Preschool Graduation

Ryan graduated from preschool today. It's crazy, he got a cap and gown, there was an official ceremony with processional and everything. He was great- and it was a lot of fun watching him. This marks the end of on chapter and the beginning of another! 

End of Year Party

Ryan's class had their end of year party at Kids Together Park. They all had a great time, it's good that the park is so close because man those kids have a lot of energy! Most of the class is moving onto kindergarten in about a month so it's one of the last time (besides graduation tomorrow) that they will all be together! 

Reupholster

I have good ideas when it comes to crafts and home improvements but often I don't have the skills to actually make them happen. I finally figured out something that I can do relatively well! I reupholstered my dining room chairs. We inherited the chairs years ago but it wasn't until now that I had a dining room with a specific color scheme (as opposed to just a room with all of our inherited furniture). We have also worn out the old material (and by we I mean the kids).  I love the way they turned out.... now I need to find some other furniture I can do this to! 

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AFTER

Ryan the Photographer

Ryan discovered photography today. He loves it, and after the first few he really started looking for things that would photograph well. He even got the focus and the zoom (which is hard on my big camera). I didn't help him with any of these pictures he did them completely by himself.  We went to a great place to learn, the NCState Arboretum- he did not want to leave!

Summer Begins #1 HIking

In honor of summer starting (anything after Memorial Day in my mind) we are going to do 30 things that are not are in our routine- either new activities or new locations. 

For the first day we went hiking at Umstead Park. It was nice to get outside before the summer heat really begins! 

Memorial Weekend Beach Trip

Non-Busy Pictures

We as a family are very busy. It seems I am always in the car- there is always a mile long to-do list. Yesterday I just didn't want to do anything- so we hung out at home. It was the first time in months I didn't get in my car, at least until t-ball at 5:45pm. The kids played outside, we made bread, I did laundry and Audrey found a turtle. The lack of things to do allowed me time to take pictures of the kids- which they hated but I love.  I hope that we are able to have more days like this before Ryan starts kindergarten!