What a fun week we had!  Caroline and I tagged along with some friends for an outing at the zoo.

We started in the butterfly house:

Caroline and Lucas touching Tiger fur.

Caroline decided that she was going to be our navigator for the day :)

Lucas getting in on the action....

Our favorite exhibit is always the polar bears and seals. No polar bears that day but the seals

were swimming all around.

Learning all about polar bears.

Today we went strawbery picking with Jaclyn, Mia and Drake. It rained. But we forged on and had a blast!  Suprisingly, they put more berries in their baskets than in their tummys :)

Getting started...

Caroline and Mia

Drake loved it too!

Still at it...

I guess I should explain this hat.  Connor found it in the trunk. I'm not sure where it came from???

Anyway, it helped with the rain and makes for a funny little picture :)

How gorgeous are these strawberries!!! 

The kids were so excited when they saw all the other things that we could come and pick. I think we'll try cherries and peaches next month! Maybe we could even convince Nana and Papa that this would be a fun thing to do on one day of their visit???? 



Officially ready for Kindergarten! On Friday we went for Caroline's Kindergarten check-up.

She had to get 2 shots (one in each arm) and she handled it like a champ :)

Here she is showing off her band-aids.

Friday was also Connor's last day of school--hooray!

As a special treat we had lunch at McDonalds. 

And this is how we spent the first day of summer vacation. On the couch with a "bucket".



The end of the school year isn't what it used to be :)  This year is coming to an end with lots and lots

of tests.  Connor has been studying for his big social studies test since Saturday and boy did his hard work pay off!  I thought that a perfect test score deserved a special treat...

He also came home with this today.  I love it!!!!  They were studying Pablo Picaso in art class and had to draw their own abstract. I asked him if it would be ok if I framed it and he thought that would be a really good idea.  Now we just need to find a perfect place for it to hang.

Of course Caroline needed to sneak in here too.  She saw that I was taking a picture of Connor's artwork so she made sure that I got a picture of her art too. "You know Mom, I AM an artist..."  Oh yes, who doesn't love marker on velvet?  (And yes, the princess is grey.  Apparantly that is the closest color to "skin color" when that marker goes missing.)

Caroline had her first eye exam yesterday and she came home with these!

Super cute :)

Fun pictures from this afternoon:

Grandma got the kids a water game! Perfect for a 96 degree day :)

Even Dad got in on the action.

Connor snapped a few pictures as well!

Beautiful view today of the lake

I love this picture...how handsome is my guy? Connor won first place at field day yesterday for running the track!!

Very typical....Caroline + sunshine + water = an afternoon siesta ;)

Guess what I learned today?  A banana slurpee tastes JUST like banana laffy taffy!!  yum-o.