Last day of preschool

School is done for the year. It was bittersweet because Kira's wonderful teacher won't be returning next year (so Kaylee will miss having her). Kira has absolutely loved going to school this year and has learned so much. Kaylee has also had a great time on the days that I volunteer like today. She still has another year before she can go but she will be so ready by that time. They had a little program on Tuesday at the end of classtime so that was fun then today they got to wear their swimsuits and play out in the water. I was so glad I was able to stay and see how much fun they had. We're going to miss going to preschool but will also have so many fun things to do this summer!

Kira with her teacher, Mrs. McDonald.

With her best girlfriend. :)

Touch a Truck

We had a great morning at the park district's "Touch a Truck" day. They had firetrucks, police cars, motorcycles, a school bus, library bookmobile, monster truck, tractors... just all kinds of fun things the kids could climb on and see up close. We had so many different friends who also went so the kids had a great time. There was free ice cream, a stage with music playing and we took a picnic lunch and made a morning of it. Beautiful 80 degree weather made it that much better.

Sitting on a school bus. I don't think I'm ready to imagine that yet.

My Harley girls.

There were so many horns and sirens on things... got pretty loud at times.

My little performers up on the stage dancing and hamming it up.

They seriously can't hear music without wanting to dance. I love it!

Storms and Swimtime!

So on Friday night we were supposed to have a little family picnic at Kira's school but there were storms supposed to be coming so they cancelled it. Well, a couple of us families decided to pick up dinner and go to a park so we could still have some fun. The weather didn't look that bad yet. The kids played for awhile then as we were eating, the rain started coming down! We ran to the cars and decided to come back to our house to hang out for awhile. The kids all had a great time playing and just as one family was about to leave, the storm hit hard. There was a tornado watch/warning going on (they didn't sound the sirens so it wasn't that bad). Kyle was still at the office and tried to come home but couldn't even see so he turned around and went back. We ended up going to our basement just to be on the safe side and the kids thought it was fun to be playing around down there. I felt so bad though because we keep our cats down there at night and it was a gross mess! When it slowed down a little, they left but called and said they got about halfway home and the streets were too flooded to go further. Kyle finally made it home ok and they made it home later. I really don't like these kind of storms living out here. I get so nervous about it although Kira really wanted to sleep in the basement that night so it didn't bother her too much. It was just an adventure.

Since then, it's been a little chilly around here but today it finally warmed up this afternoon. I had bought a little pool last week that they've been begging to get out and play in. We got it out today and I didn't think they would last too long in it but they had a great time! It was so fun just to sit out on the patio, relax and watch the girls giggling. Can't beat it!

If it's not the rabbits...

So we have a little birdie who decided to make a nest in my flower basket I just planted and hung. I think she'll be laying eggs soon. I just hope she doesn't destroy my flowers and I'll have to be very careful watering, but it could be interesting to watch them hatch. The kids like looking at the two of them. They are very protective because they didn't move at all when I opened the door and walked out to take the picture.

Fishing and sprinklers

One evening after dinner Kira came back from her room with her swimsuit on. She wanted to run through the sprinklers. I tried to tell her it would be cold but she insisted. I figured it would only last about 10 minutes and that was what happened but they had fun anyway. It's the start of the season!

Kira has been begging Kyle to help her fish in the pond behind our house. He said he needed to get worms first. Well, I bought some flowers on Mother's Day to plant in our pots and a couple for the yard. As I was digging, I found several worms so Kira decided that was the day she was going to get to go fishing. It was kind of funny, however, because she was playing with the worms in the afternoon and naming them and said she didn't want to fish after all because she didn't want the fish to eat all her worm friends. Anyway, she did decide she was excited to fish and Kyle took her out for awile. It lasted longer than I thought it would but she didn't get any bites. Maybe next time...

Story of my life...

So while I was folding laundry I thought Kaylee was FINALLY playing nicely by herself in the toy room for awhile. Little did I know... I walked in and saw exactly what she'd been up to. She decided to dump out every puzzle we have into one big pile. Guess who got to sort it all out and put them all back together? Yep, this is what I do with my day. Oh yeah, and meanwhile, she proceeded to empty out the rest of the wipes from her diaper bag to "clean Barbie's diaper" and throw them in the garbage. At least she did clean up after herself that time - just watched money being thrown away. ;)

I've been a little burned out lately with doing the same thing day after day especially as Kyle is working so much so I told him I need a "Mommy day away" just for me. So, Weds. this week I'm leaving early afternoon and getting a massage and pedicure, going shopping, eating dinner by myself and basically just taking all day to do what I want to do. I am so looking forward to it and needing it! Now, I just wonder if I can somehow convince him I need to do this on a regular basis?? ;)

Now it's official...

I took the kids with Kyle to see him sworn in to City Council. Thank goodness they did it at the beginning. The girls did great for awhile but then we had to go out for awhile till they finished the meeting. They had a little reception after with some cake that the kids loved. Good job, Kyle!

Councilman Harrison

It's official (well, almost completely)! Kyle is now part of the Champaign City Council and will be sworn in tomorrow night. He decided last fall to run for our district when the incumbant decided to retire. He was elected in April. He's been on the planning commission and has friends on the council who prompted him to think about running. Luckily, he ran uncontested so there wasn't alot of campaigning or walking the neighborhoods. He's always been one to have opinions on things and I think he'll do really well in helping make decisions for the future of the city, especially for our kids' future. It's only one meeting a week (in theory)and he's already been going to most of them. I suppose it does mean we'll stay in this house for at least four years, his term, because there aren't many other neighborhoods we'd want to move to in our district. I'm so proud of him for taking on this challenge and I know he'll do great! http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2009/05/03/new_council_members_ready_to_be_sworn_in