Out and About!

This summer schedule is taking its toll on me! I can tell that it is wearing me out because I am grabbing a book every day instead of blogging. I will attempt to correct this behavior! Ha! Currently I am re-reading the Harry Potter series. Wonderful books - and a great escape all in one!

Yesterday was our good deed day. There are two moms I know in my MOPS group who just had babies. Yesterday the kids and I went to the grocery store, had a GREAT run, made 3 chicken pot pies, and delivered them to two families. The whole process took from 9:30 until 3:30. These women did not exactly live close together. Good deed done!

Today Princesses best friend, AB, is back in town. His family took an Alaskan cruise! That sounds SO awesome - we have been in the upper 90s/low 100's for the last month or so. The cooler weather sounds Heavenly!

Our vacation begins in just over a week! We are once again driving to Iowa. I will be sad to see the devestation the flooding has caused. Our families have been pretty lucky on the whole. Everyone still has their house.

Today we are heading to the gym. We are meeting AB and his mom there. The kids will play in the playroom for an hour and then we will all go swimming. Should be fun if the Prince behaves!!!

A good day!

I took the kids to the pool again this morning - this time after I worked out for an hour. Things went a lot more smoothly. Thank goodness. The last couple of times we have gone to the pool have been nightmares. This was much, much better so we may go again tomorrow. The kids really love to swim. I love that the gym has lifejackets. Even so, I am always looking around for my three kids.

Now all three kids are up for naps. Yippee!! I am beat. DadOf3 worked until 7:00 last night. I felt bad for him because he had to work late and I felt bad for me because I could have really used a break around 5:00! Yesterday was not a bad day either. I took the kids to a free movie at the theater. It was called Doogal and it was a nice, G-rated movie. I got the kids some candy there, and let me tell you! I am going to smuggle candy in next time. It has been a while since we have gone to the movies and I think they upped the food prices again. Yikes! If they are lucky I will spring for the lemonade for the kids - but only because a big old thermos will not fit in my purse. Ha!

Backyard Fun!! Is it summer yet?

VBS Kickoff

Tonight we had Vacation Bible School Kick-off! The kids had loads of fun. There were water jumpers and all three kiddos just got soaked! I picked up all of the stuff for my class. It is going to be very interesting to see how I do in a roomful of 15 four year olds! They didn't have the Prince in my class so I sent an email to see if I could steal him back. I want him with me! They had hotdogs and hamburgers for the kiddos to eat. DadOf3 and I opted out because we wanted to eat at home. The kids liked the hotdogs though and they especially liked getting a Sprite all to themselves! They don't get to have soda very often.

Summer Time! Summer Time! Sum-Sum-Summer Time!

It is officially Summer Vacation here in FamilyOf5Land! The boys and I picked up the Princess from school this afternoon, and per her report card, she is officially promoted to First Grade! It was a mad house at the school today. Princess's school has a tradition (that I didn't know about) to parade all of the outgoing 5th graders through the hallway the last day of school. The kids attend 6th grade at another school. Getting to the Kindergarten hallway was crazy with the Prince walking and the Knight in a stroller! The Prince was quite overwhelmed by the number of people in the hallway. I picked him up so he could see better, and he just snuggled with me! The Knight was quite content to sit in his stroller and say "Hewwo!" to anyone who caught his attention. Princess was in her classroom, and we picked her up and drove her home! She made one last trip to the Treasure Chest today and got a neat Princess Frisbee! I think all of the kids got one last visit to the Treasure Chest - a nice way to begin the summer. It has been a wild Kindergarten year! On to 1st Grade!

Last Monday of the School Year

Today was the last Monday of the school year. The school year is winding down for the Princess. The boys and I did regular Monday stuff like doing laundry and cleaning bathrooms. We are getting ready for some visitors this weekend! DadOf3's little brother and his girlfriend are coming to town!! We cannot wait! The Princess is already decorating her room for them! 3 more days of school and our schedule will be open open open! I am already trying to work out a new schedule for summer so we don't waste our time. I think Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will be park mornings. We will get outside before it gets too hot. This will either be at a park or out in our backyard. (Tuesday will be grocery day - wish me luck taking 3 kids!) Thursday will be Library day. The Princess went to her school library every Thursday during the school year so we will keep that. Plans will change but if I have an overall vision for the summer, we will get more play time in. If we don't get outside before 10:00 during the summer, it gets too hot to do anything. Here are some pictures from after school on Monday.

Tell Me About It!

I read this in the "Tell Me About It" advice column yesterday. The author, Carolyn Hax, had a hilarious description of children: Kids are fragile, uncoordinated, time-sucking germ magnets whose top two hobbies are smiling at strangers and exploring electrical sockets. Ha ha! That just tickled my funny bone - because it is so true, especially the germ magnet part! Before Princess started Kindergarten, we kept our germs fairly contained. Once and a while, one or the other of the kids would catch a bug when we ventured out to MOPS, church, or to the grocery store but for the most part, we were a healthy family. Since Princess started school, we have had colds, flu, ear infections, sniffles, coughs, ear infections, and ear infections. I have not had this many ear infections since I was in grade school! It's been crazy! We have 15 days until school is over for the year and we are out of the germ pool - I cannot wait! My question is "Does it get worse the more kids you have in school and, if so, how do you ever even get your kids to school?" Summer time, summer time, sum sum summer time! I can't wait!