Grads!

We have two new graduates :)

Uncle Casey (my little brother) graduated high school!!!

Supah proud.

He and I will be going to college together in the fall- How cute is that? Pretty sure he's thrilled ;)



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Lu will be moving on to second grade!
We were invited to awards day last week and were VERY proud to watch her receive the Citizenship Award for being a "model student".

Her report card came today. I asked her what she thought she had earned... she said, "Probably Bs, if I'm being honest. I lost interest in my school work and probably wasn't doing my best"... says the child who is simultaneously reading Moby Dick and Huckleberry Finn.

Strait As- all year :) And a good citizen to boot!

Floral craftiness.

These were part of the Mother's Day gifts we gave. No word yet on if they are actually doing their job, but I thought they were appropriate in theory.

The littles all cut circles out of construction paper and I drew a spiral on one side. I also made the "paste" from flour and water.

The twins picked out the flower seeds they wanted to use.

They each smeared several circles with paste and sprinkled a fairly hefty amount of seeds onto the paste.

We set them out to dry... just long enough for Oakley to snack on about half of them.

That left us with two for each grandmother. Oh, well.
Once they were almost dry, Lulu and I cut along the spiral. We rolled it up into the shape of a flower/rose.

You actually plant the entire flower into the ground. The paper dissolves leaving only the seeds to grow :)

Finished product after some pizazz.

T-ballers

Aren't they the cutest?!

T-ball has officially started- their first organized sport :)
Their first practice was Saturday in between graduation and graduation parties and weddings and everything else, so it was a little hurried. But they did great! We really weren't sure what to expect. Buddy could have gone either way, but he was all over it. His attitude was excellent and he was excited to do everything they asked of him! Sass was actually a little stand-offish (it's a word). Not normal for her, but she was reallly tired and hot and a bit overwhelmed I think! Plus, she is the only girl on the team with 11 boys, lol.

Last night, we missed half of practice bc it got moved and we had a hard time finding everyone, but once we did- Buddy was right back out there giving it his all. He loves it! He cried when it was over bc he "wanted more games". Sass had an accident 5 mins into practice (NO JUICE!) and then sat in the grass screaming for the next 40 minutes bc I wouldn't let her go play on the playground. Mayybbee baseball isn't going to be her sport, ha.

I can't wait for their little games to start! They are so fun to watch out there running around like little chickens :)