1st Swim of the Season

This afternoon, Reagan and Cooper were able to go swimming for the first time this year!  They couldn't have been more excited!  When the neighbors invited them to swim, there was a trail of clothes leading throughout the house to their bathing suits!  We're so glad summer is here!!

my sweet boy

 she didn't forget how to swim!

 Cooper brought his watergun to the party!

 all the neighborhood kids were there!

 ready to slide!

 they played "Marco Polo" forever!

Wheels

Reagan is loving her re-discovery of bike riding!  If she keeps it up, it may be time for a bigger bike in the near future!  Cooper practiced riding without training wheels, but no pictures of that as I had my hands full trying to teach him how to balance.  He's "this close" to riding all by himself!

 she ran out of steam going up the hill!

 after bike practice, Cooper wanted to ride his scooter - something he can do by himself!

Happy Memorial Day

We spent Memorial Day cleaning out closets and the toy room!  We did have a few hours to spend outside playing too!

Reagan remembers how to ride her bike!  It's been a while

 Cooper drew all over the driveway!

 He got warm and had to take off his shirt...and show off his muscles!

 exploring

 Reagan found and trapped a Velvet Ant

it's actually a "wingless wasp"

 she's reading all about it on the internet

 We played bubble ninja too!

Weekend Cook-Out

We had planned to start our Memorial Day weekend with a cook out and boat ride, but the rain altered our plans just a little.  We still had a cook out and ice cream, but will have to wait for another day to go out on the boat!

sweet boy

 how did he get so silly?

 beautiful girl

 Cooper put on a "motorcycle performance"

 Ginger, Gigi, Cooper and Bubba enjoying ice cream and brownies

Rainbows

We had a brief rain storm early this evening that left us with a beautiful double rainbow!

 

Skunks - Part 2, 3, 4 and 5

The skunk whisperer's trap caught the babies today.  He said he brought the same trap that their mom was caught in, so the must have smelled her scent and all ran in together.  The babies are so cute, if only they didn't stink!

 trying to get out of the cage

 once we got a closer look, there were FIVE babies (I had only seen 3 the day before)

Hopefully, this ends our skunk adventure.  One more trap will be set...just to make sure no babies have been left behind!

Last Day of School 2014

Today was the last day of school for Reagan and Cooper.  They have learned so much this year and grown too!

You can check out Reagan's first day of 3rd grade here and Cooper's first day of Kindergarten here.