kindergarten graduation

Matthew graduated from kindergarten! He smiled so much I thought his face would crack. I, on the other hand, tried not to sob through the whole ceremony!













It was a very emotional day for me, to say the least. I can't believe my little Matty-boy is going to be a first grader and be gone at school all day. We will have to work hard to make sure we don't lose our cuddle time!

dance festival

The kids had their dance festival at school at the end of May. The third graders did a Maypole dance, and the kindergarten danced to "Splish, Splash (I was taking a bath...)". I love watching my kids at their dance festival!







Matthew has the green goggles and floaties on.

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

Since my computer refuses to let me get pictures off my SD card, and a no picture post may bore the 4 people who actually read my blog, I will just pass along a link to a blog that I love. This woman is hilarious, and I wish I knew her in person so we could hang out. I laughed out loud at this post.

Also, my sister is pretty dang funny. If you haven't read her latest post, just know that it involves a sweet pic of Kirk Cameron (need I say more?) and some very real growing pains we can all relate to.

Enjoy!

ONE MORE REASON TO LOVE THIS BOY

Matthew and I have been having "cuddle time" ever since he was a toddler. It used to be a daily occurrence, but as he gets older, it happens less and less. Usually it involves a little begging on my part and a lot of "Are we done yet?" on Matthew's part.

The other day, I was working on some Relief Society stuff when Matthew came in my room and slipped this little note onto my lap:



My response:



I love how he included "I hate cuddle time" as one of my options. He knew I would never check THAT box! This goes down as one of the best "mom" moments that I will always remember.

APRIL FOOLS???

It seems that Mother Nature has played a nasty April Fool's joke on us:





I am not laughing.

A VERY BELATED ST. PATRICK'S DAY

(We have been having technical difficulties with our computer, so I am a little behind, sorry...)


Corinne had to make and demonstrate a leprechaun trap for school on St. Patrick's Day. Since I have almost zero creativity, I put Tyson in charge of this one.

Corinne was told that leprechauns love things that are shiny and sparkly (just like Corinne!), that they are very little, and that they are sneaky and like to break the rules (not like Corinne).





The idea was that the sneaky little leprechaun would see the gold coin and climb the ladder (made by Tyson) to get to it. Then he would fall through the green tissue paper on top and end up stuck in the (kleenex) box!


(Doesn't she look cute in this picture?)

This was our first project (of many, I'm sure) where the parents stayed up late doing most of the work! Corinne did decorate it, and it turned out great.

COUSINS

Last weekend we went to visit my parents and my sister's family. For some reason when I am there, I seem to only take pictures of these two:





Since it is next to impossible to get these girls to sit still for more than 2 seconds, much less to sit still at the same time, I decided to snap a quick picture while they were both on my lap reading a book.



As you can see, Allison is not quite as talented at cheesing it up for the camera as her cousin!