Last day of school...

Today was our last day of 'school.'  We are going to miss our teachers and our school friends!  Today Evan painted a butterfly, sorted bugs, listened to The Very Hungry Caterpillar story and of course ran around and played with the toys.  We had a little bit of a melt down when it was circle time, but we recovered and it seems it actually turned his whiny mood carryover from yesterday around!  Thank goodness!  

After naps- and yes, it was one of those wonderful days, when their naps overlapped!  Woo hoo!  What did I do, you ask?  Well I ate lunch in more than 2.5 minutes, cleaned up a few disastrous areas and took a much needed nap myself!  We were all energized after naps, so I helped Evan make some play dough!  I've been long overdue making hand and foot impressions of Cooper.  It's so tricky getting him to keep his little hands unfisted though... I was able to get one pretty good one- but it has a bit of a Star Trek flair...  see photo below.

Play dough fun!

 
Also a few days late, okay four, I took Cooper's 12 week picture!  Better late than never right?  Here are some funny shots- I love the expressions!

Classic Cooper, one eyebrow raised look.

"I really want to chew on my hands, but I really want to smile too..."

"Oh!!!"

A calm, content moment, and without hand chewing.

Back to that terrified look.

We still had some energy and time so we hit the sidewalk for a stroll spotting ants, flowers and fire hydrants along the way.  Evan welcomed his daddy home with a running hug- too cute- what a welcome!  Then it was a team effort to make some dinner, and it was a tasty one- salad to start then Wild Mushroom and Squash Quinoa- so tasty!!

Oh but the day was still not over, Brett conquered the ever-growing lawn, while the wee ones and I played on the back porch until bedtime!  After more clean up, email catch up, etc. it's finally time to call it a day!

Big Happy Birthday to my little nephew, Holden!  We can't wait to see you and everyone else in a couple of weeks!  Lots of love!