May is here which means the winding down of a lot of things and gearing up for summer! Some days summer feels like a long time away but we know that it will be here before we know it. We had a lot of May gray this year with some days it lasting all day long so summer seemed really far away on those days but we soaked up the memories this month and had a great May!
Ella received a Character Counts award during May. Her teacher submitted her for the award because Ella would finish her work and then want to help others instead of having free time. She was called up during Friday Flag and was SO excited! This is just what Ella needed since she's had a rough past few weeks at school. She has not been wanting to go to school-never giving me a particular reason, sometimes that it is hard, sometimes that math is too long, sometimes that she just misses me. She always seems ok in the morning as we are getting ready but once we get into the gates and wait for her teacher she becomes very clingy to me and then when it is time for her to walk to her classroom she starts crying. Some mornings she is just sad, some she has tears and there have been some to the point where she won't let go of me and is almost hysterical. It breaks my heart. Her teachers have both been supportive; one being extremely supporting and letting Ella call me before lunchtime and check in with me. We've also been trying to celebrate at home when she goes into school with just one last hug from me and then will leave by celebrating with ice cream at the end of the week and that seems to be helping a bit but it just kind of depends on the day. Part of me thinks that she is just in a bad habit/routine of it now and knows that it brings attention to her but we'll keep working with her and hoping that she overcomes it. Thankfully when I pick her up from school she is all smiles.
Celebrating at Baskin Robbins one weekend after a week of no tears from Ella.
We snuck in a visit to the dentist this month and are happy to report that everyone was cavity free! Charlotte also got into the dentist chair this visit like she owned the place and loved every second of it. What a difference from 6 months ago!
Helping Daddy with some yard work one Saturday. We're still trying to figure out what we're doing with our backyard and don't want to do too much since the plan is to put a pool in later this year/early next year but it still needs some TLC every once in awhile.
Honestly, I don't even remember what this was or how it started but is kind of a typical night in our home. Crazy kids!!
Another typical night in our home-still not sure what is happening but definitely normal!
We've still been doing the Tuesday playgroup at the club and we brought Finn twice this month since Nani and Poppa were out of town. The girls love having him!
Love this shot of Julia!!!! She's so strong!
Finn turned 3 on May 14th so Linz and I took the kids to the Safari Park to celebrate! They had a great morning together and we loved celebrating him!
Still lots of baseball this month so here we are entertaining ourselves!!!
Joseph and Rich went to Petco Park to watch the Padres play for Little League Day. They got to walk on the field before the game, which they said was great, and had a really fun day, despite it raining off and on.
Lots of baseball this month, still and, all these sweet cousins cheering Joseph on!!
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Ella's soccer season wrapped up this month and she had another great season and learned a lot. She moved up a division so was in with some older girls but hung really well.
Lots of random fun inside and outside from this month!
Julia is totally into filming herself and/or taking many, many selfies. I find hundreds of these on my phone at night and they always make me giggle! She has also mastered the filters and we just have so much fun with them!
I'm pretty sure they are all in there, but I can't be totally sure! Ha!
So much love for Finn-y!
Hanging at the park!
I made a quick stop at Edelweiss to get some cookies and the girls, of course, wanted their picture with the baker!
Charlotte looking extra fancy with the lipstick, earrings and big bow on one day. She's something special.
The weather was starting to finally feel like summer towards the end of the month so we had to picnic outside as much as we could!
I finally got around to taking the hearts down from Lent-I love this tradition and it makes my heart so happy to see then all up there! I love even more that the kids enjoy reading them and remembering what they have done to make others happy.
Towards the end fo May the 2nd grade classes put on a "Rockin' through the Decades" play which was super cute! Joseph was part of the 90's crew so I found him a Bayside Tigers shirt on amazon and he was super excited to wear his hat backwards! He had a speaking part and they sang a bunch of songs and it was great!
Joseph looks like he is 13 in this picture!! Stop growing up! He did ask me to stop putting notes in his lunchbox this month, which I have been doing every.single.day since his first day of Kindergarten, so I pretended like it didn't bother me and just sent him his lunch all alone. Boo hoo!!!
Over Memorial Day weekend we decided to drive to Temecula to go blueberry picking. I had heard great things about this cute little farm so on Saturday after Joseph's baseball game we decided to give it a try. And, we LOVED it!!! The kids loved picking the blueberries and it was such a fun experience. They also had a petting zoo and horse rides so Nani treated the kids to rides after the picking. I spent almost $50 in blueberries and had SO many but it was totally worth it!
The blueberry pie that I made from all these leftover blueberries turned out pretty delicious, according to Rich and Joseph. (I don't like blueberry pie so didn't eat any but the blueberries themselves were tasty!!!)
We ended up in Coronado on Sunday of Memorial Day, although for some reason I don't have any pictures, and then on Monday we went to Nani and Poppa's to celebrate Finn's birthday. It was a great long weekend!
On the way home we stopped by Menchies. Joseph earned ice cream from his baseball game and Ella earned it for her week at school so it was a perfect time to stop!
And, to finish off, just some nice shots from the backyard this month. Love this view-it never gets old!
Bring on summer, we are ready for you!
