First Carnival

Took the kids to their first carnival, an annual Memorial Weekend event in New Buffalo. The minute we pulled close Luke started going batty. He's never been so excited. He wanted to see and do everything ... Which was NOT good.

Brooke, Ryan & Mom went into the Fun House. Then Brooke & Ryan went on a big gym/slide thing.

We grabbed some Cotton Candy (which nearly drove Ryan insane with desire) and went to play a few games.

2016 Pool Season

Brooke and Ryan got into the pool for the first time this season. It was a long time coming! The plan was for everyone to go, but after a rough nights sleep Luke just wasn't going to make it.

So Luke & Mom took a nap & the big kids got in some splash time. Hopefully he'll get into the water at some point this weekend!

Star Student

Brooke was nominated by her peers to be the Star Student for her class for the 3rd Quarter.

She also pointed out she was the Star Student for the 3rd Quarter in Kindergarten and PreK ;)

Mothers Day From Brooke

Sunday 15th

Ryan had a game that didn't start until late, so Brooke, Luke & Mom stayed home. Turns out we missed quite a game. When he was playing Pitcher (for the first time) he caught a ton of grounders and made a few great plays. His coach awarded him with the Defensive Player of the Game. The best part of that (apparently) was the award was Starburst candy ... And since the snack parent didn't bring a snack that candy was a valued prize.

Sunday

Ryan:
Wow! You look nice! (Sounding surprised)
mom: thanks Ryan!
Ryan: but you should put on some lipstick

Sunday

Luke:
TV. I wanna watch it. A movie.
Mom:
What kind of movie?
Luke:
A weird.

Sunday

Mom: Luke, who is this?
Luke: Binky Jar

Luke's Photobomb

Sunday

Luke sings ABCs...

Mom: Amazing singing Luke!
Luke: zip it!

Story Time With Pat Tomasulo

Took Luke to Little Threads for story time with a special guest appearance by WGNs Pat Tomasulo.

He did great for the first 1/2 of the first reader, but slowly lost interest. By the time it was Pat's turn to read ... He was DONE.


Luke tantrumed for about 1/2 of his reading and likely screwed up his taping. Thanks to Luke, his piece prob won't even make it on air ;)


Oh well!

He did finally approach him afterwards and let him know some of his favorite superheroes.

Mother's Day

After watching the kids sequential gymnastics classes,
we headed out for a surprise trip to Arlington Park.

We got there and I was surprised by how big the place was.  Apparently, the kids were too ... because I think we were there for 5 minutes before they started complaining how tired they were.

The races were pretty cool, but after the first one Brooke & Ryan had no interest in watching another (Luke remained interested the whole time we were there). Luckily there were plenty of other activities. The kids all went on a bounce house ... Luke's first time!

And they got to go on a pony ride ... a first for all three!

Mother's Day

Kids took mom to Arlington race course for Mother's Day ... and they got to ride some ponies!

Flippin Awesome

Guess who did her first flip on the trampoline today?

This girl, that's who!

Ryan Mothers Day Card

Mothers Day From Brooke

Mothers Day From Brooke

Stages of Crying

Brooke selfies ... According to her, these are the stages of crying

Sunday He Said / She Said

Luke heard a helicopter, he searched the sky for it. When he found it, he hollered "Batman! Batman Robin!"

On The Back

Love the days when it's nice enough Luke doesn't have to be bundled in a jacket with me ... And he gets to ride on the back. It's also much better for MY back ;)

Yesterday

Playing with a photo app ... This is why I'll never let her grow up.

Bunny Sighting

Apparently I need to expose Luke to more animals. Today we saw a bunny in the back yard and he clearly thought it was a friend.

First he said "bunny, watch this!" And I saw him about to attempt a summersault ... On our paved brick walkway. I stopped that, and he decided to shoot the bunny by pointing his fingers and yelling "pew! pew! pew!".

I suggested he not shoot the bunny. That he be nice to the bunny.

He then proclaimed "who burped?" ... "Bunny burped!" Followed by making lots of noise to scare the bunny away.

I promised him a zoo trip in the not-so-distant future.

Bad Frappuccino Mistake

Got the kids 1/2 price fraps during Starbucks Frappuccino Happy Hour. They both proclaimed it to be the best thing ever and they want to get one "every day".

I opened a can of worms.

Naptime Reading

Ryan gave Luke all his guys and there's no room for Mom in the chair. So Luke decided he will read books to himself while Mom sits on the floor.