End of School Means Summertime Fun

At the end of the school year I volunteered to help out with field day in Lucas's class. I know I will miss the great teachers he had and hope to see some of his little friends in his 1st grade class.

I was also able to spend the last day of school with Lucas in his classroom since it just so happened to fall on a Tuesday, my volunteer day. :) I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that kindergarten is over.

We started the summer off with lots of plans on the calendar and plenty of free days to just kick back and enjoy.

Landon Loves T-Ball

Last month Landon began his baseball career by playing t-ball. He was one of the youngest kids on his team but that did not seem to faze him one bit. His first game we were not sure if he would even participate or not but he followed his coach and teammates to the sideline until it was his turn to bat. The first time he hit the ball he just sort of stood there not quit sure what to do until the coach showed him where to run to first base. The next time he bat he remembered where to go and slowly walked to first base. Once he was on the base he usually needed someone to tell him when to advance to second, third or home. Towards the end of the short season he seemed to really be getting the hang of his offensive duties.

Playing in the outfield was another story, there seemed to be so many distractions. The first couple of times he did get the ball he would put it in his left hand with his mitt and try to throw it that way. It makes me giggle just thinking about it. Priceless!! We cannot wait to sign him up again.And of course there was a lot of nail biting going on.....a habit I wish he would quit. ;)

Zoo Field Trip

Last month I was lucky enough to get to chaperon on Lucas' kindergarten field trip to the zoo. My friend Becky McArthur and I were assigned to keep track of the seven boys in the class. Just getting to ride on the bus with all their school friends was so exciting.

There were at least a dozen other buses full of children at the zoo this particular day so at times it was a little nerve racking trying to keep track of the seven rambunctious little guys. One of the boys strayed from our group while at the playground but luckily we quickly recovered him.

We all were pretty tired at the end of the day and I even got to go for a little run as one of the boys told me, as we were sitting on the bus getting ready to leave, that he left his jacket at the lunch table. I ran all the way back to get his jacket and then back to the bus. Note to self......remind kids to grab all their stuff before leaving the lunch table.

Biking, Biking and more Biking

About 4 weeks ago Lucas started to ride his bike on his own!!! We got him the bike for his 5th birthday and rather than getting the right size we got one size bigger than what he needed. We tried all last summer to get him to ride his bike but it was really just too big for him. This spring when he was finally tall enough to sit on the seat and touch the ground he was riding it within a couple of weeks. After riding around the block the first time with his dad he said, "Dad, I think I love biking as much as you do now." :)

Speaking of biking, we went to our first Motorcross event at the Rocky Mountain Raceways and even though it was spring time it was snowing, blowing and freezing. Steve was out of town so the boys and I went by ourselves and after watching the guys on bikes warm up for an hour we had had enough. The competition had not even started when we left but by the time we got to the truck all of our fingers and toes were FROZE! We finally warmed up right before we got home so we decided to stop for some ice cream.

A couple of Saturdays ago Steve and I took the boys to grandma Judy's house and we took our bikes downtown for the Tour de Brewtah. We got to ride around to four different breweries and received a pint of beer at each one. Needless to say I was feeling no pain at the end of our ride.

The Tulip Festival

Last month we met up with some of my MOPS friends at Thanksgiving Point for the Tulip Festival. Even though a lot of the tulips had not bloomed yet it was still a beautiful day and we enjoyed walking around and just being amongst friends.

We have enjoyed watching our little friend Danee three days a week for the last month or so. I did learn right away that it is tough going from two to three kids and especially a younger kid who is not quit as independent as Landon at three years old. We will be watching her up until the end of this school season when our schedule gets a little bit crazy with vacations, swimming and other summer activities.

My "Bleeping" Blog

So I am not sure what the deal is with my blog but it has really been frustrating me lately - hence the lack of my blogging. Some times it will put in a bunch of spaces between my pictures and even though I go through and delete them and save my changes, when I go to view my blog the spaces are still there. My Easter blog was really a pain. I went in like three times and added text but it would not save the text. Don't think I was being lazy I was just fed up. Hopefully it was just that particular post, I promise to try again.

Happy Easter Weekend