Brooklyn's Last Day of School

Brooklyn had tears in her eyes when I picked her up today. As the room Mom we presented the teachers with a photo collage of all the kids and we gave them gift cards to a store of their choice. They were great teachers for Brooklyn and she has accomplished so many things there. She also made some good friends there as well. She still doesn't understand how school ends and there is no more school until the fall but eventually she will be bugging me when our next holiday is. I better enjoy this while it lasts. I did take a picture of her before we went to school and after I picked her up in front of the school. It just doesn't seem possible that it will be summer soon. Have a great one.

An Update on the baby birds

This morning they were really talking and the mama bird and the papa bird were just watching the nest. They seem to be progressing fine and they actually look like real birds now. The whole family has enjoyed this experience. When I went ou there tonight I could hear the mama and papa bird talking to each others but the babies were no longer in their nest. I do know the nest was getting too small for them so I am hoping they are with their parents and in a bigger nest. Its been fun the last week with the baby birds developing every day. This is the last picture I took of them this morning

Grandpa had Knee Surgery

Today was grandpa's total knee surgery. He was really ready for this surgery because he has been in pain for quite some time. Hopefully it will be as successful as grandma's was. Now they will have matching knees. He went into surgery around 730 this morning and was done by 10am. He did well through the whole surgery, had no problems with the annesthesia with the exception of the epidural. For some reason, they couldn't get the epidural in the right spot but he has a pain pump for pain. We got to see him after lunch and he was very loopy but awake enough to ask questions. For some reason he wanted his watch and phone but with him so drugged up I am not sure why he wanted those things. I will check on him tomorrow after I drop Brooklyn off to school.

Baby Bird update

The baby birds are doing great. I had worried yesterday when I found one of the babies had died and their mother would abbandon the rest of the babies but late last night the mother bird and papa bird came back to the nest. I was relieved. The birds look like they are thriving. They now have their eyes opened and are getting more and more feathers. You can now see their little beaks. They actually have pretty big lungs because every morning and they are talking up a storm. This afternoon I had seen the papa bird on our roof and then the mommy bird on our tree. I was able to get a good picture of them. Brooklyn and Logan are really excited about the baby birds and are always asking me to see them.

More pictures of the pool

Here are more pictures. There were too many that were cute.

First time this Summer

Even though it's not officially summer is sure does feel like it. This afternoon all the kids met up with Michele's kids and we went swimming. The kids were so excited. We don't have a community pool in our neighborhood so we have to go to others. At first, Logan and Brooklyn really didn't know what to do. I haven't boughten anything for the pool so we borrowed Michele's swim stuff. Madison didn't want anything to do with the pool at first but eventually she came around and had a blast. She played with another girl her same age and also Blake. It was very cute to see her swim. This is very new to Madison because she has never been in a pool for her so I could understand the hesitation. Logan just stayed in the baby pool but had a blast and wasn't scared to get his face wet at all. He tried to venture out into the big pool but he wasn't quite ready for that just yet. By the end of the afternoon, Brooklyn had managed to swim with the floaties on her arms across the pool with the help of Campbell. I took lots of pictures and I am sure there will be many afternoon's spent at the pool.

Brooklyn's Last Week of School

I can't believe that this is the last week of school for Brooklyn. It doesn't seem possible. I just remember yesterday starting at Apple Creek and now she has officially got her certificate for passing preschool. We just got her progress report for the end of the year and its amazing how much she has accomplised in one school year and this is just preschool. I can't imagine what it is going to be liked in elementary school. The only things she missed and has not yet accomplished are as follow:the forehead, capital C, lower case g and c, objects that start with L and the sounds of I,D,Y,and E. Mommy and daddy are real proud of her. She is not done with Apple Creek just yet, we are continueing her phonics classes through the summer. Logan will start his school on June 7th. I can't wait to see how this turns out. We will keep everyone updated.