Schools Out

The last day of preschool was filled with fun activities. We did a little reviewing of letters, numbers and shapes inside and spent the rest of the day in the backyard having a field day. The kids loved it and it was lots of fun. It was not the normal preschool class, one little boy Gavin woke up sick that morning and could not come. We could not do all the games with just 3, so we invited over Caden Barr to join in on the fun. Here are some pictures from the last day.

Here they are trying to pop water balloons with their bums, none of them could pop them on their own. Finally Caden did and got so mad that he got wet. It was pretty funny. Eventually most of them gave up on popping them with their bums and went with the shoe, not Brooklyn though she was determined to play the game how it was supposed to be played and she just kept bouncing and bouncing on her balloons.

This is a picture of them trying to play Soccer. They had a good time kicking the ball, but their wasn't much soccer going on.

This was our outdoor art project for the day. I filled 4 squirt bottles with colored water and they spray painted their art.

Here are the four kids that were there that day.

We had a great time and did lots of other activities that I don't have pictured here. There was a race with the kids filling up cups with holes in them and racing to fill their buckets. They did really good and it was super funny to watch. We had a water balloon toss game with the parachute and they just loved to throw the water balloons and watch them pop. The last thing we did before everyone went home was have a treasure hunt through the house to find one last treasure that had a few little prizes for the kids to take home. I loved preschool this year and I was thankful for the time I had to spend with these fun little ones.

Memorial Day at Landa Park

For Memorial Day we spent some time at Landa Park. We had a picnic in the back of our car because you have to pay $10 for a picnic table and lets face it we are cheap. Then we walked over to the boathouse and rented a paddleboat for a half an hour. It was a fun experience that Brooklyn said she really liked, but was happy when it was all done too. Then we headed back to where we were parked, fed some ducks along the way and just played in the grass. We had brought Brooklyn's Dora soccer ball and we kicked that around and tried to teach her how to play soccer on briefly. She was so upset we weren't playing it her way and she said she wanted to play by herself. So while she was playing soccer by herself Brad and I threw a frisbee around. After playing Brooklyn soccer by herself for awhile she decided it was okay if we played the real way. She also asked if she learned to play the real way, would we please put her in real soccer. We had a great time and are still debating the real soccer thing. Good thing it is summer and we don't have to make any decisions quite yet.

Family Pictures

Yesterday we went to the Japanese Tea Gardens and had some family pictures taken by Natalie Layton. She is great and Brooklyn was so good. Here are a few preview pictures. I am hoping there is a better family one coming, but the ones of Brooklyn are so cute.

Mother's Day

Brooklyn came down from her much needed nap this afternoon, ran to me gave me a big hug and said, "Happy Mother's Day Mommy!" She then turned to Brad and said, "What else was I supposed to say Daddy?"

However rehearsed this conversation was it was super cute and much appreciated. I love my little girl and I am so thankful for the opportunity to be a mother. It was definitely hard to come by for us and I appreciate it so much. It also makes me appreciate my mother more and more especially when Brooklyn is having one of her moments (kicking, screaming, turning red tantrums). Thanks mom for always being there for me. I love you!

On another note, one of our favorite comments from Brooklyn recently that we forgot to blog was around Christmas when we went to Six Flags. We went for the evening and she only got a chance to ride one ride, the sled hill. We started to wait in line for the Ferris Wheel, which is her favorite, but it wasn't moving at all so we called it a night. When we were walking to the car she saw the ferris wheel from the parking lot and said, "Look, there's the ferris wheel. Bye bye ferris wheel. (waving the whole time) We will see you next time." In the car on the way home we asked her what her favorite part of the night was and she said, "Waiting in line for the ferris wheel." Needless to say the next time we went to Six Flags it was the first ride we hit. This girl provides lots of laughs in our household and we sure do love her!

Storytime

Brooklyn loves to tell us stories. They usually have to do with what is in her eyesight, but they always crack us up. Here is one of her latest.