Brother graduated from preschool!!!
His graduation theme was "Down by the Bay" which implied it would be sunny and summer-like. Unfortunately, we had overcast and rain instead. Still, the kids didn't seem to mind having it sprinkle on them as they played at the park during the potluck following his graduation.
The weekend after Sister finished the second grade we celebrated our wonderful Daddy! Here he is sporting his "King for the Day" tee-shirt. He enjoyed taking a long nap and requested homemade chicken pot pie for dinner. He really loved the photo collage mousepad and coffee cup I special ordered for him. Sister made him a cute bird house in school and they all picked out a really funny card that fit our Daddy to a tee. Still, no sunshine, though.
Finally, yesterday that yellow ball of fire broke through the clouds and we saw...
SUNSHINE!!!
So, today we enjoyed every moment of it.
The kids and I headed down to the local falls and walked around them. We stopped to explore each opportunity to go down next to the water. I kept picturing a child falling in and mentally calculating how I could save him/her while making sure the other two would remain safe on the shore. Fortunately, none of my emergency plans were required.
When we stood below the falls Sister was thrilled to feel the power of the water flying down, while Brother was upset that his hair was mussed by the wind and was all wet from the mist. Where is Baby Bear, you ask?
Here he is. He who attempted to climb through the fencing every chance he got so he could tumble down the cliff into the rapids would not stay long enough with Brother and Sister so I could get a picture of him next to the falls. Go figure.
After we returned home, the big kids played for hours in the "loop" with the neighbor boys while Baby Bear napped. I had to force them inside for dinner.Now, Sister is nursing a bit of sunstroke on the couch with crackers, water, and an ice pack as they watch an original Scooby Doo movie, ABRACADABRA-DOO.
It's supposed to start raining again tonight, so we're thankful that we were able to milk every moment of sunshine out of today that we could handle.
It finally feels like summer has arrived!
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