May 11
Mother’s Day. We went out for lunch, as is our “tradition” (going on three years now), and I made the kids take a picture with me. It wasn’t the most successful photo shoot we’ve ever had…
(This picture is an optical illusion…I am NOT pregnant. Thanks, Ivy, for the belly rub.)
May 12
We had a mega-thunderstorm early in the morning (like, 2 am). I woke up to thunder that I thought would never end.
May 13
This past weekend, we went to my niece’s choir performance, where they did a bunch of pop songs. One of the last songs they did was Katy Perry’s Firework, and they had LED lights attached to their fingers, doing choreography in the dark so it was a really cool firework-esque effect. Apparently, that was Erv’s favorite part, because he found some LED lights from grandma and put on his own “firework show”, in which he clapped and jumped. It’s so cute.
Oh, and our generations-old iris started blooming. I can’t always get veggies to grow, but I can always count on the ol’ iris.
May 14
The girls helped me weed the garden (and by “helped me weed” I mean “dug for worms while I weeded”).
May 15
This girl has been…challenging lately. I think she had some gluten somewhere, and hasn’t been sleeping all that well. So stuff like this happens on the short trip home from school:
May 16
Essie graduated from preschool! Class of 2027 (sniff).
The mark on my forehead is a battle wound/shark attack/use your imagination.
May 17
Henry got a new bed, and he was pretty excited about it. I spent the whole day cleaning their room to make a place for it, and I was not excited.
Cool bed, Henry!
Really cool, right? Except Ervin won't stay out of it. Sigh. 🙂
Love the Mother's Day pics under the tree. Ivy's silly face is priceless in the first one. 🙂
The girls almost always make the pictures. 😀
I, too, cannot stand the belly rub/are you pregnant-esque pictures. But man, these photos are great. That bed is great. The iris picture is beyond great. And the sleepin' in the car pic? So great. (Also, what I look like by 8pm most nights.)
Bahahaha! That was a heavy sleep, that day. And thank you. 🙂
A good friend of mine actually WAS attacked by a shark. It bit her leg on an ocean swim and she kicked it in the face and got away.
Can you imagine how many times she's told people that's what her scar is from and they're like "Ha, ha! Good one!"?
(She's fine, by the way. And still swims in the ocean. Which makes me question using the word *fine*.)
Haha! That is definitely not something you hear every day.
Fun photos! That iris is gorgeous! And love the Mother's Day pics. We didn't do that'd this year and I'm kinda wishing we had!
They don't always turn out that well (like this year. Ahem.) but I'm glad we do it, and at this point, my husband knows that it WILL be done! 😀
ack – those darn optical illusions. I wore a shirt on Mother's Day that did the same thing. I cannot believe anyone actually thought I, at 43, might be having #4. Um, no. All out of business there, thanks.
But I do love the sweater though.
And digging for worms is my daughters' way of "helping" too.
Haha, I know, right?! This uterus is closed, but thanks Ivy for making it look like it could still be in service.
These girls and their bugs. I love it. 🙂