Good books

 #5 has two favorite books these days. This one he reads all.the.time.  I love it, even if I roll my eyes at the hundredth reading of the day. If he forgets a word(picture) he asks then says "oh, yeah that's right."  in that tone that makes you think he was just testing you to see if you knew what you were talking about.  

Just makes me smile!

 His second favorite is an I spy numbers board book.  He loves looking for all the hidden objects.  We have several of this type in the house, the younger two really like these.  #4 will generally pick this type of book over most choices(although airplane and firefighter books rank pretty high on his book wishlist too).

We are a houseful of book lovers here:)

May days

Cute isn't he?!  Also didn't want to leave and delighted in being out of reach...

 

He is going to be in 7th grade next year, 7th grade people!!  Where does the time go?

 

He slept the whole 2 hours we played.  You snooze you loose;-)

 Science time, air vibrations.

 Love the calm, cute and cuddly guys.

Hang ten!

Those lovely locks are going to be cut soon.

  riding time at Grammy's= happy girl

 man of many faces

Back in time

 We had a visit to Jefferson Barracks last week and the kids saw their first reenactment.  

WWII

 A favorite part might have been the "easter egg" hunt.....

 to find the empty shells after the battle was finished.

Although some of the older kids did enjoy going to the camps and asking questions and check out some of the equipment.

ps yes I need a new cover/case for my phone. we keep forgetting we can't take pictures with the old covering on the new phone ;-)

Play Ball

 #1 at third(with sis as short stop)

I missed the first games today but all the grandparents are really good about sending me pictures of the kids when I'm not with them.  These were sent to me from my Dad while I was busy at school.

My leftie at bat.

 #3 trying to stay awake? :D

#4 focused

Everyone had a good time and they were excited to tell me that all their teams won!

Shopping

This video makes me smile.  Smart phones are great devices when shopping with lots of kids.  I get all kinds of funny pictures and videos.  Sometimes they play games or watch netflix too!  Please don't mind the crusty nose on the boy ;-)

Another Birthday

Birthday Morning, the children had put a banner up and had cards and balloons for me!

We spent part of the day at Missouri Botanical Gardens.  

ps Military friends, they have a really good discount when you visit.

I really wanted a picture with a waterfall, trying to sneak one in before people walked by didn't work out so well and remains the only picture taken of me on birthday :D

We decided to go to China for the day, got the robes and #2 dished out some stir fry for us.  They had camera's that made the kids go on the big screen-a big hit for my hams!

 

The only time I didn't hear "I'm hungry."  "My feet are tired." is when they ran around this maze playing hide and seek(the ran forever at the end of our time there!).  

beautiful

Spring time

     *Every week #4 asks if we are going to PR today.  Do you ever get the wrong name stuck in your head?
     The kids say together "It's not PR it's PE!"  I think at this point he just does it for the reaction!

*It's spring and #4 and #5 are always happily covered in mud!  I'm so glad they can once again spend time outside exploring but it would be nice if just one pair of shoes could remain mud free.

 The grass(and weeds!) are growing like crazy.  No time like the present to work on our yard work skills.  #3 was so excited that he could mow the lawn that he ran out and picked up all the sticks so he could be first!

 Doesn't like her brothers doing something without her.

 If you could mow the grass by sheer determination, #4 would have won.  He wants to mow the yard so badly but needs to be taller before he can be at the right angle to successfully complete that mission.

 This one thought he was running a race!

ps Do you see the van?  This is the boo boo side of the van. Over the years it has had: Some unknown car in a parking lot scratched and dented it.  Some known carport scratched it down the side(really, why insist that you park two cars in the carport if you can't get out of your car when the cars are parked?).  Then yesterday an embarrassed sister of mine reported she let the car met some concrete down the side.  Got a big, stylish band aid?

 This sweetie pie didn't get in on the grass cutting but he did find me some nifty bugs!