Brooke decided to have her 6th Birthday Party at the local trampoline park Cloud9. She invited her friends to join in her for an hour of jumping and fun obstacles followed by pizza lunch and of course cake. She had such a great time and even spontaneously thanked us for such a great party. When we got home she got to open all her presents including her Pogo stick which she had been asking for.
Today Alex’s school celebrated Mother’s Day by inviting us to have dessert with them after their lunch. I got to join Alex in his classroom and he showed me that he made the pretty butterfly decoration on the table. He also gave me a bookmark made with his fingerprints as a gift/keepsake along with lots of hugs and love. I love my sweet boy!
Today I took the kids to the Wells Theater for Children’s Theatre of Hamton Roads presentation of Davy Crockett’s Tremendously Tall Tales. We got to Norfolk early to ensure the tickets I bought a long time ago were at will call and then walked to the USS Wisconsin for to look around before returning to the show. The kids had a lot of fun and the play was written by the 3 actors who preformed it. It was very interactive and we all loved it. Afterwards the kids were hungry so we walked to The Granby Deli for sandwiches al fresco. We walked around enjoying the art before spending over an hour at the Slover library enjoying their books, interactive areas, and their rooftop garden. We walked down to waterside before heading home. It was a great day!
It’s finally warm enough for the strawberries to be fruiting so we went picking today after school. We’ve already eaten one of those three large baskets in one day! Yum!
Brooke has asked for a swing in our yard on and off for a little while now, so today while she was at school Alex and I went and got a tire from a local tire shop (you’d be amazed at how many tire shops won’t give you an old tire they are going to throw out and are actually paying a company to take off their hands). Then we went and got the hardware and while Alex was at a play date I cleaned, drilled and assembled them a tire swing. Brooke and Alex were both very excited when they came home and saw it.
