Feels Like Summer

We've been enjoying the long warm evenings:

Fireflies!

Bunny tricks

Benji was grumpy, so I started making carrots the bunny (which is really a heat pack) do silly tricks. Soon he was smiling and playing along. Who knew, he really was a boo boo bunny!

Too Cool for School

Or, excited because she has less than a week left (with no finals to take):

Couch Buddies

Hanging out together, watching a video (they are sharing earbuds, each with one in):

Pirates! Theodore Thud and the Quest for Weird Beard

Stage Left's spring production. Benji requested and was cast as Deet, a pirate:

Here's your barf-day worm!

Being tortured by an octopus

Curtain call

Group picture

Relaxing at the cast party with Wilson, Ethan and Aiden

Sunday Amusements

With the end of Sunday School, we had a quiet Sunday before graduation. With a beautiful, not yet too hot (it got up to 90 degrees by the time of the Law School ceremony at 1pm) morning, we headed outdoors to check off a few bucket items:

Driveway Art

Benji chose to draw the hopscotch board instead of artwork

Playing hopscotch

At the Meadow Creek, looking for smooth river stones

Uniform Inspection

He finally has all the pieces and all the badges put on, just in time for his first Boy Scout uniform inspection:

Spring Band Concert

The weather was beautiful and the concert was held outside. Benji got to play two songs with the beginning band and one with the intermediate band:

Golden Apple Winner

The ceremony was lovely and now Kevin has a nice shiny apple for his desk as reward for 18 years as a great teacher:

Pirates! are coming

Promotional picture for Benji's play:

Excitement in the Mail

The kids were very excited to receive official government mail yesterday. Abby knew what it was right away (she was first home), but Benji couldn't puzzle it out. He was excited, though, when he saw what it was:

Relaxing Friday

As summer approaches, we are enjoying the near-perfect weather and taking our chances to eat outdoors. We snapped a quick Friday night pick on our way to eat outdoors at Rapture in the Downtown Mall:

Arm Slinky

Benji got this very cool arm slinky in his Easter Basket from Aunt Kathy and Uncle Josh. He's been playing with it both as instructed and in his own ways, including "Help! Blue Henry has a problem!":

Mother's Day 2019

We had a lovely, relaxed day. We started at the law school's reunion brunch and made a stop on the way home at Stonefield's Mother's Day Market, where we got to take a family photo booth picture:

After the market, we headed home to open gifts and play some games, and the kids let me take some pictures:

Awesome art from Abby

From Benji

And mother's day pictures:

Strawberry Picking 2019

It was our annual trip to Critzer's. The weather was beautiful and there were tons of red, ripe strawberries: