hey may, bye may

 Is it just me or are we moving in slow motion while the time speeds up? May was nice. May is always nice. While it's a crazy time for graduates and teachers, it's pretty mellow around here. Highlights included Angus's birthday, camping in the backyard, swimming and LOTS of board games. (More on that later)

Favorite quote of the week:

Me: Do you guys know what Memorial Day is about? 

Angus: Nope

Mya: It's when we honor all the people who died fighting for our country.

Me: That's right Mya. Thousands of men and women have died over the years fighting for our country.

Angus: Wait. Is Miss Elder okay?!  *Confused looks from everyone*

Ms. Elder is his teacher. She's never been a soldier but it's nice that he always wants to make sure she's good.

We went to see Sonic the Hedgehog for Angus's birthday. It wasn't terrible. I didn't know that Jim Carey was in it. He's the villain. I didn't even recognize him for the first 15 minutes of the movie. I guess we're all getting older, including Jim.

She's a good dog.

Mya's not on board with Angus's emptying the whole bottle of sprinkles onto his cake.

Angus invited Ms. Elder teacher to join the festivities.

May 1st birthday buddies 💕

Happy 16th Rylie!

The kids have been asking if they could camp in the backyard for months. We finally did it. And we occasionally adopt Kendall, our sweet neighbor and Mya's bestie to join in on the Wag chaos. They actually slept out there all night and didn't come in. I was impressed. We left Otter outside so she could guard the tent. Not that she makes the best guard dog. She's deaf and blind but it's better than nothing.

After the color run at school =)

This might be one of my favorite pics of me and these dear ones. Three of us have our eyes closed. Happy birthday Elizabeth!

I love these two together. Zoom in for a close-up of their sweet faces.

A visit with one of my favorites, Karlita. Palm Springs was lovely as always.

When any two of my kids sit on the couch, they sit right on top of each other, like puppies. They definitely don't get that from me. 

She's such a good dog.

Winter read the scripture in church. She wasn't nervous at all. What kind of kid whispers random questions about heaven 2 minutes before she has to read 17 verses from Luke in front of the entire congregation? MY heart was beating fast for her though.

This guy was sick last week. I definitely have my favorite sick kids. Winter's probably at the top. She just lays around, watches TV, and never asks for anything. Addie's like that too. Angus and Mya aren't. They whine and complain and get extra needy. Love you Mya. 💕 Angus is needy anyway so he kicks it into high gear when he's not feeling good.

He always says goodnight to Otter.

The roomba often finds toys to eat. This horsetail was a doozy. Took me like 10 minutes to unclog.

Angus got two new hand-me-down costumes from a friend last week. It was like Christmas.

He isn't the biggest fan of the pool. He does enjoy laying in a raft when everyone else gets out and it's peaceful and there's no splashing and no waves. 

When everyone is in the pool, he prefers to lay around in his spiderman costume.

I love having friends on staff at the school. They send me the best pics throughout the day.

So, about those board games we've been playing. We still love Ticket to Ride but our current favorite is Wingspan. It's not easy for littles to play. I think the suggested age is 10+. But it's so fun. Dan and I are obsessed. Dan usually wins which is annoying but I still love it. We bribe Winter and Mya to play with us when they'd rather be watching TV or something. I highly recommend this game.

Happy Summer! 🌞