And one more makes three....

On Saturday afternoon Jacob lost a tooth.  Last summer he lost the two bottom middle.  It is hard to tell from the picture but it is the bottom left tooth.  He had been working on getting it out for several days.  Sean tried one night but still could not get it out.  He was at a birthday party Saturday, eating snow cones and cotton candy.  He did not know he lost his tooth at first.  He just thought it was a piece of ice from the snow cone.  He put it under his pillow and the tooth fairy brought him a dollar.

Summer Vacation Week 1

Let's see if I can make it all the way through the summer keeping the blog up to date this year.  :-)  Emma's last day of school was Thursday, June 3rd and Jacob's was Friday, June 4th.  Last week was our first full week of summer vacation and we stayed busy.  It was also Sean's first week on his new schedule which is Monday - Friday 7:30am-4:00pm.  He has never been on a "normal' schedule since we have been married.  I am really looking forward to having him home every evening for dinner but more having him home every Saturday also. 

On Monday and Wednesday Emma had her last two gymnastics classes.  She really enjoyed her class.  She is trying to decide if she wants to do a dance class or be a cheer leader in the fall.  She loves anything that is girly.  I am not sure where she got that from.  On Tuesday we had a very busy day.  In the morning we meet some friends at the park.  It is a new park for my kids, which is always nice, and there are never any other kids there, except when we invite our friends to join us.  Jacob is going to continue to take piano lessons over the summer.  His wonderful teacher has a pool at her house and told us to plan on swimming every Tuesday when he has his lesson, so we did.  Jacob had his piano lesson then we swam until about 4pm.  We came home, just in time to make dinner and get Jacob ready for his baseball game.  He also had a game Saturday and his last one is this coming Wednesday.

We had to have new brakes put on our van so Thursday the kids and I spent the day at home which was a nice break from running around.

We started babysit swapping with two other families so that we can get to the temple monthly.  We took the first turn to have all the kids.  So, Friday night we had 12 kids at our house while their parents went to the temple.  Our kids were very excited to have all of their friends over.  The night went really well.  We played games, watched movies, caught fireflies, played tag and many other fun things.  About 10pm, when things were winding down I told Sean, "I thought that went well."  To which he replied, "Yeah, but I do not want to do it again tomorrow."  It was a late night but the kids made some great memories.

Saturday was going to yard sales and working the baseball concession stand for mommy, yard work for daddy and birthday parties and   baseball games for the kids.

Girls Night

At the end of May our church had a Father/Son campout.  (I did not get any pictures of the boys before they left)  So, daddy took both boys to camp in the woods.  They had s'mores and slept in a tent, what could be better. 

While the boys were away the girls played.  Emma, Lucy and I went to Panera for dinner.  After dinner we headed to get some ice cream.  Then we went over to a friends house for a girls night.  We stay out until about 9pm.  Once we got home I put Lucy to bed and the pampering began.  I did Emma's hair.  She had never slept in curlers before.  She said it was not that bad.  We also painted our finger and toe nails.  I loved spending some time with just my girls.

Daddy/Daughter and Donuts

Emma's preschool had a "Donuts with Dad' at the end of May.  Emma was very excited for her daddy to come to school with her.  They enjoyed donuts and milk.  The kids also sang the dad's a couple of songs.  They both had a lot of fun.

Another, not so nice, present

Last Saturday, Mother's Day weekend, Sean's parents were able to spend the weekend with us.  Jacob is playing baseball, maybe someday I will take a picture or two of him.  When we got home from his game Belle, our Chocolate Lab, was out back and would not stop barking.  I yelled out the window for her to stop but that did not work.  The kids went out back to play on the swing set, which always makes her happy, but she was still barking.  I went over to the window to see what she was barking at.  Belle was standing at the top of the stairs that lead to our basement barking.  I figured there must be something down.  I headed to the basement, from the inside, and this is what she was barking at.......

Let me just tell you that I DO NOT do snakes.  In fact, I can feel my heart racing and am very jumpy as I am typing and can see the snake in the picture.  I have always joked with Sean and told him if he wanted me to move out to just bring a snake home and I would be gone in less than 5 minutes.  I called him at work and asked him if it was a hint.  :-)  Luckily, he told me "no".  I looked online and I believe it is a "ribbon snake".

Sean's dad was here and I was very grateful for that.  He would not kill the snake like I wanted him to but he did remove it from our backyard and put it in the bushes way out back.  The snake was not happy with him and was doing all it could to let Sean's dad know he did not like being moved with a snow shovel and rake.  Hopefully this snake will never be seen again in our yard.

Mother/Daughter

Emma's preschool class had a Mother's Day Tea.  We were asked to dress up.  Emma was very excited to wear a nice church dress to school.  The kids escorted their mom's to the tables when we got there.  I could tell they had practiced this very hard.  Then the kids all sang us two songs.  "You are my Sunshine" and "Twinkle, Twinkle" with mom words added in.  After the performance from the kids we were able to enjoy some cookies and punch.  I had a fun time with Emma.  At the end Emma presented me with a flower and picture with her hand print.  Those are the best kind of Mother's Day present to me.  Emma and Mom had a wonderful morning.

Where to start??

Again, it has been a while.  Life seems to be passing me by these days.  I have several posts that I want to add and hopefully I will be able to do so in the next day or so.  And, my mom is harassing me to get some pictures up, SO, here it goes.

At the end of April Seth's preschool class went on a field trip to a farm.  If you are in the area you should go, it is www.greatcontryfarms.com  The kids were able to plant a sunflower, go on a hay ride and feed the animals.  There are several playgrounds, some big slides, tricycles for the kids to ride and a huge jumping pillow.  That was a hit.

 

Seth getting ready to plant his sunflower.

Seth's preschool class with a few added siblings.

Feeding the animals.