Mark and Jen, Plus TWO: May 2014

Sunday, May 25, 2014

My Kindergarten Graduate!

Kate is finished with kindergarten! What a fast year. She has loved being a kindergartener.

I picked her and a friend up from school for a little
"last day of school" celebration.

This is them with their wonderful teacher! We could not have hand picked a sweeter teacher for our girl. Kate ADORED her!

I took the girls out for ice cream and let them put whatever they wanted on it. They put way too much ice cream in their cups and topped it with chocolate, sprinkles, gummy worms, gummy bears, cookie dough... and then they basically just ate the top layer and threw the rest away. Ha!

Then, we went to The Magic House for a few hours.

Mark was working at an event with his boss that night, so after I dropped her friend off, I took Kate out to eat.

She is ready for summer! She said that on Monday, she is going to wake up and run through the house screaming, "I'm free!!" Haha! We missed her at a lot of playdates this year, so she's ready to be a part of the fun.

I'm looking forward to the relaxation of summer. We have a LOT of fun things planned, but there will be plenty of room for sleeping in, lazy days in Mimi and Papa's pool, running through the sprinkler, afternoons spent with friends, late nights, popsicles on the deck... I LOVE summer!!

ANNNDDD, no more packing lunches or picking out clothes the night before for awhile. Yahoo!!!! Maybe on Monday, I'll run through the house along with Kate screaming, "I'm free!!"

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Jack

I love spending my days with my Jack Man. He is going to preschool three days a week next year. While that time will be nice, I'm going to miss my little buddy.

He has developed quite the temper, but he is also so sweet. He is stubborn, but sensitive.

He always asks to snuggle (which he calls "nuggle"). On Mother's Day morning, he climbed up in our bed and said, "Happy Mother's Day, Mama." He said, "Here's your Mother's Day present" and kissed me on the cheek. Ahhh, I love that kid.

He will tell me he has a secret to tell me and then will say, "I love you, Mama".

He says "Piderman" for Spiderman and "yittle" for little.

He usually calls a sneeze an "achoo". One day, I told him his nose was all red. He said, "That's 'cause I have a lot of sneeze in it."

Kate likes to make up jokes, which usually make sense. Jack's make no sense. For instance, "Why did the football flatten the bee? Because he wanted eggs." When asked about that, he said, "Bees poop eggs out like chickens. Ummmm, ok.

I was packing Kate's thermos one day and he said, "What's a thermos?" I told him it was a container that keeps things hot or cold. He said, "I choose hot."

He has zero endurance or attention span for cleaning up messes. He can make a mess in two seconds flat, but begs for help when it's time to clean up.

We were talking to him one day in the car about disobeying Mommy and Daddy and how it is important to obey. He asked, "What obey mean?" (even though he knows). Right in the middle of explaining it to him, he got distracted and said, "What's that on that car over there?" He doesn't have time for deep discussions about listening to Mommy and Daddy. ha!

He cracks us up with random little sayings like the other night when he said, "Hey, get me out of this stinking tub!"

We went out to lunch one day after church. Jack wanted a hot dog. We ended up at Q'doba, where he ate hardly anything. He said he was done and I asked if his tummy was full. He said, "Yeah, but I still have a yittle spot for a chili cheese dog."

As we were leaving our MOPS group not too long ago, it was really windy. He closed his eyes as we were walking to the car and he held out his arms. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I telling the wind I love it!"