Everyday Life

Now that school is done I can hopefully stay caught up with the blog.  Hopefully.  This post will catch us up to today.

May 1st:  Caught this sweet moment of Xander reading his Bible before school.  While the kids were at school, we received the 'playground', as Xander calls it.  After school I took some pictures since I forgot before school.  Xander was kind and shared his beef stick.  Minnie goes everywhere with Sterling.

May 3rd:  We got up early and was in the yard at 8 putting this fun thing together.   

May 6th:  It was our first warm enough day to wear a tank top, so we took advantage and went to the park.  We also noticed the seeds we planted a few weeks before have started to form flowers.  The red pot is Xander's and his is sunflowers.  The white pot is Sterling's and hers is daisy's.  Mine, well mine is still just soil...nothing!

May 7th:  Another nice day so we played in the water! 

May 8th:  I hung pictures in Sterling's room and I just love this picture!  I just need to find a coordinating piece to go on the wall next to this wall. 

May 10th:  Today was Sterling's day to hang with mom while running errands.  First up was shopping.  We were on the hunt for raincoats, but not the thick raincoats.  I wanted the ones with the mesh lining and were lightweight.  What a challenge to find.  We did find some at Scheels, but I didn't feel like paying $55 for each kid on one.  We also went into GapBaby and as I was shopping for a swimsuit for her, Sterling was trying stuff on!  She said 'look mom', I turn around and this is what I saw!  Hilarious...I told her to stand still so I could take her picture.  Creative little fashionista. While we were in Scheels, she wanted to ride the Ferris wheel, but of course is a hair too short (and still couldn't ride!) so the sales person told us of an event they were having in the north parking lot.  We went to check it out.  This was a day that I wish I had Bubba with.  He would have loved it!  They had a firetruck open, Swat team and their weapons, police car open, and a strider bike event with a free helmet.  Sterling of course wouldn't take hers off and fell asleep in the car...with it on.  

What a fun start to May so far.  Now that school is done, it's just going to get better.  This week is the kids' last week of school until July and I'm looking forward to having them home with me everyday!  We can get our painting back on.  We can take trips to the zoo.  We can play games.  We can take nature walks.  We can go to the pool.  We can have fun.  I'm so excited to have my kids back everyday, all day.  Life is good!