Early Mother's Day

Since my mom is visiting her mom and sisters this upcoming weekend, she worked it out to be able to get sometime yesterday to celebrate Mother's Day early with me.  Nate was working all day; so her, the kids and I spent our time playing, going out to eat (we were celebrating and neither of us were going to have anything to do with the kitchen), and took the kids to their last Awana for the year.  It was very fun and easy just like Mother's Day is suppose to be.  Therefore, if Sunday is anything like yesterday, I am really looking forward to Mother's Day this year.  Love you, Mom!

The Kitchen Drawer

Just like all kids, Ian loves going outside.  I was able to catch his normal routine on camera last week on what he does whenever I ask the kids if they want to go play outside.  The boy instantly stops what he is doing and goes to this drawer in our kitchen where he opens the door and attempts to get my sunglasses.  Such a sweet and helpful little boy.

"Beauty and the Beast" the Musical

One of my favorite childhood memories involved the first time I saw my first musical.  My mom and I got dressed up and went to the Disney's Broadway's Production of "Beauty and the Beast".  I loved every minute of the night.  Therefore, when our local school put on the exact same production, I knew it was a tradition I just had to make.   So Elyse and I got dressed up just like my mom and I, and then we sat back to enjoy Elyse's first musical too. The musical was fantastic and it was so fun watching her enjoy it with me as much as I did with my mom.  I know there will be many more musicals to come for Elyse and the boys, but Saturday involved creating one of my favorite adult memories.

Our Little Gymnast

Tonight Elyse started gymnastics.  She was so excited and it showed throughout the entire hour.  She had a huge smile on her face the entire time.  I couldn't believe how many flips and trampoline activities they were doing the first night.  I can't wait to see what she is doing on week five.

Caleb's Spring Production

Tonight we attended Caleb's preschool's spring production.  He looked so handsome; and even though being on stage and singing with actions is not his thing, he did great.  We were very proud of him.  My favorite part of the whole production happened right in the beginning.  He stood of stage and instantly looked for us five and began waving hi so happily as we happily waved back.

(Middle row, third from left)

Proud brother, dancing and cheering Caleb along

 Caleb with his two best friends, Noah and Kaila

Without further ado: Caleb singing his favorite song, "Oh, What A Miracle Am I"

Como Zoo

Yesterday we spent our afternoon at Como Zoo, one of our favorite places to go when the weather is nice.  Unfortunately we didn't capture a lot of pictures because we were having too much fun admiring the animals.  Wish we would have got some of Ian's expressions when visiting the monkeys.  It was his first time really seeing the animals and he was in ah for sure.

Bike Helmets

Blaine's Police Department had their annual bike helmet event this week.  For $10 each kid got to pick out a new helmet and have it properly fitted by a police-person.  It is such a great event for the community and fun for the kids.