Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Let the Camping Begin!!!

OMG.....we were finally able to get our new (to us) camper we'd been looking at since last summer!!  We had been borrowing my boss's camper and went a few time last summer.......but figured it was time to get one of our own and really begin enjoying the weekends camping with the kids!!  We are all very excited about spending lots of time in here over the summer!!

Check it out.....

Ella in her room watching TV.  Apparently she needs to sit close!!
The kids' bunk area.....
Had to buy some cool fish to 'fun up' the bath tub!!

Spending the day in the pool........I'm so glad my kids' swim classes are paying off!!  They are both comfortable in the water, but also know their limitations.......asking for water wings or their kick boards when they want to head out to the deeper end!!





We also had to get some tomato plants planted this weekend......the kids of course helped dad!!



Check out that face!!
Not sure what she's doing here......but she cracks me up!!

Pre-School Graduation!!

I can hardly believe Evan has graduated from pre-school and will be on his way to kindergarden in the fall.......where does the time go???  Really???  Evan and Ella were both in pre-school this year at Thomas Edison, so Ella was involved with the graduation program too!!  Each class does a song and dance and then the graduates are introduced.......such a fun time!!

Here's Evan running from my camera! hahaha
Ella was sooooo excited to finally get to wear this dress!  She's been asking me for like the past three weeks to wear it to school.......and I kept telling her we were saving it for her program.  Needless to say, she was beyond thrilled when I pulled it out of the closet!!  They are to adorable!!
Ella's class doing their 'Beanie Bag Dance!'  Ella had Mrs. Adams this year and she had such a fantastic time in school!!  I must admit, I was very worried about Ella in school, but I think she did wonderful and Mrs. Adams has sparked her love for learning and her imagination!!
She was kind of hidden in the back.....so I had to sneak some pictures when the boy in front of her would drop his bean bag!!  She's also standing beside her very best friend Lillie (in the purple).

Here is Evan's class......they sang 'My Mother is a Baker'


They had to tickle each other at the end.........good times!!
Introducing the graduate!!
He saw me up front snagging his picture........hahaha
With Mrs. Owens!!  She and Mrs. Barnhart did a fantastic job teaching Evan!!  He really loves school and learning and helping others.......I know they will miss him!!  I am very excited for Ella to have Mrs. Owens next year!!
One final song by all the kids and their wands!!

Attempting to get the kids to cooperate for a few pictures at home......it went 'well'!! haha

Thomas Edison makes one of these signs for each graduate!!  We are so proud of you Evan.....you are going to do wonderful things!!

Easter Morning

The Easter Bunny.......what a Bunny!!  He always treats the kids very good!!  They got lots of fun new games and some yummy candy too!!


 Angry Birds.......oh my!!

Egg Coloring Fun!!

We started last year setting up grandma's house for egg decorating with all the kids!!  Table covered, seats covered, adults with gloves, cases upon cases of eggs hard boiled and tons of colors to choose from!!  Because the kids are too impatient to share, we try to make each color for each kid......yes, TONS of colors!!  I think this year we had at least 10 dozen hard boiled eggs to color.....which lasted about 20 minutes!!  Needless to say, Ella got her fill of hard boiled eggs (they are one of her favorite snacks!!) and we had lots of egg salad sandwiches!

Let the fun begin......


 I tried so hard to get my kids to leave the eggs in the colors longer to get darker color.....they didn't quite understand what I was getting at!!  haha
 Super messy hands.......
 Parker just chilled in the swing while all the madness was happening!!
 Lots of pretty eggs......
 After all that hard work, there was a cookie break!


Elling Side Easter...

Kids forced to take a picture prior to egg hunting.  haha
 Who wants to hunt eggs???
 ok.....everybody make a silly face!!
 Evan heading the charge.
 Go.....
 Go.....
 Quick family picture!!