My little boy is growing up!

Cole graduated from preschool tonight. We were glad that they let him graduate since he wasn't there the whole year and his credits didn't transfer from Pasos Chiquitas in Mexico. Cole has enjoyed his preschool immensely and even said as we were leaving on his last day that he wanted to live there with Miss Walker forever. We consoled him by reminding him that he's that much closer to starting kindergarten and then he was excited again.

Right after we celebrated by eating at Friendly's, we headed to the ceremony

Look at those blue brannan eyes.

Right as he was receiving his diploma and I was zoomed in with the perfect shot, the guy in front of me stood up to let his wife back into her seat, blocking my view completely and missing the moment. Ironic and sad but then we remembered that this is only a preschool graduation. (And Steve got it on video, too)

Cole is now ready to take on the world!!

Pee Wee Soccer Star

Here are some shots from Saturday's game. After a rained out game and practice we were thrilled to have beautiful weather.

Cole scored the first of the only two goals of the game! Everyone was surprised, including him! He's not the best one on the team but he's really starting to get the idea of the game and loves playing and having friends on the team. Who knows what he'll end up playing if anything, but if I could choose a sport to watch... it's a lot more interesting to watch then baseball! (and a shorter season!)

Cole's posing but he really does get down and serious. It is hilarious to watch him get so into it. Unfortunately, our offense was so good that he didn't get much of a chance this game to show off his goalie skills. He did get to throw the ball in once.

It was picture day and this year Cole decided to do a really good smile instead of his sad face from last year! It is amazing the difference a year can make!

May flowers

It's been a fun spring for me because several of the trees in my yard flowered for the first time since we've lived here. I have 6 lilac "bushes" and none of them ever had blossoms except one barely at all last year. I even had to ask our neighbor what type of tree they were cuz they didn't do anything cool. So without fertilizing or pruning or even praying, 5 out of the 6 have flowers this year! So that means that they'll just get more and more every year. And my dogwood had beautiful pink flowers on it for the first time too. This is a big deal for me because I have no green genes. I didn't inherit any ability to garden or plant or landscape. Nothing on my folks, they just hired it out. So I have no idea what I'm doing but I've got this amazing yard and garden and I'm benefiting from the old owners investments. And the squirrels left some of my tulips alone so we got to enjoy many of them through their whole blooming time! Life is good.


I took a few shots of the kids as we walked around Cox Arboretum

He wanted his hair to be like his friend, Brayton, from school. Fauxhawk. He is starting to ask for gel in the morning.

We have new neighbors across the street and they are a blessing! Kaitlin is their 5 year old and our kids play together nonstop. It is a new thing for me as a mom to let my kids go over to their friends house to play without me! Lydia is only 3 but totally keeps up with them and talks like she's 5. The 3 of them go back and forth between our houses (with our help crossing our extremely non-busy street) as they play. It will make for a fun summer! And it's bonus cuz Kaitlin's parents are really cool too!

Lydia's first ballet recital was tonight. It was adorable! Her class stood on the stage for a good long song and I think there was some choreography. I was just thrilled that she actually danced on stage and didn't freeze and run off. She even smiled at us as she did her plies and tendus. (she's the one that the teacher is positioning before they start)

Like every show, there's a good party afterwards. It was so fun to watch Lydia love it all!