Tap & Tumble Recital

Bren has been participating in Tap & Tumble as a part of Northridge Academy. I had enrolled her in Dance this year, and it is important to note..... I never get to see her perform...... until now.  They had an end of the year recital, and here she is in all her glory, dancing away. I was SO PROUD of how well she did. Full audience, and she danced and shook her booty like she was supposed too.

The video doesn't want to upload, so I'll have to keep working on that. It is really good. I hope I can figure it out!

Beau's last day of 4th Grade

My big boy is now a 5th grader. Wow. That is hard to wrap my head around.  Here is the first day of school and the second picture is the last day of school.

He made this white shirt as part of a school project, so they were all going to sign their shirts on the last day of school. It was also hat day if you brought 50 cents to donate to Red Cross (more on that to come in another post).

So here he is, in all his glory.  He did well this year.  A's and B's. He struggles a bit in math.  He has some focus problems, and we uncovered that he didn't always bring home some of his worst papers, so we got that under control, but it meant we missed a few assignments that we could have helped with earlier if we had known.  We love him and are so proud of him.

Look how beautifully tan he is.  

Brenley's Promotion Ceremony from Pre-K to K!

It's official!  My "baby" is now in kindergarten. Where does the time go?  To be a helicopter parent just a while longer, she'll stay in private school one more year before I throw here into the public school system. One more year of walking her into her classroom, getting to kiss her goodbye in front of friends, knowing her schedule intimately, and picking her up each evening anxiously awaiting to hear about her glorious "busy" day. "Busy" is the new word of the day.  She is always "busy" she says.  I.must.stop.using.that.word.

But here is my beauty, on the night of her promotion ceremony. She was handed the "Google" Award for her ability to always know the answer and be able to rattle off a definition to a word in no time flat.  She starts out many a sentence with, "Hey Mom, do you know what a (((fill in the blank))) is?" Then I will reply, "No, baby, I don't, will you tell me?"  Not going to lie......several times Beau and I both didn't know the answers to her own question, but she always did.

I love this beautiful, stubborn, smart, and busy girl.

Mother's Day

I had a special Mother's Day weekend. I got to see my Momma and Dad, which is always a bonus.  I was spoiled with awesome homemade gifts from my kiddo's, packed with extra hugs and kisses. I was served breakfast in bed with my favorite Panera breakfast. And I got loads of flowers and cards.

Happy, happy, happy Momma!!!

Like Father, Like Son

Baseball has already begun, but I didn't get the traditional father and son picture taken. So here are my boys ready to play. Go Tigers!

Ryan is 2!

Ryan James turned 2 this week.  He, fittingly enough, had a fish party at their Woodvale place over the weekend. We sent him some animals to play with, and of course, two of them were a chicken and rooster. His Mom shot this video of him playing with his new toys and sent it to us. And now, "chickens are friends." They are not bad chickens.

This boy is so cute.  Happy 2nd birthday Ryan, aka Digga, aka R.J. The Kansas crew loves you.

Beau's Music Program

Bubba had his music program Monday night in the middle of a rain and hail storm, while Dad was out of town. Fun all around. It was a pretty cool program, filled with sign language and instruments.  He did great. He hated the fact that I made him wear jeans for a "dressy casual" look. I am such a mean Mom. But he survived, and now only one more left in his elementary career.

I think he is looking for us