Happy Birthday Andrew!

Over the weekend we celebrated this cool guy's 5th birthday with a family pool party.  Weather was amazing and the party was a great success. 

Since our little buddy does not like cake, I made him a rice krispie birthday cake.  So easy and fun!

Andrew stole the camera and took a selfie.

The highlight for Andrew was opening his presents, in fact he wanted the party to be over about an hour after it started just because he wanted to see those presents.  The lucky little guy got a lot of great toys.

No party would be complete without a goodie bag!  Andrew's friends got a teeny tiny little bucket (I mean really really small), filled with swedish fish, a fish squirter and some cool shades.

Best buddies

Safety town

Andrew just completed his two week safety class called "safety town".  It is a super cute program through the rec department for kindergarten age kids.  They learn all about how to cross the street and ride bikes safely.  They take field trips to the police and fire stations.    And they sing songs with safety messages.  My personal favorite goes,

"If you ever play with matches, 

If you do, if you do,

You may burn your house down.

That won't do.  That won't do."  

Andrew liked Safety Town, but really didn't talk about it.  Grace used to come home every day with a safety lecture for us. 

Below are some pictures from the "graduation" on the last day.  (Why on earth every kid class kids these days involves some sort of graduation or parent observance session is beyond me-that is a discussion for another day.)

He appears a little skeptical of his diploma.  Probably because he didn't remember the words to any of the safety songs.

There is a little town set up on the playgrounds and the kids demonstrate obeying traffic signals, safe crossing, etc.  Andrew was a little big for the tricycles!

Zoo day

It was a balmy 56 degrees today, so grabbed our coats and we headed out to the zoo.  The kids were much more interested in the carousel ride and popcorn than the animals.

And so it begins...

Recently

Well I am way behind in my blogging!  We are half way through the summer and so far it has been great.  We took a trip to hilton head and had a fabulous time.  The kids are in a bunch of summer activities and totally exhausted from all the fun.  Here are a few recent pictures.  

I cannot remember if I have shared this yet.  But this is one of my favorites.  Could she be any cuter?

We made a birthday cake for Bop.

Kevin and I went to Zac Brown at summerfest and it was fun.  Really fun.  I had a great time.  Great friends.  Great music.  Really.  Seriously awesome.  

We celebrated my parents anniversary and my dad's birthday. 

And Mae is fully embracing the summer, especially if it means Popsicles!

Sweet stuff

I love this vacuum.  I love seeing the dirt and dust fill up the in the container.  So gross.  It is a little hard on the carpets, but other than that... 5 stars!

Deep thoughts by Grace Malone

"Mom...if I am ever in a play where someone needs to play a vampire...I will definitely be the vampire."

Last days of school!

 

Best buddies

I was going through old photos on my phone and couldn't resist a post of pictures of these two.  They are so cute together and just love to play little made up games.  

Andrew could not be sweeter to her, and Mae just adores her big brother.  As Andrew always says to her, "We love each other Mae." In just the cutest matter-of-fact tone.  

I guess it is an update to this post from 4/28/12- http://themalonefamilybridgetmalone.blogspot.com/2012/04/andrew-and-mae.html?m=1

They are popping out left and right!

Warm and sunny days

We have been soaking up all the sunshine and warm weather.  We have already been to the pool three or four times and we are having a ball.

 We have have officially traded the fleeces and mittens, for swim suits and bathing caps.  

 

Recently

I have a lot of blog catching up to do.  A lot.  So let's start now....

Andrew's hair grows so fast.  He needs haircuts very frequently.  At his last cut, I was told that his eyebrows NEEDED a trim.  Like father like son.

We have been working on organizing the house and cleaning up after the long winter.  One of my projects was organizing the countless tubs of little girl clothes in my attic.  

We have had some great weather hear lately.  This picture was from Mother's Day- the kids got to play in the sprinkler!

Sweet big brother Andrew held Mae's hand because she was "scared".  These days she is scared of everything!

May is the season of at least three events at school per week.  This was Grace's bridging ceremony from Daisys.  

Lucky grace enjoyed her third trip to the MAC Father Daughter Dinner Dance.  Apparently she was a dancing maniac- no surprise there!

And finally, Kevin and I have been enjoying lots of date nights!  Complete with giant beers and gin and tonics.