Memorial Day

Playing in the Fort

Remember when the Mountainview Resort was under construction in March? Well, now the weather is perfect, and the boys love playing out there. We even got some furniture and accessories to encourage them to drift that way on sunny afternoons. Here are some classic shots of "Captain Point Sword" and "Little Wing" out in the "Super State" (headquarters for the superheroes) OR "Captain Spy" and "Junior Captain Spy" in the spy hideout. Depends on the day. They crack me up. The pictures of the kitchen in the middle of the lawn are from when we sprayed it all off at the beginning of the season. They just couldn't wait to try it all out.

These dishes were mine when I was a little girl. Good thing we got a shot of this one before it got stepped on under the swing set and shattered into a million pieces. *sigh* Ah, well. At least I was the one that did it. And whaddaya expect when you're playing with boys with 30-year-old hard plastic dishes under a swing set? haha

Love my boy-boys.

Mother's Day

The girls: Liz, me, Momma, Becka

So fun to have Joseph and Liz in town

Granmy and Liam
(Camden was too busy to be in the pic. Little rascal!)

Camden's Art Show

Redeemer Episcopal Day School (R.E.D.S.) is where Cam attends preschool 4 mornings a week.

Holy craziness, Batman!

"Hmmm ... not sure about the lines and use of color on this one ...."
Cutest art critic I've ever seen.

Mrs. Walker's & Mrs. Panella's Pre-K class (10 students). Their milk crate-cubbies sit under these signs each morning for their school bags & jackets.

If he looks less-than-ecstatic in the pictures, that's because he was. When we got in the truck afterward, he said (in his classic Camden manner), "That wasn't what I expected. Was that what you expected?" Apparently he thought that "art show" meant he would get to stand onstage in the spotlight and explain each individual piece of his art to the crowd. What a ham! He cracks me up. We had to explain that "even grown-up professional artists" have art shows in this manner -- where people walk around and look at their artwork, mingle, eat hors d'oeuvres ... okay maybe without crazy toddlers running around and parents chasing after them warning them not to rip things off the walls! *sigh*  

Little Rocker