Monday, May 30, 2016

Summer Has Arrived!

After a packed weekend of beautiful weather, lots of grilling, and great friends and family time, we're ready to go to bed early tonight. The weekend also brought the arrival of our new niece and cousin, Maya Jeanette! Abby and Brian welcomed their baby girl early Sunday morning, and we're so excited about the newest member of the family! 





Catching a snooze in the stroller.

Playing at the garden nursery.
Jack helping Dad fix the faucet.

He's a natural.

Breakfast al fresco.



So tired after a long day of fun.

Reunited with their best buddies! We went to visit good friends of ours that have kids the same age. Ella and Harper even share the same birthday, and have a special friendship even though they don't see each other that often. It was fun to see them having such a good time together!





















Ella showing Maeve her photos.

Shopping with dad. 

Ella took a selfie with Maeve. 

Relaxing at the park with chocolate milk and a scone. 






Fun with a hose...






New pool!


Sunday, May 22, 2016

Bake Sale and Besties

One of my favorite things about the kids' preschool is the annual bake sale. Each student brings a few treats to sell, and all proceeds go to an area food pantry. It's really cute to see the kids so proudly selling their wares, and we had a lot of fun making our goods. Over the weekend, my best friend from college, Angie, came to visit. We try to make a trip to see each other once a year, so this was her first time meeting Maeve. It was so great to see her and catch up, and the kids loved having her here. We also enjoyed a beautiful weekend under our new pergola. We're ready for summer!

School pics - what great friends these two are!


Breakfast at Dunkin Donuts.


There are a lot of great Jack faces in this post. Here's the first one.


Maeve riding the rocking panda. She really liked it!

A sister picnic.

Making worms and dirt for the bake sale. Jack was more interested in eating it, of course.

A Chuck E. Cheese birthday party.

Ready for customers at the bake sale!



It was ironic that he chose the worms and dirt to eat, as he also enjoys eating real dirt. So gross.


A little dirty and very tired.

Building a pipe.

Another group shot at the bake sale.

Angie came to visit!

Happy girl!

Angie reading to the kids.

Playing outside.

Buying treats at a lemonade stand.

Angie offered to buy them lemonade.