Way too many good pictures to share in June so sit back and enjoy reliving some of our summer during the January chill. You can read June’s original post HERE.
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May We Reflect on the 5th Month of 2015?
Yup slowly but surely we are working our way to current life… it has just seemed like the year has slipped away before we could truly grasp it! But on I go… May…
Well, what happens in May? Mother’s Day… that is the big one.
But we had so much more going on… Spring means sunshine and park days! We do have a couple nearby.
It also means (in Texas), roses are big, gorgeous and mailable… Gammie has always sent us beautiful blooms from her garden that seem to make it in record time for the most part, smell and petals intact!
Garage sales have started back up as well. A goldmine for books, toys and the odd piece of clothing… especially when they are walking distance.
The hot find for this year – LITTLEST PET SHOP pieces! Trinity and Echo are now addicted to them. Odd little bobble head things.
Miss Trinity completed a couple workbooks, as did Emanuel.
We dressed up fancy for church, especially when there was singing to be done for the Cherub Choir!
Scouts figured highly in our activities around the month of May… anything to fulfill Emanuel’s arrow points. This is a game where you throw washers into a pie plate. All the kids enjoyed that one! Noisy though.
One of Trinity’s birthday presents was a knot it yourself fleece blanket with a Hello Kitty theme. Trinity was such a go getter with this one – her goal was to finish in time for the Family Night movie at the YMCA… she made it!
Miss Echo was gifted a lovely selection of shoes thanks to the Schwartz family’s neighbour! What a blessing!!
We took the whole family for a special outing to the carousal at one of the smaller malls.
The kids rescued some free chairs from the end of the neighbour’s drive as well. Decent condition and rather comfy!
May also marked the beginning of this year’s straw bale garden. Nana and Baba are gone so much now they figured they would set it up and let the boys go with it. The results were… varied… but they did enjoy the process of setting things up, planting and such.
It is surprising how quickly winter melts away around here. The kids are always quick to embrace that change, really they are quick to embrace each and every season with a great deal of enthusiasm.
Cousin Robbie even found the time for a visit! A college student now we see a lot less of him but the visits we do have are terrific!
We ended the month with a trip to the zoo (Como) with Aunty Shandai and Uncle Ravyn. Sometimes a place takes on a whole new experience just by adding some amazing company. So sit back and enjoy the inevitable photo overflow!!!! Happy May!!! (belatedly!)
You can find the rest of the month’s images (many from the zoo) HERE. Can’t resist sharing these!!!
And of course we spent a lot of time with the Schwartz family! Even met the neighbour’s baby. Now that we have snow it is fun to look back at all this green warm sunshine!
Don’t forget Home Depot with Daddy and Baba!
And our time with Kites and the Wind (resources HERE).
And tons more but instead… a few more pics and then bop up to that link at the zoo section and see the overflow! Bask in the warm images with our cold winter just beginning!
As We Glance Back At April…
I am firmly remind that as the months pass so the kids grow. Where did baby Echo go? And when did Trinity all of a sudden mature? Don’t even get me started in regards to the boys… seriously SLOW DOWN WORLD!
Anyway… April… Easter you can check out HERE with a brief foray into the images and simple day we had. Traditions upheld of course.
Trinity’s birthday is ALSO in April… You can read more about her special moments HERE.
Of course we must draw attention to the slick hair cut Mr. Emanuel sported over April as well! His curls… all gone. Not sure if I should be sad or impressed at how mature he looks?
Miss Echo spent some of her April educating her Baba on all the current card shark techniques…
And spent plenty of time introducing Hugo Bear Dog (otherwise known as Bear Dog) to her teddies, her night time routine and her life in general.
We had nature walks in the lovely spring weather…
And made sure to make use of not only our playset in the backyard, but the sport equipment set Gammie gifted the kids. Once spring is here and light sweater weather is on… we just have to grab those moments and get outside!
We had a bit of a religious/faith landmark reached for the 3 boys as well… at this Lutheran church which is ELCIA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of American) instead of ELCIC (in Canada) they do first communion at an earlier age with a one night special class for the kids and parents. We got to make the bread for communion and learn about about the Jewish roots of the service. We then came to the Ash Wednesday service for Communion. It was an interesting class and I think the boys got something out of it. Still very different for me as all this was part of Confirmation growing up! I am still muddling through how I feel about these little and big changes in our faith system being in the States instead of Canada.
We have continued out swimming lessons with great results.
We have been having tea time as often as possible… tea, snacks and good books read together. anything increase our interest in reading right?
Made kites and actually did a whole study on different kinds of kites and things as well as covered a few scout requirements in the making! HERE
April was my stash busting month… everything I made was made out of yarn I had on hand! Here are a few finished pieces!
We even snuck out and took just the boys out for Taco Bell! I think we did rather good with our April…
And now for the rest of our spring fun… scout activites, backyard fun… a wee bit of green and some dress up. Spring is sprung!