Catching Up In Pictures

Here are several pictures of minor events I've taken lately.  Spring is making it's way into summer.  What a fun time!

 Hot Friday afternoon and fresh strawberries means ICE CREAM!  The girls kept a good eye on the ice level.

 For Mother's Day, John and Eve made flower pots in their class and gave it to me during their program.  The program was so sweet, but never a dull moment in preschool or kindergarten.  During Eve's portion one kids was crying hysterically because the little girl beside him got a little crazy with the motions and whacked him in the face.  During John's portion a poor little girl in the front started throwing up on the stage.  Happy Mother's Day :)
I thought these pots were so pretty and sweet.  They also help the kids fill out a questionnaire about their mom.  According to John, my favorite color is green (not really), I like to spend time with him, my favorite TV show is football (spot on!), I weigh 77 lbs (also spot on!), I'm 17 years old (on a roll, John!), my favorite food is spaghetti, I cook a lot of stuff, and I clean up a lot.

 Eve's pot had a few pictures of her, a little poem about mothers, and a message from her, "Dear Mommy, I love you.  I love playing with you.  You are pretty.  Love, Eve"  How sweet is that?  According to Eve, my favorite color is green (not sure where they got that from), What do I like to do?  Take a shower (that one cracked me up), my favorite TV show is what Daddy likes to watch, I weigh 10 lbs, am 32 years old, my favorite food is bagels, I cook cereal bars (nice), I like to go to the "Y" and school, and I clean dishes.  Apparently my children have a higher opinion of my cleanliness and hygeine.

 Not sure I have many pictures of Ellie sleeping.  I had to catch her this one morning.  She was just too darn cute to not take a picture.

 Here is the aftermath.

 And they call it "beauty" sleep.  It takes "product" to tame that beast.  Poor thing seems to have Mama's crazy hair.

 Buck let the band in the church retreat for the 5th and 6th graders.  We went up to the camp for the day to hang out.  It was so much fun!  John and Eve loved swimming in the freezing water (kudos to Buck for taking one for the team...I stayed far away).  Eve had her first run-in with a leach, but was very brave and didn't freak out when her toe was all bloody.  John braved the water slide.  It was a straight, but long and pretty steep slide down the bank into the lake.  On his first trip down, he had a look of terror on his face.  When he came up from under the water, I acted extra excited fearing he was going to be traumatized.  Surprisingly (to me), he came up with a look of glee on his face and couldn't wait to go again, and again, and again.  We also went out on paddle boats and kayaks, which they loved.  In the evening we got to watch Buck play with the band.  The kids absolutely loved it and loved to sing along.  I love that this is the music they enjoy.  On their way out, I was carrying things to the car and turned around and saw this.  I hadn't asked them to hold hands or anything.  It was just completely spontaneously sweet.

Later we got lots and lots of rain at our house, and in the evening found this right outside the back door.  GROSS! and awesome at the same time.  I've never seen a slug that huge!