Week of 5/8 in Pictures

Oh what a busy spring week. We celebrated Mother's Day over the weekend and spent the rest of the week gearing up and getting things ready. We finished the busy week with a very busy Friday. We went to Caroline's Friday morning meeting, got some errands done, went to Friday Family Read, and then met up with Caroline's former pre-school classmates. Over the weekend it was finally nice so after Caroline and I had a nice girls time going shopping and the library we met up with the boys (who were getting stuff for the yard) for some Hot Diggity Dog for lunch. After dinner we headed back out for some Dairy Queen. Bring on the nice weather! Oh, big growing news for Caroline too, see below :)

George showing that he can do the rings too!

It's coming along!

That's right, the other top tooth came out!

She is keeping that tooth and refuses to let the tooth fairy come :)

George asked and asked for the car wash,

then got real quiet when we went through. 

He told me later that day he was scared. 

Poor guy

Waiting on our ice cream!

Someone is happy about moving up to a big boy cone!

Week of 5/1 in Pictures

Another fun week in the books! We started the week off by going to Great Gram's and meeting everyone over there for lobsters. It was nice seeing everyone again in a relaxed setting versus a birthday party or Easter :) Alan worked on the guinea coop, I hit some school board and PTA meetings and we celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony at Caroline's school. Big changes coming when she goes back in September! The kids sang some songs and it was really cute. Nana joined George and I which meant two sets of hands chasing George :)  Saturday we headed up to Portland to run a couple of errands and I finally got to check out Miccucci's Italian market and the awesome Sicilian pizza there. We enjoyed some tasty desserts as well! We ended the week with some laid back couch time.

 They're getting bigger!

 George didn't want to eat while at Great Gram's

so he chilled out by himself in the living room :)

 Uncle Rick & Caroline 

reading Charlotte's Web

 After a busy weekend, George had a case of the 

Mondays and mommy indulged him

 Aren't the kindergartners adorable in

their blue hard hats????

 "Best day of my life"

 Checking out the mother turkey on her nest 

at Nana and Grampy's

 Wish me luck!

 We know Caroline can be super silly

and loves to dance but George has become 

quite the little goofball :)

:)

Week of 4/24 in Pictures

This week was really busy! Caroline went back to school and I was busy with school board meetings, trying to get my ballot form signatures, and the usual vet appointments, errands etc. Alan also took a break from painting George's bed since he shows no desire to get into it to work on the guinea hen coop. They definitely show a desire to move out and go in their own home :) We had sleet and snow and we had gorgeous sunshine. It was a weird week indeed! On Friday evening, we were all beat but wanted to celebrate our own little accomplishments so we headed to Allison's for a great dinner. The food was good, but our little foursome was having a blast!

 Psst, Daddy I'm not going to sleep

 Controlling or sweetness? Either way 

it was nice :)

 Someone thinking he is cool

because I let him sit up front while we waited 

for the bus 

 George likes his blue shoes, he likes his blue shoes...

 Grampy showing George how it's done

My Mother's Day weeping cherry tree has bloomed! 

 

Week of 4/17 in Pictures

Spring break! Woohoo! It actually felt like spring break too, which it most certainly doesn't now :/
During Caroline's spring break we had a few play dates, hitting the park with one classmate and having another former classmate (and BFF) join us to play with the chicks and make cookies. We hit the library story hour lots of playtime outside and a picnic and I had George's sitter come over so Caroline and I could have the morning to ourselves and enjoy a lovely girls lunch like old times :) We also had Caroline's 6th year well check up, perfect as always :) There aren't many pictures because we mostly ruled a no phone/camera time and George is a mad man on playgrounds now. Fearless!

 My little lunch date is growing up on me

Enjoying some hot tea and really broadening her Chinese

horizons. She found she loves spring rolls and 

egg rolls now and loves black pepper chicken!

 I learned that this ^ isn't fun and 

stores are meant for one child only :)

 Spring time deck picnic

This is George's first that he remembers and he loved it

Keeps asking me for another, but it's cold and

raining every.day :(

We Lost Our Minds...

...and got guinea fowl. Alan had been chatting about them for a couple of weeks since we are having a big tick problem this year and this is the most natural way of getting rid of them. Guinea fowl love ticks, and Japanese beetles and snakes. Things I hate. So I thought about it and then found someone who would take them if I hated them, and now we have them :) We got them on Sunday, the day before Caroline's spring break so she (and George) had a lot of fun with them. Here they are about the first week and a half or so of their lives :)

 About a day or less old

"I will sit and watch them like Fern watched Wilbur"

 Almost a week and getting their feathers

 Almost two weeks and starting to hop

Notice the one in feeder, or heaven as we say :)