May 2019 Happenings Part 2 of 2

By mid-month everyone was feeling much better and the boys and I ran the 2-mile event in the Dala Horse Trot. Grandma participated in the 10k and we both had fun watching the boys run their first race. They did amazing, had smiles on their faces the entire time, and only stopped to walk at the water station. It was definitely a proud Mom moment and I see more races in our future. HMC sponsored employees to run in the race and we had a pretty big group sign up this year. After the race we had Swedish pancakes and then got cleaned up and joined some friends to watch the Swedish Festival parade.

 

With so many activities and a week of sickness I had to be gone from work a little more than anticipated. To make up for it Kieran tagged along on a couple of my scheduled days off to help me get caught up. First we met up with Auntie P to take a tour of our local Food Bank's new location. When they were moving last year our family made a donation to help fund the move and we got to see the training room named after us as well as all the amazing projects they are working on at the food bank. Another day Kieran helped me setup a fruit display for a customer visit. C and I also were on the cover of an agricultural magazine - don't worry we aren't quitting our day jobs to model anytime soon! Towards the end of the month I helped organize a ladies paint night for our female employees. It was a lot of fun and everyone's "peach themed" paintings turned out great!

 

 

We averaged about 4 baseball games a week for almost 6 weeks between April and May. The boys both loved their teams and improved quite a bit from the beginning of the season. They had lots of fans with both sets of grandparents, C, Tio, Lyla, and Zach coming to watch some of their games. They also loved playing on the same team as some of their friends and against teams some of their other friends were on. In Reed's age group they keep score and have a championship game -   his team won and to say he was excited was an understatement. We still don't think baseball will be Reed's sport, he just doesn't have the attention span for the game but we are glad he enjoyed the experience once again this year.

 

 

 

 

We ended our last year in preschool and it's definitely a bit bitter sweet. I'm so excited for Kieran to start elementary school but it's hard to believe our babies are getting so old.

 

 

We ended the month with Lyla's 5th Birthday. We had family dinner on Sunday complete with a primo dance party and then attended the Grizzlies Baseball game on her actual Birthday. She was quite the princess and the highlight of the night was when Auntie P had a Birthday wish announced for her in the stadium.

 

May 2019 Happenings Part 1 of 2

May was a very busy month, the boys were playing baseball, both had music class, there were a ton of year end school activities, celebrations, work, and just life in general. I knew it had been hectic but when I went through my phone I was still surprised by the number of happenings. At the beginning of the month Kieran's school hosted a Mom's and Dad's event where all of the kids sang and then presented their parents with a gift. A few days later Reed's school had a Pastries with Parents Event.

Remember last month when I mentioned our caterpillars? Well out of the 11 caterpillars 10 made the full transformation to butterfly and we were able to release them in our front yard. The boys thought this was amazing and had so much fun observing the entire process.

The next week we were battling a brutal stomach bug but by mid-week had recovered and were able to attend Reed's open house. Reed loved showing me and Kier around his classroom and the boys had a blast at a water experiment station his teacher had setup. 1st grade was a stellar year for Reed and I just loved his school, principal, and teacher.

 

We thought we had escaped giving the stomach bug to anyone else but Lyla came down with it followed by Zach. Because of Zach's medical condition the virus left him horribly dehydrated and he had to go to the hospital for IV fluids. This meant Lyla got to have a sleepover with the primos which they were all thrilled about and that C spent the early hours of Mother's Day taking care of a very sick kid. It being Mother's day all three of the kids were very sweet and made me a sign. Later on we made it to Pepe and Nonna's to have dinner with both sides of the family.

 

 

 



In the middle of the month I was able to go on a fieldtrip with Reed's class to Storyland. I had four kids in my group and we had a great time roaming around the park, listening to the stories, and playing in all of the different areas. By far Reed's favorite was the Jack and Jill hill you could surf down on a piece of cardboard. He was really good and kept his balance much longer than most of the other kids. His class also collected the most box tops at their school this year and the librarian thanked them with an ice cream sundae party. Both his teacher and the librarian were so sweet trying to find out what they could get for Reed to participate but since I was picking him up when it was over anyways I just came a little early and brought supplies for him. It was so fun to listen to the 7 year old conversations happening at the tables.

Kieran's preschool also had an Open House in May. Kieran refused to let me take his picture with either of his teachers but I did managed to get a few as we toured his classroom.