a fun day in pictures...

celebrating family

today we celebrated mother's & father's day with the entire family -an annual tradition that has come to be known as "ma/pa day" :)
it doesn't happen very often that ALL the cousins are together.so a group shot was taken immediatelybefore feedings, naps & meltdowns occurred.
isn't this a cute well behaved bunch?

we spent the afternoon eating, relaxing, getting wet
and making mark glad he has just one child :)

definitely a fun day celebrating family!

oh and we might have gotten a little crazy too...

dream big?

ryan: mom, can i be ANYTHING i want to be when i grow up?

me: sure

ryan: ok, then i'm going to be a bad guy.

no more pencils, no more books

woo hoo
last day of school!!!!

congratuations on a great year!
we are so proud of you :)

you made lots of awesome friends this year
AND
you learned lots!!

nice job olivia & garrett!!!!

now on to planning a fun summer...

it's officially...

SUMMER!!

and it's also official that a certain 3 year old has NO fear of the water.
time to find some floaties that don't have holes in them :)

nope, never a dull moment around here...

it's official...

josie is a big girl...

with a big girl bike!

just yesterday

it seems like just yesterday that this crazy boy was starting D4s...

it's been a great year
and i can't believe it's over :(

ryan has had such a fun year.
he's ridden the bus alone, gone of field trips
and made lots of friends.

and best of all, he found a kid JUST LIKE HIMSELF.

no joke, these boys are crazy and so much alike.
i love it!

congrats on a great year of preschool, ryan!!!

you are one awesome kid who's growing up -
why can't you stay 4 forever???

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ok, i do find it pretty funny that his teacher
is wearing the same shirt in these 2 pictures :)

good results

josie has held onto naps longer than any of the other kids.
lately, though, it's been a struggle.
she will still nap - it just takes her a lot longer to fall asleep in her bed.

so i finally gave in and started the -
"you don't have to nap, just watch this movie on my bed" routine.
i must say i'm pretty pleased with the results :)

outtakes

i had good intentions of putting up some {belated} easter pictures but...

aren't these outtakes just a little more fun?