Kayda's last day of preschool!

Yesterday was Kayda's last day of preschool.  Daddy was able to take off work so that she could have both parents at the "parent day".  She had a great time showing us around... until she found these to color.  But she got Daddy to do it right along with her (he made one for Dillon).

They had caterpillars and watched them turn into butterflies.  Kayda was very excited about them!

 Kayda with Ms. Sandi

 Kayda with Ms. Laura.

Today was the preschool picnic.  The picnic was for all four of the different preschool classes, it was a VERY busy park.  This dog is a guide dog in training that used to be at the preschool every day, until somebody apparently complained and the school district said "no more animals at preschool".  Kayda was very excited to see her again!

 Here's the first small group to realize Ms. Sandi was getting ready to set the butterflies free.

Waiting, and waiting.  Unfortunately by the time some of the butterflies were out of the net a ton of kids had pushed in front of Kayda and Dillon so they couldn't see much. 

And completely random... last weekend we decided to try the drive in's with the kiddos to see Kung Fu Panda 2.  It worked out fine for Daddy, Kayda and Dillon but my prego belly would not allow me to lay in the back of the explorer so I ended up reading.  The kids had a great time except for a certian part of the movie where the mommy panda has to leave the baby panda and Dillon got VERY upset about that.

Another completely random tidbit.  I realized I never announced Dillon's successful potty training!  It took over a month of making him wear underwear regardless of if he was getting to the potty, and me dragging him in to make him try but he now goes in on his own and doesn't seem to miss his diapers at all! Hurray Dillon!  Now he'll be able to go to preschool with Kayda next year!

Copalis Beach and Seabrook for Memorial Day Weekend

Uncle Pat and Aunt Sarah decided to rent a cottage over in Seabrook, pretty soon most of the family was going.  We got a campsite just under 10 miles away and headed off.  Saturday morning we headed up and everyone was getting ready to head out on a scavenger hunt so the kids got to load up in the back of Grandma and Papa H's truck (an opportunity most kids don't get now days)!

 Part of the scavenger hunt was to count the stairs down to the beach, the kiddos were being pretty silly in this picture and it made me smile when I saw it.

 Here's Daddy at the playground showing Nathan "how it's done".  Kayda got a kick out of it.

 We finally headed to the beach with our only purpose being playing at the beach on Sunday.  The kids flew kites and helped Daddy make a sand castle and then destroyed it for him.

 Hank had a blast running free at the beach. 

 Later they got the chance to play with their cousins at the beach too. 

 There was a little shop where they could paint "pottery" each of the kids chose a sand dollar. 

We won't have the completely finished results for a few days.  They're being mailed to us when they're done in the kiln.  The kids had a great time with their cousins!

Dillon's first dentist appointment!

Today was Dillon's first dentist appointment.  He got to lay snuggled up with me while Kayda and I got our teeth cleaned, he watched very attentively and spent almost the entire time asking about the different tools and things, maybe we have a future dentist in our midst.  They gave him a ride in the chair, he got to wear the shirt protector/bib thing and sunglasses (which he thought were pretty cool).  They counted his teeth, checked his bite (they said he's got a pretty deep overbite so he'll probably have braces later on), he even allowed them to polish his teeth and rub the fluoride on.  He had a great time with the suction thing (they call it Mr. Thirsty) I think that was his favorite part... well that and choosing prizes at the end!  He did an awesome job and did exactly what they asked him to do, I may be biased but my kids are FANTASTIC!

Mother's Day

Kayda has been super excited about Mother's day since she brought home her "mother's day surprise" from preschool (Tuesday).  So this morning she came running in saying "It's mother's day!  Happy mother's day!"  Then she left.  I was hoping for snuggles or something but she ran away!  Next thing I know she's singing her own little song which was basically "It's mother's day" over and over again.  She was very excited to give me the horse "card" she made for me with Daddy and wanted me to open her preschool surprise but I told her she had to wait for Dillon to wake up.  When I heard Dillon moving around I sent Daddy away so I could get some good morning snuggles.  Next thing I know, without Dillon realizing it was mother's day, Dillon and I were in a "I love YOU very much" battle.  Then he had a truck "card" he had made for me.  Kayda's preschool surprise was a picture of Kayda in a frame she decorated.

We had an early dinner with Grandma H and that whole side of the family, then we headed over to visit Grandma G for mother's day. It was a good day!

Quick lake trip in the SUNSHINE!

Today was a GORGEOUS day so we gave the kids a handful of outside options.  Surprise surprise they chose to go to the lake.  It's only about 60 degrees out but they wanted to wear their swimsuits.  At first they were a little hesitant to even get their feet wet but every time they went to fill up their buckets they would go in a little deeper.

We brought Hank along with us, the kids and Daddy had fun attempting to play fetch and Daddy had a great time trying to get Hank in the water, though Hank got pretty close to getting Daddy in the water instead.

They made a path for the water to make a river and Kayda kept deciding to make it longer and longer, which meant a lot of work for Daddy!

 Hurry Daddy!

Dillon decided he wanted to swim.  That didn't work out so well, the water is VERY cold so he spent the whole time in the water with this shocked look on his face.  Not that you can see it with all that splashing!

Kayda decided to brave it too, about two seconds after this picture Daddy let her go, then her face and Dillon's facial expressions became very similar.

Kayda's Preschool Art

I got kind of behind.  My thought, way back in October was that I could just take pictures of Kayda's art instead of trying to hold onto all of it (since she comes home with several pieces of art every time she goes to school).  I got a little behind, a little meaning these pictures represent the majority of her art from October to now.  So much for keeping on top of things!  Next year I'll definitely have to be better about it considering both Kayda AND Dillon will be in preschool and it will be twice as often!  Here are the pictures of the things Kayda has made at school.

Happy Easter!

Kayda woke up ready to go see if the Easter Bunny came!  We had to delay her until Dillon woke up about 20 minutes later.  They were happy to find the candy and toys.  We had our egg hunt inside since once again it's raining outside on Easter.  The kids had a great time wandering around finding the eggs that they decorated!