Weekending it - Father's Day Style

This weekend was all about celebrating THE BEST DAD IN THE UNIVERSE! 

Dan got to attend the Father's Day brunch in Ivy's class on Thursday and he got a snazzy little tie to wear.

Our whole entire weekend was cold and wet. But Dan picked a pretty perfect itinerary for a rainy day. We got burgers and then went to see How to Train Your Dragon at the movie theater. Of course the kids managed to get the merchandise out of us. 

On Sunday, Dan got to sleep in and the kids and I cooked breakfast and served him breakfast in bed.

We included some fake ice cubes with bugs inside for an extra treat!

Then he came down to open presents which included some other practical jokes and cute crafts from the kids.

 

 

Oh these little surveys are always hilarious. 

 

We spent most of the rest of the day inside since it was still rainy but we played with Dad which is what he does best.

We love you, Dan!
 

Peeks from the Week

Well, not much is happening around here to share. Just trying to get through the last few weeks of school and random days off and half days. The weather still hasn't evened out to be consistently summery so we're all a bit confused about what to wear and what to do. The kids are antsy and ready to be done with school and I'm just trying to keep up with the To-Do list.

Here are some random shots from the last couple of weeks.

The kids finished their Ninja gym and gymnastics season.

The kids went to a Garden Party at the school one day and planted some seeds that have really taken off and I have no place to put them!!

We rediscovered bubbles and chalk this past weekend. The chalk paint stained the sidewalk. Eek! But hopefully it will fade over time.  

 

The kids each had a friend over yesterday for play dates and tomorrow we are celebrating Dan for Father's Day. 

Next week is Ivy's little Pre-K Graduation and we are headed to Cape May for our now-traditional summery kick-off beach trip.  Then it's three half days left of school and then it's full-on summer!

Weekending it

Well we are in those crazy days of June. A million school events, shifting schedules with work, birthdays, etc. It's wild and I feel like we're barely holding one in this last swing to summer.

This past weekend we took the kids to Dave and Buster's for the first time. They earned a trip to an arcade from filling their Kindness Tokens jars several months ago but we never made the trip until now. 

They were excited to finally get to go and it was a fun evening. 

Ivy also spent some time on her bike over the weekend. She was SO scared initially even once we got her training wheels. But, slowly she is getting some confidence and picking up speed. 

 

 

And on our walk we found a turtle's nest and empty eggs. And all the way across a big baseball field we found an itty bitty turtle.

 

 

Fun Day

Phew, we've almost made it through May!! It has been a whirlwind month between visitors and Ivy's birthday and this week was the big PTO Fun Day at the kids school.

I tried to be more involved in the event this year to attempt to take a lead. It didn't quite work out that way and we had so many issues with the weather this week. Hello spring? Where are you? We are so tired of gray skies, rain, and cold temps! The event was supposed to be on Wednesday but got canceled that morning for pending rain. The bad part about postponing was the rain date was the next day and the rain didn't really stop all night so the field was wet. Mandy and I got to the school at 6 am to help set up and we had to help pivot everything to being half inside and half outside. It was chaos.

But, in the end, everything got pulled off. All the classes got a turn on the bounce houses, a trip to the ice cream truck, spin art, face paint, relays, and water games. Everyone had fun and that's what counts in the end. And it was a family affair. Dan, Mandy, and me all helped out and that was special. Dan ran the bounce houses like the former youth pastor that he is and Mandy managed the face painting team.

As the class mom in Ivy's room, I was supposed to walk around with her but Kip's class had no room parent so I actually got to be with him and bop over to Ivy's class on occasion too so that worked out as well. 

This was Kip's last field day Fun Day since third, fourth, and fifth graders get to go off campus for theirs. But Ivy gets three more years!

The next three and a half weeks of school will dissolve into half days, dragging the kids out the door, scrounging for the last packed lunches, and clawing our way to summer.