Back to School

We were so excited to have three boys all at the same school this year. Blake, the big fifth grader, started his last year of elementary school, Crew started his first year of elementary school, and Nash fell right in the middle. Finn started preschool and was thrilled to have his own carpool and lunch box two days a week.

Crew made it into kindergarten during the last year that our school district offered half-day kindergarten. I was grateful that Crew made the cut off because he is one of the youngest in his class and he would not have been ready for all-day school. 

Blake was definitely too cool for school.

I'm not quite sure what was happening with the hair that got crazier and crazier with each pose.

It always feels good to vacuum out the pound of sand in the car and get back to schedules and routines.

Spring According to My Phone

As usual, much of our on-the-go activities ended up on my phone camera roll.

Finn tagged along for many baseball games and practices.

Blake did an overnight sleep study to see if his large tonsils were obstructing his sleep and needed to be removed.

Thankfully, the results determined he wouldn't need surgery.

Blake also had an EEG test to rule out some things and spent 24 hours connected to wires and a backpack monitor. He wasn't about to leave the house in that getup but we played a lot of board games in the backyard.

It turned into a reading nook/hangout for the day. 

It's always a big deal to pull out the rain boots and umbrella on rainy days.

We scootered to end-of-school performances.

We ended up with a whole lot of boys at our house after school one day and of course they couldn't just take the sidewalk.

We enjoyed our sunshiny spring park days.

Crew watched butterflies form and hatch at preschool.

I went to a "Muffins with Mom" breakfast with Crew to kick off Mother's Day weekend.

My mom and I went to a women's conference to hear Sheri Dew speak on Mother's Day weekend and ended the outing with lunch and a walk on the beach.

Blake expanded his cooking repertoire.

It's too bad the children under 6 can't read since Nash was so clear on the rules of the room.

I took Nash on a one-on-one date to go rock climbing and he fell in love.

He especially liked picking out a book at Barnes and Noble afterwards and couldn't wait until we got home to dig into it.

Just like that, Maycember ended, school was out for the summer and it was on to figuring out how to keep the boys entertained all day everyday.

Once Upon a Lily Pad

Nash had the very important role of Egret #3 in the second grade musical, Once Upon a Lily Pad.

Second graders sure are cute.

Of course I made Nash pose in his egret costume (and too small baseball pants).

Meanwhile, Finn rolled down the grassy hill over and over.

Crew and Finn enjoyed the play just as much as I did.