A Hole!

On Sunday, Bridget woke up with a pretty loose tooth!

She worked hard on that tooth ALL day, and then we came home after church and she tried everything that people had suggested to get it out!

Lucas was a little hurt that he doesn't know what it feels like to have a loose tooth.

Sister H made him feel a lot better by telling him about her son, (who Lucas aspires to be) who had to have his first teeth pulled out, too.

 Once Nathan fake pulled it with pliers, she stuck her tongue out and it popped right out.

Then she checked it out with a microscope.

She is THRILLED!

(incidentally, L and B both lost their first teeth at 6.5)

Continuation/Graduation/Last Day

Scarlett had her program yesterday and Bridget had hers today.

And,it was the last day of school!

 We just love Mrs. McDonald! Scarlett had a great year and can't WAIT for Kindergarten!

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Cindy graciously helped me with S, J, and M for B's ceremony. Nathan couldn't go, because he is taking the next 2 weeks off for vacation, and camp.

 Scarlett's teacher next year is the one in the middle. B's teacher is the one with the microphone.

 Cindy and the littles. Scarlett was able to sit with the Kinder Class and she loved that.

Bridget was so happy to be done with Kindergarten. She made a lot of friends and learned a bunch of things, but she really wants to be in 1st grade. It might have something to do with eating lunch at school. LOL

Lucas had such a great teacher this year. He has also grown in many ways, one being height.

Here is the FIRST DAY of school THIS YEAR.

Even though these two weren't in the same class, they are still great friends.

Lucas has jumped over 100 lexile points this year, and has started making fact journals for science things he is interested in. (all on his own) We found out that his teacher submitted one of Lucas's science fact journals to the 3rd grade to use for next year at another school. He was pretty excited about that.

How did my kids grow up so fast?

It is going to be so weird only having 2 kids at home in August!

The next two weeks are going to be jam-packed of fun, and then my big fat summer to do list can begin.

I think I am not in the norm, when I say I am excited to have my kids with me all summer. I am mostly happy to not be a slave to the schedules and driving here and there, that the school year brings, but I would never trade it for something else. That is part of having kids who are involved and active, I suppose.

Mothers Day!

from Bridget.  Scarlett made a cute magnet, and Lucas wrote a very thoughtful sonnet.

What a fun day!

First, the kids presented what they got me with their Daddy yesterday.

We always seem to plant on Mothers Day,but we knew about today's snow storm, so we are going to do it for FHE tomorrow.

Yes, they wore tank tops yesterday - and it was snowing today!

Crazy Colorado Weather!

Then, I made cookies, and blondies, and snapped a quick pic with the kids.

It is tradition!

Then we went to the Witte's for dinner. Ryan, Veronica, Ben, and Danielle were there, with the kids too!

It was a great day full of love and laughter.

We are going to watch a movie, and call it a night!

Father/Son's and Mother/Daughter's

In Arvada, they are die hard Father/Son Camp out people. 

If it is not Stake level, it is Ward level.

We have tried to go to our own Stake Father/Son camp out but no one from our ward seems to go, so Nathan has decided to go to Arvada's with his dad and his brothers. It helps that Nathan grew up in Arvada, so there is always someone he knows there too.  

This year was Ward level, so they went to Ryan and Veronica's ward-F/S camp out and Grandpa and Spencer joined too!

Leave it to my husband to not get a picture of everyone.

Anyway, they had a great time.

 It was raining and too sleety to cook on Mount Evans so every Witte curled up in our tent and finished making fajitas. They also ate in the tent too!

Then the weather cleared up, just in time for the fireside and dessert.

With a threat of thunder/snow storm overnight, Nathan and his Dad and our boys went to sleep in the observatory. After about an hour, Ryan and his kids joined them in the observatory, because the weather blew his tent over. The only thing people had to deal with in the observatory, was Mason's SNORING.

Who knew? Poor Juliet all these years!

Mason and Lucas on Grandpa's air mattress.

 Beautiful Mountain Sunrise.

 Nathan was packing up the tent, and Grandpa took Lucas to the Archery Range.

Lucas loved this and his very last shot was...

A Bulls-eye! No Joke!

They packed up and headed home.

What did the gals do? Well, we rented the new Barbie movie, you know the one Lucas would NEVER watch? Yea, they loved having control of the TV.

We got Reeses Ice Cream and Magic Shell and pigged out on that. Then we had a dance party.

The girls couldn't calm down so we had to separate for bed.

In the morning we played Barbie Hair Salon.

We tried 2 methods and preferred the spray mixture best.

 This was serious business. We spent a good hour working on barbie hair.

 I tried to get the girls do each others hair, but they desperately wanted to play barbies.

So, we did that until Lunch time.

It was kind of nice not having to keep tabs on Mason.

Not that he is bad, but when he is bored or hungry...watch out! He is very sneaky!

Week in Review May 1

A lot is going on'round these parts, and I can't share much, -yet - but I need to switch things up.

We are going to do weekly recaps, for now.  

First up, a friend of mine was looking at model homes and found something peculiar.

Yes! That is my two boys! Do they belong in a model home? No! No they do not!

Did the stager of the home get my permission? No! No she didn't!

Did I contact my lawyer? Yes! Yes I did!

When I went to look for myself I found over 15 photos of my children, and any more of the Witte's that shouldn't have been there. She printed pictures from the photographers website and thought that was okay.

But wait! There is more! She did this with SEVERAL of her model homes through out Denver, and they were using mostly pictures of my kids. Names changed, only because she didn't know them.

There was a lot of hullabaloo and now it is over, and my kids are no longer in the 30 homes they were once "featured" in.

***MOVING ON***

On Monday we had FHE and decided to talk about Daniel and the Lion's Den. The kids wanted to memorize all of the verses to Follow the Prophet,so this was a great way to do that. We decided to go backwards, and next week will be Jonah, of course.

Anyway, our treat was making Lion cupcakes. I promise, we do not go all out on dessert every week. A lot of weeks, but not every week. ;)

 

 Then out to lawn bowl.

Then it turned into everyone jump on the mini trampoline.

I love these people.

***Then Wednesday!***

Everyone was cavity free, except Lucas who needs a small filling on the side of a tooth due to thinning enamel. Not a cavity, but still needs to be fixed.

Wednesday afternoon was the Kindergarten Safari.

Scarlett danced while she waited.

She is SO READY for KINDERGARTEN!

Scar and her BFF wore Zebra Dresses.

***THURSDAY was Teacher Appreciation Day***

We gave insulated Totes to the teachers because they LOVED my Strawberry Bags from last year.

They TOTE-ally deserved it too! They wrap into cute mini packs. (above)

And the kids wrote to all of their teachers.

and now I am all caught up. Whew!