May’s Moments

I once read that it is ridiculous to apologize for not posting in a blog when you haven’t posted for awhile.  I do it every time.  Sorry to be redundant.  I realize there are only a few people reading and they already know what has happened.  So, maybe I just apologize to myself for not keeping up like I wish I would.  Some people use facebook to log their life.  I use a combination of the blog and actual picture albums (which I am also waaaay behind on).  I feel like this is my memory back up.  If I don’t remember when we did something or details, I can skim back through this electronic copy of my mind, and Bingo! found it.  I enjoy knowing it’s there for me.  So, May came and went.  And with it, came little memories I would like to catalog…

Mother’s Day/Birthday Celebrations…

Landen, Jen, and my mom share the month of May for birthdays; so they share a common party, usually tacked onto Mother’s day.  It was a good day to be together as a family.  Kickball, trampolining, talking, and eating among other things that were enjoyed.  The next day, we celebrated at church with a kids’ musical.

   

Chuck E Cheese’s …

You know that famed restaurant for kids that makes parents pull their hair out.  Well, my mom got the girls a gift card for their birthdays to go with a friend.  So, we finally picked a weekday to venture into this abyss.  It was a pretty quiet day at Chuck E Cheese, and for that reason, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.  Madison chose to invite her friend Mackensie; Ellie invited Aubrey.  This was a dilemma in itself because neither of them are at an age for “best friends” so they just picked on of their many friends.  I picked them up after school, let them play at the playground for a bit, and then Jeremy met us and off we went.  They had a great time playing games, eating pizza, and picking prizes. 

         

8th Grade DC Trip…

I was asked to chaperone the 8th grade trip to DC this year along with my other coworkers.  I was apprehensive about what this would entail, but I love to travel, so I was looking forward to getting away.  I was nervous about how the students would do and how things would go.  The company that plans it for us did a great job, and we, as chaperones, had little to do.  There were 28 girls on a pretty comfortable bus.  I was able to watch High School Musical 1 AND 2.  We stopped at Gettysburg which was really interesting (except for the Ghost Tour – waste of time).  DC was filled with monuments and museums.  The highlight for students was probably the dinner time cruise – there was lots of food and dancing!  It was a great trip, and it will be one I look forward to (assuming I get to go every year). 

    

Garden…

Jeremy is always good about getting a garden put in.  This year we took advantage of the school’s greenhouse plant sale to try some new things out – brussels sprouts, broccoli, pumpkins, and peppers. Also, we picked up a spider plant for Madison’s room and an aloe plant for Ellie’s room.  The girls helped him (a little) plant one evening.

End of School…

We made it!  Both the girls and I.  And Jeremy, too!  It was a good year, a growing year, and a fairly quick year.  Here are the end of school (right) vs beginning of school picture (left)