We drove out to Valley Home Farm in Wartrace, TN this afternoon to go strawberry picking with friends! We enjoyed picking strawberries (Xander was excited to find a strawberry with a heart shape cut out in it), hanging out, and sharing scoops of homemade strawberry ice cream.
I loved being able to go on Xander’s kindergarten field trip with him to Lucky Ladd Farms today. He was so sweet with the animals and especially loved the sheep and the baby goats, and he had a blast going down the slides and playing in the corn box.
I love the picture of him snuggling up with Ms. Chase. She is the dearest person and teacher. He has thrived and grown by leaps and bounds in her class this year. We are so grateful for her and just love her so much.
Jonas and I went on a special trip, just the two of us, to Atlanta this week!!! We spent an afternoon at the Atlanta Zoo, a day at the Georgia Aquarium, and two nights in a comfy hotel.
At the zoo that afternoon…
Jonas had a blast climbing up and sliding down the canopy climber and checking out the komodo dragon. I enjoyed watching the panda bear chew bamboo, the baby orangutan swing, and the sun bears spar.
That night…
We explored the beautiful Centennial Olympic Park and Jonas discovered his new favorite restaurant, where we had dinner two nights in a row…The Waffle House. Ha!
At the aquarium the next day…
Our favorites were: the penguin waddle, the dolphin show, the sea lion show, the touch pools, the aquanaut adventure, and the movie screen size aquarium in the ocean voyager exhibit.
Mostly, we just enjoyed spending special time together. What a blessing!
Click on the “Atlanta Trip with Jonas 2016” page to the right for more pictures.
Xander was honored in this morning’s assembly with a Cardinal Pride Award for displaying a positive attitude, being responsible, having integrity, and doing the “extra”. Go Xander!!!
Here’s to the Nolensville Volunteer Fire Department’s Assistant Chief and Fire Fighter of the Year…Tom Seyfried!!!
It was such a beautiful day today that I up and decided to take Roman to the zoo this afternoon. We got to do all of his favorite things: feed the turtles, ride the train, brush the goats, check out the meerkats, go round and round on the carousel, feed the lorikeets, and play on the playground. We’re looking forward to having a lot more zoo time this spring and summer!
We spent Easter hanging out at home, eating lunch and spending time with Pops and Maw and Uncle Kerry, doing a little egg hunt in the backyard, and going to Easter mass. Here are a few pictures from the hunt…
We took our first family camping trip this week during spring break!!! A dear friend of Tom’s from the fire department let us borrow his land for the weekend. We had so much fun exploring the woods and the creek and the field, gathering rocks and wood for a campfire, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows for s’mores, and camping out in a little tin-roof cabin.
Click on the “Family Camping Trip 2016” page to the right for more pictures…
I took Jonas to his climbing class tonight…he didn’t end up having class due to spring break (woops)…but we stayed anyway so he could do some climbing. It’s so fun to watch him…he’s a natural!!!
We had a wonderful Easter Egg Hunt at the park with our moms’ group this morning!!! Especially exciting for Xander and I were rescue animals brought out by a local farmer for the children to pet…including a calf, a pot belly pig, a pygmy goat, a hen, and a rabbit.
A fellow first grade mom tipped me off to a fun place to take the boys over spring break, so we tried it out today with some good friends and loved it. It was a zero entry indoor pool that went up to 2 feet, with a play structure set down in the middle of it…and the water was warm. Win, win win!!! Roman enjoyed going down the slide, Xander was all about diving for rings and turning flips in the water, and Jonas liked testing the limits of every single boundary he could. 🙂 All told, we had such a good time and will definitely be going back.
Jonas and Xander enjoyed their spring parties this afternoon, and I was so grateful to get to be there with them.
Jonas created a windsock, played spring bingo with jelly beans, and noshed on a chocolate sprinkle donut and fruit.
Xander suctioned skittles through a straw into a cup, stacked marshmallow cereal with clothespins, made a paper plate wreath with ovals cut out of paint chip cards, created his very own spinner, and snacked on rabbit bait (pretzels, teddy grahams, marshmallows, popcorn, and chocolate chips).
What a fun way for the kids to kick off Spring Break!!!
Roman had so much fun having Dinner with Dad at his preschool tonight…he was especially pumped that he and Daddy got to help out with a science experiment!!!
Xander and I sat out on the sidewalk this afternoon, soaking up the sun and drawing with chalk. Here he is with his creations…
Roman had his first soccer game of the spring season today. He got right in there and played his little heart out, and we loved cheering him on. Go, Ro Ro!!!
Jonas and Xander and I had fun at Mommy/Son Game Night at school.
We took silly pictures, played relay tic tac toe (I totally busted mid-run on a Gatorade spill), had rubber band shooting and post-it note sticking races, stacked party cups into pyramids, threw footballs into the hallway (I stayed away from that one…with all of those boys throwing, it was getting crazy), played dodgeball (kindergarten + moms against 1st grade + moms), and filled up on fun snacks.
Here are a few pictures…
The boys came home from school this week with Dogwood saplings!!! Xander found a good home for his in the shady part of the garden.
I can’t believe it…but my baby, Roman, turned 4 this week!!! He had fun celebrating his birthday with this brothers and his best friends at the bowling alley.
One of the perks of being a FOUR YEAR OLD is getting your very own library card!!! Roman was super excited about it. 🙂
Jonas, as one of two first graders in the county, had the high honor of having his artwork chosen to hang in the Frist Museum as part of the Williamson County Schools Superintendent’s Art Show!!!
His artwork is the pink and green piece that you’ll see in the photos…painted and woven for an African Kente Cloth inspired project at school.
Here he is celebrating with Daddy, Mommy, Aunt Jeanne, his fabulous art teacher Katie Boothe, MeMe and PaPa and Aunt Jean, his godmother Julie Lee, and Maw.
