Bye bye Bronco

Many of you who know us well know Dave's love and my hate relationship with his restored 74 Bronco. It's mainly sat unused in our garage for close to 8 years, rendering me unable to park in the garage. I would curse it on rainy days when I had to lug the kids out of their carseats and so forth. Dave appeased me by parking it in our backyard a few months back but didn't have the heart to sell it yet (he restored it before we married and always envisioned having it as a "toy" to play around with the boys. The kinks to the Bronco were mainly transmission problems and the need for carseats until age 10 (it seems) and really limited its use. Dave sold it today to a Ford dealer in Mississippi who has the time, money and knowledge on how to get the Bronco back in to tip-top shape. It's going to be weird not having it here. One day when the boys are both old enough to appreciate it, I know we'll get something else fun for them to work on together. When we have a 3 car garage :)

All E's

Jack got his progress report before Easter break and it was all E's again for him! The progress reports are scaled by E, G, S and so forth. His report cards are actual number grades though. He got this certificate from the Vice Principal this week. We're so proud :)

Cinco De Mayo

I organized the second annual Cinco De Mayo party for my Mom's club today. We held it at a park this time and it was a blast! Lots of fellow moms and kids came and brought all sorts of yummy food. The kids made bracelets and also played with play doh in between having a blast at the park. I brought home the craft for Jack so he could enjoy it as well! He obsessed with an hour glass that he got at Kohl's the other day. It was on mega sale so I figured it was okay. He LOVES it and we timed it to be 5 minutes. Happy Cinco De Mayo!!

Raccoon surprise

Jack and Dave have been out in the backyard practicing baseball almost every night. Jack was throwing the ball up in the air and trying to catch it but one of his balls went up on our patio. Dave went up to Theo's room, which has access to the patio roof, and discovered a raccoon's nest right outside his window! The mom ran off so we got to see the babies up close. The looked like little kittens and appeared to be only a few days old. The mama raccoon came back to get the babies one by one and carried them off to the woods behind our house. I missed her the first 2 trips and pretty much staked her out (I'm sure my neighbors next door thought I was nuts or a weird lurker) for the final trip. It's hard to see through the screen but she's carrying the baby raccoon in her mouth. So cute! But glad they're gone ;)

Craftin'

Theo just LOVES to stamp stuff. I wish I could find self-inking stamps that aren't return address labels or teacher-related (good work, please sign). Until then though he just uses our return address stamper! I scored some color ink pads at Michael's today so I hope he enjoys that in the months to come :)

New design

You might have noticed things have changed around here! I'd like to thank Faith from A Design of Faith for creating this fun design just for me! She was fast, patient and her prices are VERY reasonable. Go check out her portfolio and keep her in mind if you ever want your blog upgraded :) This was my Mother's Day present to myself!

We had an action packed weekend but did not take a single picture (gasp)! This is probably the result of spending hours at the pool :) It's that time of year again. I got both boys a waterslide pass to our gym's giant waterslide. Even cautious Theo enthusiastically went on the waterslide by himself!!! Jack was able to carry his own mat and ride by himself at this age so I tested the water to see if Theo could as well. He had the mix of exhileration and fear on his face when he shot out in to the pool. Don't worry, I was right there to catch him (he wore floaties too). He practically sprinted back in line to do it again. Cousin Cameron came over to hang out with us so she and I took turns riding down the slide with the boys. It sure got our hearts pumping!!

Royal Wedding fun

With our upcoming trip to London, the Royal Wedding has been a big event in our house! I've been pointing out landmarks to them and even pulled out savory tea cookies for us all to enjoy this morning :) We are taking a side trip over to Paris for 2 days so I've also been teaching them what little French I know. We feasted on chocolate croissants on fine plates and I poured some milk in little egg holders that I had (we lack for tea sets here with all boys). I forced the boys to watch the wedding with me and there was lots of wiggling and squirming going on. But hopefully they will remember this event and think back to how we did special things :)

On a side note, Theo will be the ring bearer for cousin Patrick's wedding in January and I made a special point to show him Kate's ring bearers. Now he thinks he will be the ring bearer when we go to London for the Royal family. Oh dear! :)