growing up way too fast, that's all.