The Lunch Box

For pre-school graduation, mamaw & papaw bought Reagan a new lunch box to take to summer camp with her. When the lunch box arrived in the mail, I took it to a local lady to have her name embroidered on it. Today was her 1st day to even see her lunch box and take it to camp.

So excited!

She said she wanted to give her old lunch box to a little girl who needed one ~ because she had a big girl lunch box now and didn't need the little lunch box any more!
I think she likes the lunch box ~ she wanted it on the couch with her while she watched cartoons!

Water Works

Since the temperature has been near 100 degrees for the past several days, we decided to bring out the sprinkler so the kids could get wet and cool off without making too much of a mess!

testing the waters

Cooper always has to drink the water

running around the water

trying to splash me with the water

still trying to drink the water

all that space and they stand side by side

Reagan trying to help the dead grass turn back to green

A fun time was had by all!

OOPS!

In an effort to clean the pool and the pool cover ~ I needed to let the pool cover dry....so, i spread it out on the grass and left it for a mere 24 hours. When I picked up said cover to fold it, this is what I found...

who knew a plastic cover on the grass in the blazing hot sun for 24 hours would do such a thing?

Actually, I think a UFO may have landed in our back yard!

At least it wasn't the front yard!

Lesson learned. You're welcome!

Class Pictures

Class pictures for the 2009-2010 school year

Reagan's class ~ the Bumble Bees

Cooper's class ~ the Ladybugs

Happy Father's Day 2010

Happy Father's Day to Greg, my dad, and my father-in-law.

Reagan came up with a plan last night at bedtime to fix Greg a special, surprise breakfast. She picked out the menu and helped with cooking and setting the table.

eggs and pancakes with strawberries & blueberries in the shape of a heart. Milk to drink

breakfast with daddy
Daddy and his kids

Take 2!

Cooper made this at school for Greg

Here's a picture I drew for you;

I cannot write, so it'll have to do;

So, I'm here to say;

Happy Father's Day!

Reagan also made Greg a card

And, on a totally unrelated subject, Cooper got a brand new (to him) bicycle. It has a handle that I can push him around the neighborhood with so I'm not breaking my back bending over pushing him. One of Reagan's former classmates had this bicycle at a field trip, and I asked his mom if I could buy it from her for Cooper when he outgrew it. She was so sweet and just gave it to me. I think Cooper will have many, many hours of fun with this tiger bicycle!

Happy Father's Day!

Saturday Stuff

Even with being at gymnastics camp all week, Reagan still wanted to go to her regularly scheduled gymnastics class today. There were only 3 kids in the class and 2 teachers ~ got to love that ratio!

warming up

pike stretches

stretching their torsos

splits

more bridges

Walking on the balance beam

practicing her high kicks

ice cream dips

preparing for the dismount

skin the cat ~ her favorite move

front support

After Cooper's nap, we went out for a bit. One of our stops was to a pet store. Since I found the turtle last week, Reagan has been asking to have a small one as a pet. Unfortunately (for her, not me!), it is illegal to sell turtles where we live.

Cooper had a blast in the pet store ~ "look ma, more fishes over here. There's a bird. I see a cat!" We've got to take these kids to a zoo...soon!

Snails

The videos always post at the bottom. So, here is a video of Reagan at gymnastics