"Another Day in Paradise"- Granger Field Day 2014

Near the end of May the girls had field day at school.  This year's theme was "Another Day in Paradise."  The girls were so excited of course and couldn't wait for all the inflatable water slides and games with their classmates.  Both girls had a super-fun, but exhausting day.  Judson and I spent a good part of the day up at the school watching and helping out a little. 

Kendall waiting in line for one of the water slides.

Kendall finishing up an obstacle course.

Avery on the water slides.

Avery was all smiles after sliding.

Avery and her good buddy Adelyn

In this game the kids had to work together to put together puzzles under a contraption that would intermittently dump water on them.

Kendall and Liam working together on one of the games.

Kendall and Liam

Kendall and a friend from her class.

After watching me take all those picture of the girls, Judson wanted me to take a picture of us.

Mother's Day

For my Mom's Mother's Day gift this year, we painted some letters to spell "Mimi" and took pictures of the kids holding the letters in the Community Garden at church.  I put the pictures in a frame with 4 openings so that they spelled out "Mimi."  Even though the pictures weren't professional, I think it still turned out to be a pretty cute gift.

On the Saturday before Mother's Day, my Mom treated me to a spa day at Sutera Spa in Flower Mound.  We each had facials and massages, and I got a pedicure as well.  It was so fun and relaxing to get pampered for an entire morning!  Afterward, we had lunch with my Dad at Fish City Grill.  While I was away at the spa, Scott and the kids cleaned the house from top to bottom for part of my Mother's Day gift.  It was such a great surprise and a sweet thing for them to do.  Scott was even thoughtful enough to take some pictures of the kids while they were cleaning so I could see them hard at work.

Miscellaneous in May

May is always a busy time of year, and this year has been no exception.  Here are a few of the special things we had going on in May.
First of all, both of the girls had artwork that made it into the district art show, so we went to the administration building one evening to view their artwork.  We were so proud of the great work they had done and it was neat to see all of the wonderful masterpieces the budding artists across the district had created!

Kendall is standing directly under her sunflower.  This was a mosaic of all the sunflowers that the kids in her class painted.  It was neat to see how different and unique they all were.

A close-up of Kendall's sunflower. Very pretty!

The artist by her artwork.

Avery's piece was a portrait of us, her family.  I love the bright colors and her attention to detail like the eye color, hair color, and even her freckles.

We also celebrated Judson's birthday, along with several others, with our small group from church.  We have birthday cake and the Dad's of the birthday kids for that month or months take turns giving their kids a blessing.  It's very special and touching for the parents and kids alike. Unfortunately I did not get very good pictures of this, but oh well.  I think the camera battery was about due for a charge.

Listening to his blessing, but still focused on eating his last few crumbs of cake.

The Dads all end up rubbing their kids shoulders and/or heads as they are talking.

Smiley boy!

Next was a family get-together at Tom and Jan's house when Scott's Uncle Jerry was in town for a visit.  The whole family went to church with Tom and Jan at Alliance C of C and then went over to their house for lunch. I took just a few pictures of all the kids.  And again, they are bad pictures, but this time I can blame it on my phone.

Judson is showing off around his cousins and refusing to smile for the camera.

Judson has a way of bringing out the silly in everyone.

At first the girls were all taking turns walking or running on the treadmill. Then they got creative and started sending toys down it like a conveyor belt and catching them in a basket.

Last but not least was a special little event Avery had at school called "Poetry Cafe."  The kids all got to pick a poem, memorize it, and come up with hand motions and props to go with it.  Then when parents and other classes came by their desk, they would recite their poem and let the guests look at the poetry book they had created.  Avery chose the poem, "Tree House" by Shel Silverstein.  She made up the hand motions all by herself and Scott and I helped her make the window of her tree house for a prop.  She has always been such a little performer and she did not disappoint with this project.  Great job Avery!

Avery stood behind her tree house window while she recited her poem.  She wanted to wear her hair in pigtails so she would look more like a little kid.

I don't know what this face was about, but I thought it was cute and funny so I decided to include it.

I Run, Run, Run

getting ready to sing

 In early May Judson had his spring program at SCP.  Each of the toddler and 2's classes sang one song, which was just enough to put each child in the spotlight without giving them too much to remember and without making the program too long.  Judson's class sang a super cute song about running to win the prize.  They wore little t-shirts with runner's numbers pinned to them and did the cutest little motions to go along with their song.  The words went like this:
I run, run, run the race before me
I run, run, run to win the prize
I run, run, run the course before me
I run, run, run to Jesus!
I will not grow weary
I went not lose heart - bum, bum
My eyes are fixed on Jesus
He is my God!
Judson did a great job singing and doing the motions.  He was all smiles on stage and was so excited to see all his family in the audience and to perform for us.

"I run, run, run to win the prize"

"I will not grow weary"

"My eyes are fixed on Jesus"

more running

this is his cute little stinker showing off face

"I will not lose heart- bum, bum!"

Enjoying a snack back in his classroom after the show

Mommy and Judson

Scott and Judson

Our family with the little performer

Boing!

Scott putting on the springs.  I started taking picture at this point when he said, "You should be documenting this."  Guess he wanted his hard work to be remembered!

After much debate about whether or not a trampoline would fit in the yard, what kind to get, and how to level it, we finally took the plunge and decided on a trampoline for Mimi and Poppi to buy for the kids.  It is a 9 x 15 rectangular trampoline with the net and turns out it fits perfectly in our yard and has been a great purchase!  The kids jump on it every day, sometimes multiple times a day, and have had so much fun with it.  There might be two grown ups that have had a lot of fun on it too :)  Scott put it together in about 4 or 5 hours one Saturday afternoon, just in time for our small group to come over and for all the kids to try it out.  And by all, I mean literally ALL.  I think there were about 15 kids on it at one point.  Not very safe maybe, but fun and very cute.  It has given the kids something to do in the backyard besides the sand box and has already given us lots of fun family time.

Tying the net to the poles

Giving it a trial bounce

Scott bouncing the girls.

Avery and Jud playing a game

The trampoline is something that all 3 of them will actually do all together!

more trampoline games

Practicing the old skills