Joey's last day of Pre-K

Where has the time gone? It just seems like it was yesterday when I dropped Joey off for Pre-K. His school put on such a huge celebration for the last day of school!!! They were to wear their bathing suits to school because they were having some water fun. The morning started with practice for their graduation ceremony, then a picnic lunch under a huge tree on the front lawn. After that, they went behind the school for all the festivities. A bounce house, snow cones, water fun...what a great day. I wasn't able to stay long, but I did get to show up to take a few pictures.

When I came to pick Joey up from school, the mother's who stayed for the day all were crying and so was his teacher. The one mom informed me they were all crying because of Joey. Well, that can never be good right? LOL! Turns out when Miss Maryann asked if anyone was scared to start Kindergarten, Joey said he was. When she asked him why he said "Because I will miss you Miss Maryann, and you will miss me, so I don't want you to be sad". He just adores his teacher. She is a really wonderful woman, so this was expected from him. I loved that school and I will definitely be sending Dominic there.

After 9 years, it's about time!

So, we have been in this house for 9 years and we haven't ever done anything to the front yard. This is the year. We have started and are still working, but this is the look so far. We cleared out all of the bushes and for the firs time, I planted flowers in the flower box along the front of the house. I also planted flowers in the area by the front door. This weekend, we are getting a sod cutter to cut out all the grass in a large area to mulch and plant our new bushes. Stay tuned...more pictures to come as we continue the project!

Oh, and look at Joey...he has a WORM in his hand. The first "manly" thing he has done in a while. ROFLMAO!!! He kept telling me "I'm the Man, Mommy"!!! Later I found a whole bunch of dried up worms in the "trunk" of his big wheel. Turns out while we were digging roots, he was stealing the worms and putting them in his bike. LOL! NASTY!

ISpace

There isn't much I like more than free family events, but when you can attend a free family educational event...it takes the cake! This May, we went to the ISpace exhibit. There was so many crafts for the kids to do, all while learning how things are done in space. We learned how astronauts fix things in space while wearing their "moon gloves". The kids got to cut the bottom out of 2 Styrofoam cups, put them inside of each other and attach 3 pieces of string to the bottoms, connecting the cups. When you want to grab something, you twist the cups in opposite directions and it forces the strings to squeeze your object and pick it up. It was pretty cool. Wish I had pictures of that.

They also had the opportunity to dress in astronaut gear, Hailee was the only one who would do it. We wrote our names on a sign to send off into space on the next shuttle run...it was all pretty cool! We made so many crafts, rode a hover-round...neat stuff to do. So worth going out there!

Oh, and the girls were in their softball uniforms because they were both supposed to have a game later that day. Both games got cancelled because of the rain. LOL!

Crazy Hair Day

The girls school had Crazy Hair Day and this is what my girls decided to do. They are just so silly.

Horse Play

There is nothing better to do in the world than to wrestle with Daddy!!! I used to do it as a child and now my kids do too. The minute poor John gets on the floor, the kids come running from all different directions and pile on! I love it! He does too!

Grandma time!!!

Grandma came over to have dinner with the kids the other night and I couldn't help but snap some pictures. Joey was hanging all over Grandma this night, giving her lots of hugs and kisses. He said he misses her when she isn't here, he loves her.

Entertrainment Junction

Momlikeme aka Cincymoms had their annual party at Entertrainment Junction this year. Of course, we have been dying to take Joey there, but I wasn't about to pay that price. So, when MLM announced they were hosting the party there and it was free admission, we jumped on it. Joey was in heaven. I was too...I won an awesome MLM diaper bag and t-shirt. I was voted "Most Hilarious" by the Cincy moms! How awesome are they? Love it!

Newport Aquarium

The Newport Aquarium was running a special that 2 kids get in free for each paying adult. What a deal!!! We went and everyone had a good time...for the most part. That place makes me so sick to my stomach. I can't even see the fish in the tanks at Wal-Mart with out getting sick to my stomach. Not sea sick, just horribly sick because I can't stand fish. Yes, I knew it was full of fish, but the family wanted to go...a Mom will do anything for her kids. This is proof. LOL! All the kids touched the crab...except for Hanna, she was scared to death to even try. Dominic loved it. He kept trying to grab it, I could tell if he got a hold of it, it would end up in his mouth. Ewww!!!

Dominic's ear surgery

Dominic had to have tubes in both ears. Poor baby has had 8 ear infections in just 11 months. Of course, I had to take my camera and get lots of picturs of the "big day". He did just fabulous, but I didn't hold up so well. It was harder on me and John than it was on poor little D.

More pictures of D's surgery