Fun and Be Fit Day!

This was the first year I had two to watch at Fun and be Fit Day at school this year.  Will has been a spectator for many years now and was so excited to actually get to participate now!  He loved all the fun events!

Will has made so many great friends in kindergarten and always loves his time to play with them outside.  

Despite his stature, he did pretty well at flag tag!

We have a new P.E. teacher this year and she expanded to include water events!  The kids absolutely LOVED soaking themselves and others. 

Will and his buddies :)

After the Lunch on the Lawn picnic, the older grades came out for their afternoon of fun.  Kate's first event was a dress up relay.  Lots of giggles all around.  

And some Tug of War!

The water games were a huge hit with the older kids too!

Kate and her friend Avery had a great year together!  They always have so much fun !

Mother's Day!

This year,  Mother's day was a bit different.  I had to go in and see a few patients at work early that morning.  I was a little bummed about it I have to admit.  However,  me being gone some of the morning gave the kids LOTS of time to get ready for my celebration.   I arrived home to this wonderful sign and some pretty excited kiddos!

Kate had made this beautiful cupcake at school and saved it to show me that day. 

Will make me this fabulous Pinata or  "Pee Nada" as Will says it.  And when I softly shook it open (so it wouldn't break and destroy all his hard work)  a Starbucks gift card fell out onto the floor!  I'll take that kind of  Pee nada any day!

After being served a delicious lunch of turkey roll ups, crackers,  carrots & ranch and grapes  made by my wonderful children, Kate and I worked on our flower pots too.  Kate decided to go with Hot pink and Bright orange this year to match her pretty shirt in this picture.   It turned out beautiful.    Hands down,  one of the best Mothers Days EVER!!

May Day and Tulip Time

Major catching up here!    Back to May 1st we go.  WE LOVE MAY DAY in Clive!  It is a huge perk living in a neighborhood full of friends...... the only downside is we have to make A LOT of May baskets every year :)

I use to try and get really creative and cute with our May baskets.  I even pulled out the hot glue gun a few years ago!  Now it's all about he assembly line and how quick we can get through it. 

I had it all set up for the kids to tackle when they got home from school and it actually went pretty smoothly.  I was impressed!

By the time we were ready to leave for school there was already many rings of the doorbell from our friends with lots of tasty treats (aka sugar at 8am!!) to tempt the children before school.   Kate and Will were so excited to give Ms. Patty her basket when she pulled up the bus.  

My parents called me and asked if we wanted to go to Tulip Time with them this year.  We hadn't planned on it, but the Germans really wanted to see what this Dutch party was all about :)   We were a bit late on our arrival, but actually managed to snag front row seats for Nana and Papa's parade experience.  

It was a beautiful day with many fun kids activities for the kids to do. 

We haven't been to Tulip time in a few years.  We were really excited to see all the additions for the kids to do. 

Will fell in love with this race car track in the park.  He played and played and played and never got tired of it. 

We enjoyed a lot of yummy food and the kids loved playing in the park with all the other kids.  I think the Germans really enjoyed themselves :)